I am not at all interested in Sweden vs the US.

Nobody is, I think. Certainly, it is not the point in any of my posts, apart from the odd side-remark or two, for example that Village People bit or the superiority of God's own country, Texas, over Sweden. But in essence, no comparison of the status of homosexual emancipation would either support or contradict anything I've written. It is completely besides the point.


What I am arguing is mistaken smugness and opinions about both America and Sweden. Whereas I might discuss both countries, it is not from a comparative perspective, which I consider neither interesting nor pertinent. No more than, say, a discussion about the financial crisis is made interesting by debating which country may happen to have two percent points less economic contraction.


As for you rubbishing my source: uh-uh. Nope. It is only the most encompassing report ever about the health and wellbeing of gays in Sweden. It was ordered by the Swedish government, it is by the Swedish National Institute of Public Health, a state agency under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. This report is what the Swedish government bases its policy on.