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The Church of Sweden on Sunday consecrated its first openly gay bishop.
Eva Brunne, 55, became bishop of Stockholm, Sweden's capital, in a ceremony in nearby Uppsala, reported Agence France-Presse and the website The Local. Brunne is in a civil partnership with a woman, and they have a 3-year-old child.
Consecrated with her was another woman, Tuulikki Koivunen Bylund, who will be bishop of Harnosand in northern Sweden. This was the first time the church had consecrated two female bishops at the same time.
The Church of Sweden, which is Lutheran and was once the state church, supported the nation's marriage equality law, which took effect May 1, and beginning November 1 opened church weddings to same-sex couples. The state had previously recognized, and the church blessed, marriage-like partnerships. About three quarters of Swedes are members of the denomination.
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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.