Minister for EU Affairs Cecilia Malmström opening speaker

2008-07-01

Stockholm EuroPride presents Cecilia Malmström, minister for EU Affairs, as the second of three opening speakers.

- Of course I am honored. I am proud to represent a government who wants to be a strong voice for the rights of lgbt-people. I will speak about human rights and that they are universal and that it’s depressing that lgbt-people rights are violated in Europe today, says Cecilia Malmström

Cecilia Malmström was the first Swedish minister who took part in a Pride event in another country, when she participated in a seminar and the parade in Warsaw 2007. She was also active in the EU-parliament’s work group for lgbt-issues, during her time in the EU-parliament.

- We chose Cecilia Malmström because she’s responsible for Sweden’s EU-affairs. We’re interested in how she wants to use the European Union as a tool to secure lgbt-people’s rights, especially in Eastern Europe, says Jonah Nylund, President of Stockholm Pride.

Stockholm EuroPride’s opens on July 25th at Skansen – the oldest open-air museum in the world. The festival’s three opening speakers will, with different perspectives on the theme “Swedish Sin, Breaking Borders” speak during the opening night. Indian prince Manvendra Singh Gohil will give an international point of view and Cecilia Malmström will give a European viewpoint. The third opening speaker will speak with a national perspective and is presented in the beginning of July.

Stockholm EuroPride 2008 is celebrated July 25th – August 3rd. The festival starts with three-day long Pride Queer filmfestival in Studio 3 and Klarabiografen. Pride House is open at Kulturhuset and Stockholms Stadsteater between July 28th – August 1st. Pride Park opens on July 30th and the Pride Parade goes through Stockholm on August 2nd. Raid Said Fred, BWO, Alcazar, Motoboy, Kick, Qboy, Discoboys, Backroom Matches, Knob, Cristal Snow, Diamond Dogs, Nicki French, ETO, Six Pack To Go, Man Meadow, West End Girls, Bitch & Ferron, God-des and She, Joshua Klipp and M A Numinen are a few of the music acts at Stockholm EuroPride. More information: www.stockholmpride.org.

Contact:

Anna Söderström
Press Relations Manager
Stockholm Pride
+46-704-581858
press@stockholmpride.org

Elin Boberg
Press secretary to Cecilia Malmström, Minister for EU-affairs
+46-8-405 18 79
+46-70-308 44 06
elin.boberg@primeminister.ministry.se

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