The Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation ( sv, Ombudsmannen mot diskriminering på grund av sexuell läggning), abbreviated HomO, was the
Swedish office of the
ombudsman against
discrimination on grounds of
sexual orientation
Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender. These attractions are generall ...
. On 1 January 2009, it was merged with other ombudsman officers into the new
Equality Ombudsman
The Equality Ombudsman ( sv, Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, , discrimination ombudsman, DO; formerly sv, Jämställdhetsombudsmannen, , equality ombudsman, label=none, JämO) is a government agency in Sweden tasked with supervising the laws relati ...
(''Diskrimineringsombudsmannen'').
HomO was the most recently instituted Swedish ombudsman, in the sense of a government official who addresses the complaints of individual citizens. HomO had the status of a
government agency. In 2005 it received around 8 million
SEK in government funding.
The term HomO is used both to refer to the office and as the title of its government-appointed acting head. HomO was the officially mandated short form, but is not a true
acronym
An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase. Acronyms are usually formed from the initial letters of words, as in ''NATO'' (''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''), but sometimes use syllables, as ...
or
abbreviation. Instead the word alludes to both "homo" (
homosexual) and to traditional Swedish ombudsman abbreviations which do expand into descriptive terms, such as JämO = .
In addition to this government office, the merger that created the
Equality Ombudsman
The Equality Ombudsman ( sv, Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, , discrimination ombudsman, DO; formerly sv, Jämställdhetsombudsmannen, , equality ombudsman, label=none, JämO) is a government agency in Sweden tasked with supervising the laws relati ...
office involved the earlier offices of Equality Ombudsman,
Ombudsman against Ethnic Discrimination and
Disability Ombudsman.
See also
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LGBT rights in Sweden
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT+) rights in Sweden are regarded as some of the most progressive in Europe and in the world. Same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1944 and the age of consent was equalized to that of heterosexual ac ...
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List of LGBT rights organisations
This is a list of LGBT rights organizations around the world. For social and support groups or organizations affiliated with mainstream religious organizations, please see '' List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences''. For organization ...
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Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights, RFSL
External links
Official site for HomO(English)
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LGBT political advocacy groups in Sweden
Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation
Sexual Orientation Discrimination