Norway’s First-Ever Rural Pride Parade

“Coming out seemed like the worst thing ever,” says Anbjørn, a resident of Volda, in rural Norway. “You simply feel scared. I think every gay person in a small town has heard the horror stories.”

Despite the fear that consumed him in his youth, Anbjørn has embraced his identity in adult life. Now he hopes to share that pride with the largely conservative-Christian community he calls home. In the short documentary When Pride Came to Town, directed byJulie Lunde Lillesæter and Julia Dahr, Anbjørn organizes Norway’s first-ever rural Pride parade—much to the chagrin of dozens of locals. But the resistance the parade is met with is no match for the widespread support that it inspires. Read more via Atlantic

"Coming out seemed like the worst thing ever," says Anbjørn, a resident of Volda, in rural Norway. "You simply feel scared. I think every gay person in a small town has heard the horror stories." Despite the fear that consumed him in his youth, Anbjørn has embraced his identity in his adult life.