Married Lesbian Couple Saved dozens at Utoya

[Shane for Wax]

bandofthebes.typepad.com/bandofthebes/2011/07/married-lesbian-couple-rescued-40-teens-from-norway-massacre.html

I didn't want to put this in the actual massacre thread but if the mods insist then so be it.

Anyways...

you could perfectly envision the Norwegian island chain where married lesbians Hege Dalen and Toril Hansen [adidas] were eating at their campsite when they heard shots and screams across the water. Did they run and hide? No, they're lesbians, so they jumped in their boat and sped toward the slaughter. The women pulled terrified teens from the water and the rocky coast as the insane far-right gunman shot through their vessel. Unfortunately, there were too many youth to fit in the boat. Hege and Toril ferried the group to safety, then hurried back to the massacre, rescuing another boatload. Then they did it yet again. And still again. Altogether in their four trips they saved forty people from the scene where seventy-six died.

Another source: www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/artikkeli/Sankaripariskunta+pelasti+kymmeni%C3%A4+leiril%C3%A4isi%C3%A4/1135268014839
Translated account of the above link here: www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/07/married-lesbian-couple-saves-dozens-during-norway-shooting-rampage/

[Art Vandelay]

While those two certainly are heroes, I'm not sure what exactly their sexuality has to do with it.

[Shane for Wax]

Aug 1, 2011 3:47:54 GMT -5 Art Vandelay said:

While those two certainly are heroes, I'm not sure what exactly their sexuality has to do with it.

It has to do with it because I haven't heard one word from the American media about it (or really any other mass media like Reuters). Probably BECAUSE of their sexuality.

[Art Vandelay]

That's quite an assumption I must say...

[Vypernight]

A lesbian couple save people from a psychotic extreme right-winger. Fox News and RR would explode from the irony.

[Shane for Wax]

Aug 1, 2011 4:11:35 GMT -5 Art Vandelay said:

That's quite an assumption I must say...

Not when I know what I know about our media... O.o

Vypernight- I know, right? ahhaa.

[Art Vandelay]

Ah ha.

[mrsyoungie]

It has to do with it in the same way that if I were to save people it would read "elderly (?) married mother of 2 saves the world". So why not mention that they are a couple as well?

[ironbite]

I look forward to the day the media treats gay couples the same way as any other couple.

Ironbite-and also flying bacon.

[Random Guy]

This is the awesomest story ever.

[MaybeNever]

I'm highly fond of this line: "No, they're lesbians, so they jumped in their boat and sped toward the slaughter. "

Because if there's anything that brings round the lesbians, it's murderous carnage!

[ironbite]

Turns 'em on don't you know?

[sylvana]

You know, rushing to the scene to help is pretty normal, but after being shot at going back and saving even more kids is really amazing. They deserve some kind of recognition for their heroism. (I would say medal, but really medals always seem like a cop out as far as recognizing heroes goes.)

I am inclined to agree with Shane for wax. Media outlets with an agenda would never publish a story like this. (Although in all fairness media with a pro-gay agenda would focus on this disproportionately.) Thankfully Norway is one of those amazingly progressive European governments so their news does seem to be more impartial.