Jon Reidar Øyan is a Norwegian politician and gay rights activist.

He made his mark as leader of the Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation

Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation

Landsforeningen for lesbisk og homofil frigjøring is a Norwegian "working politically and socially so that those who are gay, lesbian and bisexual can live openly without fear of being ostracized, discriminated, or harassed."The organization had its early beginnings in 1949, when the Danish...

, and stepped down in 2008. He was then hired as an advisor for the parliamentary group of the Norwegian Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

. He had a background as a member of Snillfjord

Snillfjord

Snillfjord is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Krokstadøra. Other villages in Snillfjord include Ytre Snillfjord, Hemnskjela, and Vutudal....

 municipal council. In October 2009 he was appointed political advisor in the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Labour is a Norwegian ministry established in 1916. It is responsible for the labour market, the working environment, pensions, welfare, social security, integration, immigration, asylum, minorities and the Sami...

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