Fredrik Federley

Fredrik Federley is a politician for the Swedish Center party and a member of parliament. He was the first openly homosexual man to lead a Swedish youth party. His controversial views have brought him into the spotlight on several occasions, like the time he was the only person to vote for legalizing prostitution. Kind of like Ron Paul, only younger and with a female alter ego that sometimes comes out to play.

In 2010 Federley was treated to a luxurious cruise by private companies, something his opponents called a bribe. He dismissed the criticism by saying that it was his drag personality Ursula who had been invited to go, so that she could write about the trip for the gay website Hanky. I think that is one of my all-time favorite excuses and have tried to use something similar in my own life when caught, but to no avail. He has been threatened by several different groups, has a more advanced security detail than other politicians and was assaulted outside his home in 2010. In 2011 he got his own radio show on the country’s first commercial talk radio station (see “Radio Ett”).