Tone Maria Hansen (born 1957)

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The organization’s original name was the National Association for Transsexuals (LFTS). Hansen took the initiative to establish the association, which was launched in January 2000, at the same time as the treatment services at Rikshospitalet were discontinued. Since its founding, she has been one of the organization’s most central figures. Today, the organization has just over 1,100 members.

Hansen led the organization for the first fourteen years. They spent seven years working to secure permanent funding from the national budget. At the same time, they organized several major conferences on the topic, the first already in 2001. HBRS held its first summer camp in 2010. HBRSU, the youth organization, was established in 2012.

In the interview, Hansen talks about her own upbringing and life. She began gender-affirming treatment at a young age and was among the last to complete treatment before the services at Rikshospitalet were discontinued in 2000.

Hansen received the King’s Medal of Merit in 2015. The full interview is available in our reading room. Skeivt Arkiv met Tone Maria Hansen in Oslo, September 2023.

In an excerpt from the interview, Hansen talks about her meeting with Petter Vennerød, which led to the TV series Født i feil kropp (Born in a wrong body).