Gaahl homosexuálom roka. Bývalý frontman GORGOROTH obdržal cenu na nórskom Bergen Gay Galla za svoj prínos homosexuálnej komunite. "Nepotrebujem nejakú cenu, aby som bol sám sebou. Ale ak to dokáže pomôcť ostatným ľuďom v podobnej situácií, v akej som ja, je to pozitívna vec, " povedal Gaahl pre noviny Bergensavisen.

Tridsaťštyriročný Nór je momentálne vo vzťahu s devätnásťročným Robinom Jakobsenom (fotka nižšie). Na otázku, ako sa títo dvaja spoznali, odpovedal Gaahl, vlastným menom Kristian Eivind Espedal, takto:

"It was after closing time. I was at Fincken (gay bar in Bergen). Robin came to the club to look for his former boyfriend. I was buzzed on white wine, and suddenly I saw a glowing figure in the door. That was Robin. I thought to myself that he must be mine."

Was it love at first sight?

"No…I had to work a little for it."

Were people surprised when you came out as a homosexual?

"I think it"s strange that it wasn"t known before, but I never had a need to go public with it. Finally a German journalist had the guts to ask the question, and I answered him. It wasn"t any more painful than that."