 Some living overseas even refused to return to the Faroe Islands.On top of that, there were also a number of high-profile homophobic incidents widely reported in the Scandinavian press.Later developments suggested that the Faroe Islands were becoming more liberal, even though the laws were still relatively conservative compared to other Nordic countries, partly due to the outlawing of discrimination towards LGBT people, which in turn encouraged many to come out publicly and the previous negative attitudes towards LGBT individuals have been softened.