New Icelandic gay film getting great response Friðrika Benónýsdóttir·13/09/2016Heartstone, the first full length film by Icelandic director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, premiered at the film festival in...Entertainment·1 Comment·0
Fox Fisher: “Being out is a form of activism” Friðrika Benónýsdóttir·03/08/2016Trans Iceland has invited the British filmmaker and trans activist Fox Fisher to come to Iceland and do...Editor's PicksSee & Do·0 Comments·0
Full passes for men only festival sold out Friðrika Benónýsdóttir·16/07/2016More than 150 foreign guests are expected to show up for the annual men only festival Bears on Ice,...See & Do·0 Comments·0
The lesbian experience is having a moment Friðrika Benónýsdóttir·17/06/2016The crime writer Lilja Sigurðardóttir made Icelandic history with her latest novel “The Trap” (Gildran). The main protagonist...Entertainment·1 Comment·0
Why do we have to define ourselves all the time? Friðrika Benónýsdóttir·16/06/2016Ásthildur Gunnarsdóttir is the vice chair of the national queer organisation, Samtökin ’78. Her agenda is first and foremost to...LGBT RightsEditor's Picks·0 Comments·0
Police investigating more hate crime cases Friðrika Benónýsdóttir·09/06/2016In January this year the Icelandic police launched a development project with the special aim of looking into hate...LGBT RightsEditor's Picks·0 Comments·0
Iceland is not a queer Utopia Friðrika Benónýsdóttir·13/05/2016Iceland has fallen far behind the other Nordic countries regarding laws which ensure that LGBTI people have legal...LGBT Rights·0 Comments·0
Tom Of Finland: The man who altered gay culture Friðrika Benónýsdóttir·26/04/2016One of the highlights of the Berlinale film festival this year was the press conference held in order...Entertainment·0 Comments·0
If you weren’t into girls, you’d be gay Friðrika Benónýsdóttir·20/04/2016Icetralia is a stand up comedy show that features Australian gay comedian Jono Duffy and Icelandic comedian and...See & Do·0 Comments·0
A record number of people seeking help Friðrika Benónýsdóttir·22/03/2016Last year saw an explosion in numbers of people seeking counseling at the national queer organisation of Iceland,...LGBT Rights·0 Comments·0