Iceland’s Bear Pride Takes the European Stage
From Reykjavík Bear to Mr. Bear Europe: Jóhann Takes Iceland’s Bear Pride Continental. After being crowned the first-ever...
LGBT Rights
Number one, but not done
For the fourth year in a row, Iceland tops Europe’s Trans Rights Map. Yet legal protections tell only...
Postcards of Pride: Heartfelt messages of support and recognition for Queer Youth
In a quiet corner of Reykjavík, tucked between bookshelves and beanbags in a cheerful school library, a quiet...
Family Portrait: Inside the world of Gógó Starr
From a country mouse to a sensational drag-star. GayIceland’s Magdalena Lukasiak sits down with Gógó Starr to talk...
“They are highly organized – that’s why it’s crucial to push back”
Icelandic intersex activist Kitty Anderson has spent years fighting for bodily autonomy, challenging unnecessary surgeries on intersex children,...
What matters is ensuring people’s safety
Old Pros, Red Umbrella Iceland, Strip Lab, Red Umbrella Sweden, and PION are tomorrow hosting together a conference...
“If we don’t stand together, all freedom will eventually be taken”
Elín Ey on music, anger, and speaking up for the Trans Community. “It disappoints and saddens me deeply...
From spreadsheets to sashes, Iceland’s newest queer royalty has arrived!
Meet Jóhann Örn B. Benediktsson: financial wizard by day, Mr. Reykjavík Bear by… well, also by day, because...
Not The Only Gay in the Village
How Flateyri’s 2024 winter pride proved the next queer frontier is in the mounatins, not the streets. Although...
Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín: “I believe in the freedom to be who you are and love who you love”
In a interview with GayIceland’s Magdalena Lukasiak, Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, addresses the troubling...