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  • Bound By All Things Kinky

    Bound By All Things Kinky

    Exploring BDSM in Iceland and how it fits into the larger queer community What is BDSM? Typically considered sexual preferences and practices that include elements of control, submission or pain, it stands for bondage, dominance, sadism and masochism. It’s kink, it’s control,…

  • War Of The Nerds: Grab Your Flogger And Latex, Weirdos

    War Of The Nerds: Grab Your Flogger And Latex, Weirdos

    The BDSM community has oft been misunderstood. Those not associated probably just think of badly written love interests like Christian Grey or some dudes in gimp suits running around whipping each other. The truth, though, is that BDSM is about much more…

  • Kópavogur Rescue Team Announced BDSM Party

    Kópavogur Rescue Team Announced BDSM Party

    Some Icelanders were quite astonished to receive an invitation to an epic BDSM party from none other than the Kópavogur rescue team, Vísir reports. Members of the BDSM Society were offered a fair price of 1,000 ISK, while non-members would have to…

  • BDSM, Sexual Orientation, And Prejudice

    BDSM, Sexual Orientation, And Prejudice

    Recent news of BDSM in Iceland joining up with the National Queer Organisation should have been a non-controversy. While for the most part, a great many people did welcome the news, voices of criticism have arisen that are eerily familiar, and reflect…

  • BDSM In Iceland Joins Up With National Queer Organisation

    BDSM In Iceland Joins Up With National Queer Organisation

    While the move was not without controversy, it has proven to be working more positively than negatively for both groups. In a statement from the National Queer Organisation, the group announces that BDSM in Iceland has now become one of many other…

  • BDSM And Kink/Fetishism No Longer Considered Diseases In Iceland

    BDSM And Kink/Fetishism No Longer Considered Diseases In Iceland

    The Directorate Of Health has decided that a predilection for BDSM, fetishism and other kinks will no longer be considered a disease, In a brief statement made on the official site of the Directorate, it is announced that transvestitism, fetishism and sado-masochism…

  • Directorate Of Health Agrees: BDSM Play Is Not A Sign Of Mental Illness

    Directorate Of Health Agrees: BDSM Play Is Not A Sign Of Mental Illness

    A preference for BDSM is still classified as a mental illness in Iceland, despite a consensus from the country’s top doctors that it should not be. RÚV reports that Iceland is the only Nordic country that still defines a preference or enjoyment…

  • Iceland’s Underground Sex Scene

    Iceland’s Underground Sex Scene

    A long-standing stereotype about Icelanders is that they do not date. The notion of asking for someone’s number, inviting them out for dinner or movies, taking a potential relationship through a step-by-step process from friends to lovers has been, as many contend,…