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Passage Of Bills Protecting Intersex Children And Others All But Certain
Every party in Parliament except one voted in favour of three bills, submitted by the Prime Minister’s office, which will help protect intersex children and increase rights for trans children if passed into law, RÚV reports. As reported, the bills in question…
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Prime Minister Submits Three Bills On Gender Determination
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir submitted three bills to Parliament yesterday, all pertaining to the gender determination act of 2019, RÚV reports. The first bill specifically concerns intersex children. If passed, this bill would grant children born with atypical sex characteristics freedom from…
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What Are Icelanders Talking About? The Topics Getting People Banned From The Comments
This probably won’t come as a surprise to our readers, but the hottest topic right now is the increased domestic restrictions in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The restrictions, which went into effect at midnight on October 5th, limit social gathering to…
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Icelandic Companies And Offices Reminded To Include Nonbinary Gender Registration
In accordance with a law on gender determination passed by Parliament over a year ago, Icelandic companies and offices now have six months to make changes to their registration systems, which includes providing gender options beyond just “male” or “female”. The initiative…
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Iceland Passes Major Gender Identity Law: “The Fight Is Far From Over”
Yesterday afternoon, Iceland’s Parliament passed a new law which greatly expands the rights of trans people, including those who are non-binary. While the changes made were celebrated by some of the leading figures in Iceland’s trans community, they also pointed out that…
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Iceland Set To Make Major Changes To Law Affecting Trans, Intersex And Non-Binary People
The draft of a bill currently being prepared for Parliament would make several long-overdue changes to Icelandic law regarding trans, intersex and non-binary people. Grapevine spoke with two of the people who helped craft the legislation, who see it as a tremendously…
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Living Up To The Image: Iceland And LGBTI Rights
In a country that often prides itself of being so liberal, I wouldn’t blame you for thinking it’s a bit of a paradise for LGBTI people. But the picture isn’t quite as pretty if you look into the details. According to the…
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Iceland At The Intersection
There’s a lot more to Pride than being gay. Icelanders might be more accepting of trans, genderqueer and intersex people on a social level—everyone we spoke with said that this is so—but Iceland’s legislation still falls far behind other countries when it…
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There Will Be Rainbows
Reykjavík has many reasons to be proud. Heck, just last issue we catalogued the gamut of what makes Reykjavík such a groovy place to call home—including the best of everything under our conspicuously elusive sun. But, as summer (or whatever this cold,…