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Iceland Ranks Second Place The Rainbow Map
The European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA-Europe) recently increased Iceland’s ranking on their annual Rainbow Map. ILGA-Europe ranks 49 European countries on a scale of 0% to 100%, depending on each country’s performance in LGBTQI…
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Love Will Win (If We Want It): Fighting Transphobia In Iceland
On June 25th, a man walked into the London Pub in Oslo, Norway, pulled out a gun, and started shooting. He would repeat this at two other locations, killing two people and wounding 21 before being arrested. He was expressly motivated by…
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Pride Officially Begins In Iceland
It’s the week before the second weekend in August, and that can mean only one thing in Iceland: the beginning of Pride Week, culminating in the freedom and solidarity march this Saturday. [su_pullquote]A goodie bag filled with perfect road trip companions now…
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Iceland Bounces Back From 14th To 9th On ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map
After sitting at 14th for two years running, Iceland has made some improvements to the rights of queer people in the country, taking them up to 9th place out of 49 countries surveyed by the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay,…
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Iceland Holds Steady In ILGA Europe’s Ranking For Queer Rights
When it comes to queer rights, Iceland is 14th in Europe—where it was last year—indicating the the country has not made any significant advancements despite ILGA Europe’s, and others, recommendations last year. According to a report from ILGA Europe, Iceland is doing…
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Iceland Needs To Do Better In Defending Queer Rights
Of the many conclusions reached at an online meeting on queer rights in Iceland held last Tuesday, one of them was that Iceland is not doing enough to legislatively and financially defend queer rights in this country, RÚV reports. “The legal rights…
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Many Queer Youth Subjected To Bullying In Schools
As reported by Fréttablaðið this morning, the results of a survey that was meant to be presented today by the Gender Equality Committee of the University of Iceland’s School of Education revealed that a third of young queer people feel insecure at…
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Iceland Moves Up In Rank For Queer Rights, Still Has Room For Improvement
According to a new assessment from ILGA-Europe, Iceland has moved up in rank, from 18th place to 14th out of 49 European countries when it comes to queer rights. This is in large part due to last year’s passage of a law…
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The New Frontier: Trans Rights In Iceland
In 1948, German-American endocrinologist Harry Benjamin had a fateful meeting with famed sexologist Alfred Kinsey, wherein Benjamin was introduced to a child, assigned male at birth, who wanted to be a girl. Benjamin proposed estrogen treatment for the child and, encouraged by…
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Iceland’s Naming Laws May Soon Change For The Better
Þorsteinn Víglundsson, an MP for the Reform Party, will soon submit a bill to Parliament that would drastically change Iceland’s famously restrictive naming laws, Vísir reports. The issue concerns “individual liberty” and queer rights, Þorsteinn told reporters. “The bill is at its…
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The March Of Progress: The National Queer Organisation Turns 40
Samtökin ‘78 (literally “the ‘78 organisation”, with its official English name being The National Queer Organisation) celebrated its 40th anniversary on June 23 (although the actual founding date is May 9). While the organisation is virtually unheard of outside of Iceland, it…
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Ten Queer Refugees From Uganda Settled In Iceland
Making good on a promise made last year, the Icelandic government has settled ten queer Ugandan refugees just outside of Reykjavík. RÚV reports that the refugees arrived yesterday, and have been settled in Mosfellsbær, just north of Reykjavík. The decision to invite…
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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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Iceland Falls Behind In Queer Rights… Again
To many people around the world, Iceland is a bastion of queer rights, with oft-cited examples such as having elected an openly lesbian Prime Minister and legalised same-sex marriage, among other accolades. While all this is true, there are now signs that…