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Uproar Over Medical Requirements To Take Part In Miss Universe Iceland
The Chairman of Trans Iceland Alda Villiljós has condemned the requirement list published by Miss Universe Iceland which requires applicants to be “medically certified women.” In an interview with Visir, Alda called it a perfect example of obsolete attitudes towards trans people.…
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Transgender Day Of Remembrance To Be Honoured In Iceland
Icelanders will be joining many others around the world this Sunday, as they take part in the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The Transgender Day of Remembrance is an international effort to honour the memories of those who have suffered violence and death…
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Beyond The Binary: Ugla Stefanía On Trans Rights In Iceland
Iceland has “fallen behind” when it comes to legal protections for transgender people, according to trans activist Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir. Their comments come just ahead of the seventeenth annual Reykjavík Pride, a week-long festival celebrating Iceland’s LGBTQI communities that begins on…
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Man Gives Birth To Baby In North Iceland
One Icelander has just set a historical precedent by being “the first trans man in Iceland to have a baby during a gender transition process.” GayIceland reports that Henrý Steinn, a 19-year-old trans man from the north of Iceland, gave birth to…
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Happening Today: TEDxReykjavík On Feminism
In conjunction with Reykjavík City’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, TEDxReykjavík presents talks by TEDxWomen, in addition to TED and TEDx talks by female speakers. Activist and queer feminist Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir hosts the event—and she is well-suited…
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Icelandic Trans Woman Facing Job Discrimination
Jóhanna Erna Guðrúnardóttir has been struggling to gain employment since coming out as transgendered, reports MBL. “Like most minorities in our society [I face discrimination],” said Jóhanna Erna, 18. “But you just try not to let it get to you.” While she…
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Former PM At WorldPride: In The End Love Conquered All
Iceland’s former Prime Minister-slash-the world’s first openly gay head of state Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir gave her first address on LGBT rights in Toronto at the WorldPride Human Rights Conference yesterday. In her speech Jóhanna expressed gratitude for LGBT activists who fought with such…