Icelandic couple travelled to the USA to spend christmas with family members living there but their trip was suddenly interrupted by the police at the start of the last leg of the trip. It suddenly seemed like they were living one of those indie christmas travel movies in real-time and serious social issues were revealed.

After years of just one annual drag show in Reykjavik things changed in October 2015 when a three friends decided to form a group and do a monthly show. Recently the celebrated the second anniversary and are still going strong. They have added another monthly Drag-Lab night with a more experimental program and a weekly Lipsync Karaoke every Sunday night at Queer Club Kiki. Loft Hostel has hosted a monthly Drag Extravaganza with local artists and drag queens they have flown in.

Reykjavik Pride has come to an end. After almost a full week of all kinds of events peaking with the Saturday Reykjavik Pride Parade we have to give the organizers and participants thumbs up for all their effort and hard work. We really appreciate it and so do the tens of thousands who, with their attendance, show their support and participate in the celebrations.

Tourism has become an important part of Iceland´s economy with more and more tourists visiting every year. The annual increase has been over 5% on average in the past 10 years¹. In 2010 around 490.000 visitors came to Iceland and in 2011 the number grew to 565.000².  Read more ...

Not sure if the world´s northernmost gay scene is to be found here but Reykjavik is the world’s northernmost capital. Known by many as the home of Bjork and Sigur Ros. It is a small city with only 120.000 people but about 2/3 of Icelanders live in greater Reykjavik area. It is easy to navigate the city whether by foot, bicycle, public transport or car. With a little bit of planning you should be able to explore the city of Reykjavik and see a little bit of Iceland as well in less than a week.

The bear scene is fairly new to the small and mixed Icelandic gay scene. When BEARS ON ICE, the local bear run, was first held in Reykjavik in 2005 the word "bear scene" was unknown to most locals. But now BEARS ON ICE has made a name for itself both locally and internationally and has become an important part of Reykjavik´s small and welcoming gay scene.

Producers of the Czech Queer tv program 'Q' visited Iceland this summer and did a short documentary about the icelandic gay scene. The crew met up with the local bear event BEARS ON ICE, paid a visit to the Queer Center, went whale watching, and interviewed it´s gay manager and guide,  played football with the gay football team Styrmir and met up with gay iceon Pall Oskar among other things.

There are 158 HIV positive men and women and 23 persons diagnosed with AIDS living in Iceland right now. Thirty-seven people in Iceland have died of the virus. HIV and AIDS have inflicted one person for every 1,466 on this small island and touched exponentially more through family ties, friendships and acquaintances.  Still, it’s difficult to imagine receiving such a diagnosis or learning that your loved one has. The sensationalised face of HIV and AIDS that has been imprinted on the public’s common mind—a frail and fragile homosexual male, confined to a strict regimen of medications, sentenced to death—is terrifying when imagined on a sister, brother, parent, friend, anybody.