Reykjavik Gay Pride has elected a new board of directors during its meeting last month, March 24th. One of the longest sitting chairman and one of the event founding father, Þorvaldur Kristinsson, has stepped aside as a Vice Chairman with Eva Maria Thorarinsdottir taking his place. The newly elected board of directors shows that the Organization is still fresh and fierce with young people getting involved and working hard to make one of Iceland´s most important event take place.
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Seattle bears and friends will be crossing over to Iceland for the BEARS ON ICE event September 5-8. The XL weekend is Seattle´s labour day bear run but the event goes beyond the standard bear/bar runs and flirting with hot guys as you also get to experience Seattle and many awesome things Washington State has to offer.
XL weekend organizers have created strong bonds with Iceland and the local bear community as they have been to BEARS ON ICE several times in the past. Now they want to bring soma fellow bears and friends from Seattle to Reykjavik for a long weekend of fun and friendship. Check out the XL Crossover website and the XL Crossover Raffle where you have the chance of winning all inclusive bearcation to the XL Crossover to Iceland.
The local gay scene in Reykjavik is very small but it´s open and friendly. Most of the time you´ll find the local venues mixed with gays and straight people partying together with the exception of "men only" bars & clubs if they exist at all (which they dont as of this writing). Kiki on Laugavegur 22 is the current place to goto and the only operating LGBT club in town by the time this is written. Kiki is open Friday and Saturday nights. The Queer center on Laugavegur 3 (4th floor) is the home of the National Queer Organization, Samtokin 78. It´s a quiet little office and a library, open weekedays from 1-5 pm. Cafe and bar is open Thursday nights from 8 pm and is a nice spot to sit down and relax.
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Colin Gaff and John Eltong will be BEARS ON ICE 2013 guest DJs. Colin Gaff is originally from the UK but has been living in Australia for many years and is now returning to the Northern Hemisphere to perform. Coling has been very active performing at gigs within the Sydney Bear community at key parties such as Bear Pit, Honey and Chunky and having him for this year´s event is very exciting according to event organisers.
Reykjavik came second in the 2017 World Outgames bid with Miami winning the bid. "Ofcourse we wanted to win but it didn´t happen, not this time", says Ingi Thor Jonsson Reykjavik committee spokesperson, adding "we might try again for the 2021 games".
Reykjavík 29 Aug - 1 Sept, 2024
Our only goal is to make a beartastic event to unite all bears and bear enthusiasts of the world to celebrate our community.
