Gay Pride in Reykjavik takes place 4-7 August this year. It is an amazing festival enjoyed by hundreds of gay and 50.000 non-gay people.
The Gay Parade in Reykjavik takes place on Saturday and starts from the BSI long distance bus station for the first time. The reason why the parade does not start at the top of Laugavegur, Reykjavik's main shopping street, is because the procession has become too big and floats have become too many and too large for the small street.
Participants in the Gay Parade spend days, even weeks and months, preparing for the event. Dressed in colourful and often shiny and glittering outfits they dance to the music rhythm played on a mobile music system carried on several floats.
Gay Prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime minister in Iceland since May 2009 and the first openly gay Prime minister in the world, proposed a bill for same sex marriages in Iceland. The law took effect in 2010.
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011
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Gay Iceland
Iceland is an incredibly gay-friendly destination. The locals are relaxed and friendly and gay visitors are always given a warm welcome.
Reykjavik Gay Pride takes place 4-7 August 2011. If you are too late to book a flight to this chilled out capital, visitors can still enjoy a lavender-tinged ambience at Trúnó, the only gay café in the capital. Trúnó is a friendly, laid-back café with tiny library of queer literature, easy listening background music and lilac walls. The charming Norwegian waitress told me that the word ‘trúnó’ translates as ‘when you sit down and have a heart to heart with somebody and tell your deepest secrets...’
The fabulous nightclub, Barbara, is next door, and you can’t miss it with its bright pink walls and rainbow flags everywhere. Start the evening with a cocktail at Trúnó then party late into the next morning with Barbara.
Original article by Lucy Mallows - Gay Iceland
Reykjavik Gay Pride takes place 4-7 August 2011. If you are too late to book a flight to this chilled out capital, visitors can still enjoy a lavender-tinged ambience at Trúnó, the only gay café in the capital. Trúnó is a friendly, laid-back café with tiny library of queer literature, easy listening background music and lilac walls. The charming Norwegian waitress told me that the word ‘trúnó’ translates as ‘when you sit down and have a heart to heart with somebody and tell your deepest secrets...’
The fabulous nightclub, Barbara, is next door, and you can’t miss it with its bright pink walls and rainbow flags everywhere. Start the evening with a cocktail at Trúnó then party late into the next morning with Barbara.
Original article by Lucy Mallows - Gay Iceland
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