Bangsafélagið is an association for bears and their friends. Its role includes increasing the visibility of bears in the community, raising awareness of issues such as body image, and organising the annual bear festival Reykjavík Bear. The association has also hosted a wide range of events throughout the year, and one of its most summery gatherings is a barbecue held by the outdoor grill in Laugardalur, on the path between Laugardalsvöllur stadium and the Reykjavík Botanic Garden. See the map below.

Dyke Nite Reykjavík has quickly become a welcome and exciting addition to Reykjavík’s queer nightlife. The project is about creating a space where lesbians, queer women, non-binary people and their friends can come together, dance, talk and enjoy the night on their own terms.

LOKI UNTAMED PARTY takes over Kiki Queer Bar on Saturday, May 23, bringing together queer men and non-binary people for a night of music, performance, community and unapologetic queer energy.

Ég, Jóhanna is a powerful and personal theatre production at Tjarnarbíó, where the story of Joan of Arc is retold in a new way. The work is a rebellion against the gender binary and explores identity, power, war, the body and freedom.

Queer Situations is a literary festival dedicated to queer literature in the broadest sense. The festival focuses on books by authors who identify as queer, as well as literature that exists outside the mainstream and opens up new ways of thinking about literature, society and identity.

The Samtökin ’78 Happiness Run is a joyful and colourful running event where people come together to celebrate diversity, show support and raise funds for the important work of Samtökin ’78.

The film Pillion will premiere at Bíó Paradís on 19 February. The screening is part of a special event evening that will also include a discussion on power dynamics, boundaries, and BDSM culture.

The theatre collective Stertabenda premieres its new production, The Triangle of Shame, a sharp, satirical look at contemporary culture through the lens of a dystopian future. The play is set in a distant time when the backlash against human rights has reached its endpoint: LGBTQ+ equality, gender autonomy and women’s rights have been erased. In this bleak society, a group of “experts” launches a grand museum exhibition about the so-called dark age of political correctness — the era we live in today — despite the fact that books have been burned, archives destroyed and all forms of diversity censored out of history.