Mayor of Reykjavík Mr. Jón Gnarr has asked Moscow authorities to allow a proposed gay pride march to go forward without police interference. In a letter Mr. Jón Gnarr recently sent to Moscow´s mayor, Mr. Sergey Sobyanin, he encourages him to re-evaluate the decision to ban gay pride in Moscow and "support LGBT people in their wish to live a decent life instead of preventing in". By banning gay pride authorities is simply "a discrimination against citizens based on sexual orientation: a human rights violation".

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For the 8th time BEARS ON ICE will take over Reykjavik´s gay scene for a long weekend, September 6-9. The event has been growing every year since it was first held in 2005 and this year event organizers have a record number of guests coming for the event from all over the world. Event program has a good number of activities on the list such as Golden Circle sight seeing tour, trip to the geothermal Blue lagoon and a visit to the Icelandic Phallological Museum. In addition there is a party organized every night starting with the opening party at the Queer Center Thursday night (September 6th), A Furry Friday at Club Faktory (September 7th) and Saturday men only party (September 8th) at Iða (Lækjargata 2, city center).

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There is a busy weekend coming up with bears taking over the local gay scene. The "Men Only Dance" at the downtown venue Iðusalur (Lækjargata 2) September 8th (Saturday night) marks the highlight of the weekend with Danish DJ Mikael Costa performing and the local DJs Dramatik and Bistro Boy. A special guest performer will be the gay icon Páll Óskar (Paul Oscar) who is also Iceland´s most popular singer and performer. House opens 10 pm. Free drink for those who show up early! Pre sale tickets cost ISK 1.000 and are available at the Queer Center (Samtökin '78) on Laugavegur 3 or ISK 1.500 at the door Saturday night.

Reykjavik Gay Pride has finished but Gayice.is has kept a good record of what was happening during a week of fantastic and fun events. Gay Pride weekend had an early start with Iceland´s most entertaining competition, The Iceland Drag Contest (Draggkeppni Íslands) where Iceland get to choose the King and Queen for the year.