This weekend the local gay scene celebrates the opening of a new gay venue in town. This is BarBarbara which opens Friday March 6th.  BarBarbara´s home is on Laugavegur 22 which was the home  of the legendary gay club 22 which ruled the world in the 90s.

The Justin Fashanu All Star, the Leftfooters, Pan, Radballer, London Titans, a team from Hamburg are among teams playing at the international gay football tournament in Iceland April 9th - 12th.

Hinsegin dagar í Reykjavík – Reykjavík Gay Pride – announces its annual general meeting, which will be held March 7th 2009 at 14:00 in the Rainbow Room of the Queer Center, Laugavegur 3, 4th floor. The Gay Pride festivities in Reykjavík, organized by the board and pride committee of the organization,  have been a marvellous success since 1999.

Mrs. Johanna Sigurdardottir is the world’s first openly gay prime minister leading a newly formed government after a conservative-led government for 2 years recently failed. Mrs, Sigurðardóttir, a former flight attendant and union organizer,  has a successful carrier in politics for over 30 years.