Gay Greenland (Denmark): A Dream at the Top of the World

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• WORLDWATCH: GREENLAND'S FIRST GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN ALLENJUNE 15, 2010/3:23 PMBY DAN ALLENJUNE 15, 2010 / 3:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WORLDWATCH: GREENLAND'S FIRST GAY PRI","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-06-15T19:23:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-06-15T19:23:34.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN ALLEN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE WORLD'S BIGGT HOMO HOTSPOTS GEAR UP TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER ROUND OF DTRIAL-SIZED PRI THIS MONTH, LT WE OVERLOOK ONE OF THE WORLD'S SMALLT QUEER OLSPOTS: GLACIER-BOUND GREENLAND, WHICH JT A FEW WEEKS AGO QUIETLY MARKED A MAJOR LGBT TONE BY PULLG OFF S IMPRSIVE PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MAY 15 PRI EVENT NU, THE PAL, DREW OVER A THOAND PARTICIPANTS -- WHICH MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH, UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT ONLY 57,000 PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE GREENLAND. (PUT ANOTHER WAY, THAT'S LIKE FIVE AND A HALF LN AMERINS SHOWG UP FOR THE FIRST NEW YORK CY PRI.) REPS OM THE UNTRY'S GAY-IENDLY DEMOCRATIC PARTY MARCHED AT THE ONT OF THE PARA, AND GREENLANRS OF ALL AG AND PERSUASNS JOED , TURNG TO THE SEND LARGT MONSTRATN THE NATN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAPPY PRI NU!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}19-YEAR-OLD NA BISGAARD, WHO WORKS AS A STYLIST FOR A POPULAR GREENLANDIC THEATER DIRECTOR AND TV HOST, WAS ONE OF THE EVENT'S YOUNG ANIZERS. THROUGH A TRANSLATOR, BISGAARD SAYS THAT HE WAS ASKED BY -ANIZER LU BERTHELSEN, 24, IF HE WANTED TO JO UP TO DO A PRI. SCE HE'D ALREADY TOYED WH THE IA FOR A YEAR HIMSELF, HE EAGERLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EARLY EVENG PARA MEANRED THROUGH NU'S PACT CY CENTER, AND WAS FOLLOWED BY A SOLD OUT DNER AT THE KATUAQ CULTURAL CENTER. SEVERAL PERFORMANC ENSUED, BEWIGGED AND NON, SOME FEATURG BISGAARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} SAY CHEE! GREENLAND PRI-GOER S BIG!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS A WATERSHED DAY FOR GREENLANDIC GAY HISTORY. "THIS WAS THE FIRST [LGBT] EVENT THAT WAS WILY PUBLICIZED," SAYS JPER KUN EGE, A GREENLANR BY BIRTH, WHO, LIKE MANY OF HIS UNTRYMEN, NOW LIV COPENHAGEN. DPE A RECENT PH TOWARD FULL TONOMY, GREENLAND IS STILL OFFICIALLY PART OF THE KGDOM OF DENMARK, AND 'S HERE THAT MANY GREENLANRS SPEND AT LEAST A FEW YEARS AWAY OM THEIR SPARSELY POPULATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANKS TO S RELATNSHIP WH DENMARK (WHICH PNEERED REGISTRATN OF SAME-SEX UNNS 1989), GREENLAND WAS ACTUALLY THE FOURTH UNTRY THE WORLD TO TABLISH A REGISTERED DOMTIC PARTNER LAW 1996. STILL, EGE SAYS THE LAW HASN'T NECSARILY TRANSLATED TO OPENNS FOR GREENLANDIC GAY UPL. " I KNOW ONLY OF ONE UPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY HAD THEIR SAME-SEX UNN GREENLAND," HE SAYS. "BUT I'VE HEARD OF OTHERS WHO WERE MARRIED DENMARK AND MOVED TO GREENLAND."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARCHG HARD FOR PRI!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORGANIZG GAYS OVER SUCH A LARGE, GGED AND THLY PEOPLED LAND MASS AS GREENLAND, WHERE ROADS ARE FEW, WTERS ARE LONG AND DARKLY BTAL, AND MOST TRANSPORTATN IS STILL BY BOAT, HAS NEVER BEEN AN EASY FEAT. "WE DID ONCE HAVE A GAY ANIZATN LLED QAAMANEQ [MEANG "LIGHT"]," SAYS EGE, "BUT CLOSED AFTER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS BEE OF A LACK OF VOLUNTEERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT LEAST TERMS OF UPLG, THE WEB HAS FOREVER CHANGED GREENLAND'S GAY LANDSPE RECENT YEARS. "THE TER HAS MA GAY DATG REALLY EASY GREENLAND," SAYS EGE. "PARTICULARLY A DANISH DATG SE LLED HAS MA EASY FOR GREENLANDIC GAY PEOPLE TO MEET. LBIANS ALSO E THE SAME SE." THE UNTRY EVEN NOW HAS A FACTO GAY BAR, OR AT LEAST ONE THAT'S FORTABLY MIXED. "IN NU, PEOPLE UALLY MEET AT A DIS LLED MANHATTAN," SAYS EGE. "OR AS THE GRAFFI ON THE SI OF THE BUILDG SAID FOR A WHILE, GAYHATTAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BISGAARD HOP THIS NEWFOUND NNECTIVY WILL TRANSLATE TO MORE OPENNS AMONG GREENLAND'S BURGEONG LGBT MUNY. "WE ARE TRYG TO CREATE A WORK AND TO BREAK WH TABOOS AND LONELS," HE SAYS. "A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL LONELY AND AAID DUE TO THEIR SEXUALY. WE WANT TO BREAK THE SILENCE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE, ED, NOT ALONE. WE WANT TO CREATE A BETTER FUTURE WHICH OUR GAY RIGHTS WILL ALSO BE HEARD GREENLANDIC SOCIETY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PHOTOS COURTY LNEA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY GREENLAND (DENMARK): A DREAM AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD
• GAY GREENLAND
• GREENLAND: WT COAST GAY CISE

WORLDWATCH: GREENLAND'S FIRST GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN ALLENJUNE 15, 2010/3:23 PMBY DAN ALLENJUNE 15, 2010 / 3:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WORLDWATCH: GREENLAND'S FIRST GAY PRI","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-06-15T19:23:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-06-15T19:23:34.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN ALLEN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE WORLD'S BIGGT HOMO HOTSPOTS GEAR UP TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER ROUND OF DTRIAL-SIZED PRI THIS MONTH, LT WE OVERLOOK ONE OF THE WORLD'S SMALLT QUEER OLSPOTS: GLACIER-BOUND GREENLAND, WHICH JT A FEW WEEKS AGO QUIETLY MARKED A MAJOR LGBT TONE BY PULLG OFF S IMPRSIVE PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MAY 15 PRI EVENT NU, THE PAL, DREW OVER A THOAND PARTICIPANTS -- WHICH MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH, UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT ONLY 57,000 PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE GREENLAND. (PUT ANOTHER WAY, THAT'S LIKE FIVE AND A HALF LN AMERINS SHOWG UP FOR THE FIRST NEW YORK CY PRI.) REPS OM THE UNTRY'S GAY-IENDLY DEMOCRATIC PARTY MARCHED AT THE ONT OF THE PARA, AND GREENLANRS OF ALL AG AND PERSUASNS JOED , TURNG TO THE SEND LARGT MONSTRATN THE NATN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAPPY PRI NU!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}19-YEAR-OLD NA BISGAARD, WHO WORKS AS A STYLIST FOR A POPULAR GREENLANDIC THEATER DIRECTOR AND TV HOST, WAS ONE OF THE EVENT'S YOUNG ANIZERS. THROUGH A TRANSLATOR, BISGAARD SAYS THAT HE WAS ASKED BY -ANIZER LU BERTHELSEN, 24, IF HE WANTED TO JO UP TO DO A PRI. SCE HE'D ALREADY TOYED WH THE IA FOR A YEAR HIMSELF, HE EAGERLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EARLY EVENG PARA MEANRED THROUGH NU'S PACT CY CENTER, AND WAS FOLLOWED BY A SOLD OUT DNER AT THE KATUAQ CULTURAL CENTER. SEVERAL PERFORMANC ENSUED, BEWIGGED AND NON, SOME FEATURG BISGAARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} SAY CHEE! GREENLAND PRI-GOER S BIG!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS A WATERSHED DAY FOR GREENLANDIC GAY HISTORY. "THIS WAS THE FIRST [LGBT] EVENT THAT WAS WILY PUBLICIZED," SAYS JPER KUN EGE, A GREENLANR BY BIRTH, WHO, LIKE MANY OF HIS UNTRYMEN, NOW LIV COPENHAGEN. DPE A RECENT PH TOWARD FULL TONOMY, GREENLAND IS STILL OFFICIALLY PART OF THE KGDOM OF DENMARK, AND 'S HERE THAT MANY GREENLANRS SPEND AT LEAST A FEW YEARS AWAY OM THEIR SPARSELY POPULATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANKS TO S RELATNSHIP WH DENMARK (WHICH PNEERED REGISTRATN OF SAME-SEX UNNS 1989), GREENLAND WAS ACTUALLY THE FOURTH UNTRY THE WORLD TO TABLISH A REGISTERED DOMTIC PARTNER LAW 1996. STILL, EGE SAYS THE LAW HASN'T NECSARILY TRANSLATED TO OPENNS FOR GREENLANDIC GAY UPL. " I KNOW ONLY OF ONE UPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY HAD THEIR SAME-SEX UNN GREENLAND," HE SAYS. "BUT I'VE HEARD OF OTHERS WHO WERE MARRIED DENMARK AND MOVED TO GREENLAND."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARCHG HARD FOR PRI!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORGANIZG GAYS OVER SUCH A LARGE, GGED AND THLY PEOPLED LAND MASS AS GREENLAND, WHERE ROADS ARE FEW, WTERS ARE LONG AND DARKLY BTAL, AND MOST TRANSPORTATN IS STILL BY BOAT, HAS NEVER BEEN AN EASY FEAT. "WE DID ONCE HAVE A GAY ANIZATN LLED QAAMANEQ [MEANG "LIGHT"]," SAYS EGE, "BUT CLOSED AFTER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS BEE OF A LACK OF VOLUNTEERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT LEAST TERMS OF UPLG, THE WEB HAS FOREVER CHANGED GREENLAND'S GAY LANDSPE RECENT YEARS. "THE TER HAS MA GAY DATG REALLY EASY GREENLAND," SAYS EGE. "PARTICULARLY A DANISH DATG SE LLED HAS MA EASY FOR GREENLANDIC GAY PEOPLE TO MEET. LBIANS ALSO E THE SAME SE." THE UNTRY EVEN NOW HAS A FACTO GAY BAR, OR AT LEAST ONE THAT'S FORTABLY MIXED. "IN NU, PEOPLE UALLY MEET AT A DIS LLED MANHATTAN," SAYS EGE. "OR AS THE GRAFFI ON THE SI OF THE BUILDG SAID FOR A WHILE, GAYHATTAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BISGAARD HOP THIS NEWFOUND NNECTIVY WILL TRANSLATE TO MORE OPENNS AMONG GREENLAND'S BURGEONG LGBT MUNY. "WE ARE TRYG TO CREATE A WORK AND TO BREAK WH TABOOS AND LONELS," HE SAYS. "A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL LONELY AND AAID DUE TO THEIR SEXUALY. WE WANT TO BREAK THE SILENCE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE, ED, NOT ALONE. WE WANT TO CREATE A BETTER FUTURE WHICH OUR GAY RIGHTS WILL ALSO BE HEARD GREENLANDIC SOCIETY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PHOTOS COURTY LNEA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

As the world's biggt homo hotspots gear up to celebrate another round of dtrial-sized Pri this month, lt we overlook one of the world's smallt queer olspots: glacier-bound Greenland, which jt a few weeks ago quietly marked a major LGBT tone by pullg off s imprsive Pri May 15 Pri event Nu, the pal, drew over a thoand participants -- which may not seem like much, until you know that only 57, 000 people actually live Greenland.

GAY GREENLAND (DENMARK): A DREAM AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD

) Reps om the untry's gay-iendly Democratic Party marched at the ont of the para, and Greenlanrs of all ag and persuasns joed , turng to the send largt monstratn the natn's history. It was a watershed day for Greenlandic gay history. Still, Ege says the law hasn't necsarily translated to openns for Greenlandic gay upl.

GAY GREENLAND

" Organizg gays over such a large, gged and thly peopled land mass as Greenland, where roads are few, wters are long and darkly btal, and most transportatn is still by boat, has never been an easy feat. "We did once have a gay anizatn lled Qaamaneq [meang "Light"], " says Ege, "but closed after four or five years bee of a lack of volunteers. "At least terms of uplg, the web has forever changed Greenland's gay landspe recent years.

GREENLAND: WT COAST GAY CISE

"The ter has ma gay datg really easy Greenland, " says Ege.

"Particularly a Danish datg se lled has ma easy for Greenlandic gay people to meet. " The untry even now has a facto gay bar, or at least one that's fortably mixed.