Explore fjords, icebergs, culture, and the world's most remote UNESCO World Herage se on this gay Greenland expedn.
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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
Last month, Greenland celebrated s first-ever Gay Pri Nu, the natn's biggt cy and pal. Dan Allen has the si sop - wh photos! * gay greenland *
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. ) 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. " 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.
GAY GREENLAND (DENMARK): A DREAM AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD
Der var ft og balla lørdag, da Gay Greenland blev lanceret på tte års Gay Pri i Nu * gay greenland *
"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. " The untry even now has a facto gay bar, or at least one that's fortably mixed. "Or as the graffi on the si of the buildg said for a while, Gayhattan.
We want to create a better future which our gay rights will also be heard Greenlandic society.
GAY GREENLAND
LGBT Rights Greenland: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay greenland *
“I’ve lived here my whole life, and ’s never been a problem for me to be gay, ” I was told by one of the most famo voic Greenland perfect English. ” When I me out the natnal newspaper wh a photo of myself, I had people ntactg me om all over Greenland, askg how they uld get volved wh the gay anizatn I was startg. “At the height of our gay anizatn [named Qaamaneq, meang “light”] a few years ago, we would rent out a hoe the old part of town and have parti wh up to 50 gay and lbian people at a time, ” Erik said, his shy gr spreadg across his face aga.
Whout even seekg them, I found LGBT Greenlanrs greetg me everywhere I turned, om my lol tour gui to the top two officials at Nu Tourism, who happen to be an out gay man and a lbian.
GREENLAND: WT COAST GAY CISE
Lol gays n be found stylish, mixed nightclubs wh nam like Manhattan (wh photos of the New York skyle adorng the walls). Many gay and lbian Greenlanrs had lived Copenhagen for a spell orr to experience a wir-rangg gay life and to fd mat, but they too evably drifted back home. Gay Denmark story.