This weekend sees Reykjavik’s annual Gay Pride celebration, with a wide range of events; the highlights of which are Saturday’s family-friendly parade and outdoor concerts. Read the full story

Jon Gnarr, the Mayor of Reykjavik took the lead in today’s Gay Pride parade and was wearing the same costume as he had on at the opening of Gay Pride on Thursday. Mr. Gnarr, who is a known comedian and an actor in Iceland, was truly at his best during the parade. Read the full story

It is Reykjavik’s 12th annual Gay Pride weekend and the highlight is always Saturday’s colourful parade. This year the parade starts at 14.00 and tens of thousands of people are expected to turn out to participate. Read the full story

The world is taking note of the fact that Reykjavik’s mayor Jon Gnarr took to the stage in drag last night at the opening of Reykjavik Gay Pride. The story is one of the day’s most popular on the BBC News website. Read the full story

Swedish diplomat and Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg speaks out on the Lithuania Gay Pride ban: Read the full story

The eleventh annual Reykjavik Gay Pride parade and outdoor concert with Pall Oskar (probably Iceland’s biggest pop star) attracted about 80,000 people to the middle of Reykjavik on Saturday. Read the full story

Reykjavik Gay Pride is one of the biggest such celebrations in the world (per capita), despite its cosy size. It is often affectionately labelled ‘the biggest little Pride in the world’, and Saturday’s parade will attract as many as one-in-three of Iceland’s entire population to show support for LGBT rights. Read the full story