Gay couples in Denmark should soon be able to have religious wedding ceremonies after the government struck an agreement with the church. Read the full story

A right-wing Finnish Politician has been given a final warning by fellow party members for suggesting that homosexuals and Somalis should be sent to live on an island. Read the full story

A former right-wing politician, accused of secretly filming boys in his shower, has admitted he is homosexual for the first time. Read the full story

Over 3,000 people ran down the streets in their underwear earlier this week in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Some are asking whether the attention-grabbing protest was inspired, in part, by the Icelandic band FM Belfast. Read the full story

Between 16th and 25th September, the International Festival of Queer Culture will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia for the second time. It is a non-commercial project whose goal is to promote tolerance and diversity and to attract society’s attention to the problems of homophobia and transphobia in Russia through the language of art. Read the full story

Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir is on an official visit to the Faroe Islands; but her visit is not without controversy. Read the full story

The National Church of Iceland yesterday took no formal position on a current parliamentary bill which would amend marriage laws to include gay couples. The national synod instead voted to refer the matter to the church’s doctrine and rites committee. Read the full story

The Helsinki Court of Appeals has found in favour of Johanna Korhonen in her battle for wrongful dismissal. Korhonen had accused the Lapin Kansa newspaper of unlawful dismissal on the grounds that she was involved in a same-sex relationship. Read the full story

The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church is desperately seeking reconciliation between conservatives and reformists as it searches for a new Archbishop to preside over what is becoming an increasingly acrimonious conflict. Read the full story

Two Swedish newspapers have deemed that an advertisement which features a trio of half-naked women is inappropriate for publication, much to the surprise of the ad’s creators at a sexual health organisation. Read the full story