Icelandic television presenter Ingi Hrafn Jonsson had some explaining to do when he seemingly tried to insult newly-resigned Progressive Party MP Gudmundur Steingrimsson by calling him ‘gay’. Read the full story

A top Italian official has caused outrage by labelling an Ikea advert, which shows two gay men holding hands, as “bad taste”. Read the full story

A Christian campaign to persuade gay people to renounce their sexuality has caused a surge of resignations from the Finnish Lutheran Church and been described as a possible revenge attack against religious liberals. Read the full story

A six-year-old Swedish boy has been stabbed in the neck at a preschool after becoming the target of bullies for liking pink, nail polish and ballet. Read the full story

The majority of candidates in the parish elections for the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church support gay relationships, according to a new survey. Read the full story

A record number of Finns have left the church after a controversial TV debate about gay rights. The mass exodus from the Evangelical Lutheran state church took place last Wednesday afternoon via an online service. Read the full story

A Scandinavian airline is searching for a gay couple with a head for heights after announcing plans to host the first ever airborne same-sex wedding. SAS plans to hold the unusual nuptials in December, when one lucky couple will be walking down an altogether different sort of aisle. 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

Council employees in Denmark have demanded that a picture of two toy figures simulating gay sex be removed from their offices. According to news website lokalavisen.dk, workers at Roskilde Town Hall are in uproar over the cheeky artwork which shows two ‘Duplo’ men getting friendly in a public park. 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