Friðarbogin
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Friðarbogin was the first organization
working with the issues of homosexuals and bisexuals of the Faroe Islands
. Friðarbogin was founded October 17 2003.
The main goal for the organization was to work for political, cultural and social liberation for homo- and bisexuals in the Faroe Islands.
The original name of the organization was Ælabogin (the rainbow). Name change came after the orchestra Ælabogin asked Friðarbogin not to use the same name.
In November 2004 Friðarbogin joined the ANSO - Association of Nordic LGBT Student Organizations
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August 22-27 2005 the first conference in ANSO, Canaries in the Coal Mines, was held in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. The pan-nordig LGBT conference was hosted by ANSO, Friðarbogin and Bogin ending with the first Gay Pride Parade in the Faroe Islands.
Keynote speakers of the conference were amongst others: Judith Halberstam (US), Jens Rydström (SE), David Megathlin (US), Arthur Thiry (SE), Britta Swenson (SE), Don Kulic (SE),
Organization
An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
working with the issues of homosexuals and bisexuals of the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
. Friðarbogin was founded October 17 2003.
The main goal for the organization was to work for political, cultural and social liberation for homo- and bisexuals in the Faroe Islands.
The original name of the organization was Ælabogin (the rainbow). Name change came after the orchestra Ælabogin asked Friðarbogin not to use the same name.
In November 2004 Friðarbogin joined the ANSO - Association of Nordic LGBT Student Organizations
Association of Nordic LGBT Student Organizations
Association of Nordic LGBT Student Organizations, ANSO , is an international non-profit non-governmental organization striving to improve the quality of life of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans - LGBT - students in the Nordic as well as Baltic countries...
.
August 22-27 2005 the first conference in ANSO, Canaries in the Coal Mines, was held in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. The pan-nordig LGBT conference was hosted by ANSO, Friðarbogin and Bogin ending with the first Gay Pride Parade in the Faroe Islands.
Keynote speakers of the conference were amongst others: Judith Halberstam (US), Jens Rydström (SE), David Megathlin (US), Arthur Thiry (SE), Britta Swenson (SE), Don Kulic (SE),