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Article: Greenland: a dream at the top of the world: affluence, modernity, tolerance, and civil unions: forget everything you've ever thought about remote, icy Greenland. The world's largest island is at the forefront of the 21st century in more ways than one.(Erik Olsen)(Interview)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2007
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"I've lived here whole life, and it's never been a problem for me to be gay," I was told by one of the most famous voices in Greenland in perfect English. "When I came out in the national newspaper with a photo of myself, I had people contacting me from all over Greenland, asking how they could get involved with the gay organization I was starting." Erik Olsen nodded, smiling. "It's OK here. We're accepted."
I was sitting in an upscale bar in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, chatting over a Danish beer with Erik, a well-known personality on Greenland's national radio service. Erik is part Inuit, part Danish (as are the majority of his countrymen). His voice is ...