194 - How the Gender Agenda Captured Iceland, with Eldur Smári Kristinsson

Gender: A Wider Lens

Sasha Ayad and Stella O'Malley

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.6 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Stella and Sasha welcome freelance writer, free-thinker, and current chairman of the Lesbian and Gay Alliance in Iceland, Eldur Smári Kristinsson, offering a revealing overview of Iceland’s rapid societal transformation into what he describes as a "gender-crazed dystopia”.

In this episode, Eldur describes how over the last 25 years, Iceland has transitioned from a nation advancing progressive gay rights to one where gender ideology has infiltrated institutions, including government, education, and even the Church of Iceland. This change, Eldur argues, has been driven by ideological activists and well-funded interest groups seeking to perpetuate their influence.

His testimony underscores the deep societal shifts underway in Iceland and the challenges of addressing contentious gender issues amid institutional complicity and media narratives.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Stella O'Malley, a psychotherapist in Ireland.
0:04.0	And I'm Sasha Ayyad, an adolescent therapist in the United States.
0:08.0	And this is Gender, a Wider Lens, a podcast dedicated to the shifting concepts around gender in our contemporary culture.
0:16.0	Through in-depth interviews, personal stories, and psychological exploration, we seek to open up the discourse
0:22.7	around this hot-button issue. Join us as we look at gender from a wider lens.
0:32.1	Hey, Stella. How's it going, Sasha? How are you? I'm doing well. It was really interesting to talk to somebody who seems to have launched a political career after the Genspect conference.
0:43.9	We talked to Elder Smare Christensen today. And I was really amazed to hear what happened after he came and gave a talk in Lisbon, because this really
0:55.8	launched a major conversation in his country of Iceland around gender and pediatric gender
1:02.7	issues, which had completely captured society. It was just remarkable to hear about where
1:08.4	Iceland is at and how impactful elder has been in just getting this
1:13.2	conversation out there. Yeah, you know, it's a very inspiring conversation because it reminds us
1:19.6	that actually now that trans and gender issues are so to the forefront, we could, a lot of people
1:26.1	know an awful lot about this and they could
1:28.1	actually make a difference, be it in their local elections or in wider, you know, like elder
1:33.7	has obviously gone for the national, which is extraordinary. But it reminds me of that, you know,
1:38.5	that phrase, if not you, then who, if not now, then when. This elder is a force of nature.
1:44.3	I've known him for a couple of years and he gets right in.
1:47.8	He gets right in with everything.
1:49.7	You know, when the launch at the W Path Files, he was organising a media conference for
1:53.3	Iceland.
1:53.9	Like he gets stuck in and he gave a brilliant, in fairness, a brilliant presentation in Lisbon.
2:00.1	And I didn't know if he would.
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