BEAR AWARDS AT ILGCN/TUPILAK EVENT IN STOCKHOLM

    Stockholm -- At this the year's last Tupilak (Nordic rainbow culture workers) and ILGCN (international rainbow culture network) Information Secretariat - Stockholm in the Swedish capital on December 16, a number of Bear award diplomas were handed out and announced.

        The ILGCN Rainbow Warrior 2017 was shared by Finnish dancers and choreographers of the prize-winning ERI dance theater of the city of Turku/Åbo  and the Helsinki Gay Theater -- strongly supported by Finnish Bears -- and celebrating its 10th anniversary. At the Stockholm event,  Joachim of the Nordic Bears-Sweden described the prize award ceremony which took place recently for the theater crew at the Bear Park Café in the Finnish capital.

    The ILGCN's "Arco Nordica 2017" for outstanding work in the Nordic zone is shared by the Icelandic Bears, "Bears on Ice" -- an internatonal social and cultural event every September started in 2005 -- and Iceland's national LGBT organization Samtökin ´78.

                                                              BEARS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS IN 2018

    Meanwhile, Bears International's Stockholm office is eager to receive nominations for the annual Bears International culture diplomas for 2018. The plan is to announce the winners and hand over diplomas at the Bearty-Tallinn event in the Estonian capital in April.   Like Tupilak and ILGCN awards, Bears International awards do not contain any financial contribution but are given with golden appreciation for work well done

Photos:   Bears on Ice, Helsinki Gay Theater