Overview
On the Mercator projection, the territory of Greenland is often distorted relative to the entire continent of Africa. However, the true size of the island of Greenland is far from continental, even with relation to the physical land area of Australia, which can indeed be classified as continental. While Greenland is simply part of North America, the entire territory is currently under the Kingdom of Denmark, along with the Faroe Islands further southeast toward metropolitan Denmark. One of the most gender-inclusive and LGBTQIA+-friendly regions globally, the Kingdom of Denmark has played a large role in providing counterweights to heteronormativity, with the island of Greenland expanding on the aforementioned counterweights in numerous regards.
