HeartCore #9 FREEDOM

Photo: Silvia Delfino By Mariya Alfa Staugaard, Editor in Chief Dear reader, It almost feels surreal. For the first time since 2019, we are getting ready to throw a Pride Week in the format that we know and love – and have missed so much. With the theme FREEDOM, we are ready to get the

Photo: Miemaja Olsson By Louise Østergaard Sørensen With this year’s theme “FREEDOM” as the jumping-off point, the culture group presentsartists from different genres, and representation has been a focal point. The program features concerts, dance, literature, films – a wide range of versatile LGBTI+ events.   Copenhagen Pride has, for the first time, included an

Photo: Olav Holten By Mie Hald What is the first thing that pops into your mind when hearing the word “pirate”? Marauders who plunder and burn defenseless ships? Bloodthirsty murderers? Blackbeard? None of these are entirely wrong but like every other aspect of history, it is a bit more nuanced than that. For instance, did

Photo: Liv Rossander By Mariya Alfa Staugaard For most people, gender is a key aspect of how they understand their identity and sense of self. Recently, we have been seeing a lot of talk in the media about the understanding of gender, specifically related to the gender binary, meaning the understanding of gender as two

Af Astrid Haugaard Eriksen I have always, since I knew about sex and sexuality, been drawn to the concepts and the processes of sexual freedom and sexual liberation. Partly because I’ve never understood how it can be such a big issue who people are attracted to and with whom and how people choose to have

Photo: Zanele Muholi Sebenzile, Parktown 2016.© Zanele Muholi. South African visual activist Zanele Muholi is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today, and their work has been exhibited all over the world. The exhibition at GL STRAND is their first solo exhibition in Denmark and presents Muholi’s career as a photographer and visual activist

Photographers: Anne Märcher og Christine Staugaard Nielsen By Mie Hald I’m staring at the email. My stomach aches. My throat is dry. Okay. This is okay, I can do this – it’s about expression, freedom, that’s not dangerous! But I have never been an out-and-loud kind of person. Amongst people I know, sure! On a

Photo: Delia Giandeini via Unsplash By Anne Sophie Parsons “I’m out and proud” – the statement is a well-known declaration today but seemed unfathomable to say in previous decades before the gay liberation movement pushed activism into the mainstream. Queer manifestos emerged in the form of zines and underlined the problems with heteronormative society. When

Photo: Vesna Lalic IT’S THE BALKAN’S TURN TO SPARKLE AS BELGRADE HOSTS EUROPRIDE 2022 By Nicholas Chisha Pride at its core is meant to celebrate the LGBTI+ community’s rights, self-acceptance, and achievements. At the same time, it can also be a demonstration for the recognition of legal rights that are being withheld from this group.

Photos and text by Shazia Khan ”We are all human beings. We are all equal. There is space for all of us. I’ve done everything which was requested of me, I was captain, I was queen, I was the leader for my gender in my society because, in my heart, I am a Muxe. I

Photo: Febiyan via Unsplash By Nikoline Heikamp She looks sweet and confident. Her name is Lea. I click through her pictures. Her profile looks a little random and messy, but in an intentional way. That’s the vibe I am getting. And I like it. I swipe right. A match. I put the phone down. Smile.