Winter Pride is an event that encourages us to get close to one another and to listen and learn from each other’s experiences. With that in mind, we are now ready to present to theme for next year’s first Pride event: QueerPlus. QueerPlus is an exploration of overlapping identities and intersectionality. It is about recognizing[…]
Author: Mariya Staugaard
Call for Copenhagen Pride ordinary General Assemby 2022
The general meeting will be held at the offices of Copenhagen Pride, Farvergade 2, st. in Copenhagen on Monday 7 November 2022 at 19.00 with the following agenda: Election of moderator Election of reporter Election of vote counters The board’s presentation about the doings of the association in the past year The revised accounts are[…]
Editorial: Find your 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[…]
Break through the binary: A conversation with Milo Kinnock
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[…]
Make the world a global village: On technology and Pride
By Nicola Pettinger Photo: Marvin Meyer / Unsplash As we leave this year’s Pride season behind us, the theme of this issue of HeartCore provides a great moment to delve a little deeper into how technology helps – and hinders – our community. What better way to kick-start this than to have a conversation with[…]
Job posting: Event coordinator
Copenhagen Pride is Denmark’s biggest human rights event and we are recruiting an Event Coordinator to join our Secretariat. The Event Coordinator will support the Head of Secretariat and senior volunteers in planning and executing plans for our events, primarily Copenhagen Pride in August but also Winter Pride in February. This will be a busy[…]
Culture at Copenhagen Pride 2022
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[…]
Call for interviewees: Access at Pride
PRIDE WEEK AND ACCESSIBILITY Have you experienced challenges regarding accessibility during Copenhagen Pride Week and would you like to share these experiences with us? We are looking for 3-4 LGBTI+ people who would like to participate in an interview for an article for HeartCore – The Official Copenhagen Pride Magazine, about the challenges they have[…]
QueerPlus is the theme for Winter Pride 2023!
Winter Pride is an event that encourages us to get close to one another and to listen and learn from each other’s experiences. With that in mind, we are now ready to present to theme for next year’s first Pride event: QueerPlus. QueerPlus is an exploration of overlapping identities and intersectionality. It is about recognizing[…]
Freedom at sea: Pirates and rainbow flags
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[…]