Fat, Femme and Faggotry

Photo by Mia Elisabeth Nielsen A Personal Essay About Being Fat and Queer Trigger warning: This article discusses fatphobia and eating disorders By Bryn R. Frederiksmose We talk about safe spaces the same way we talk about the menu at an event. It’s another thing on the long list of things we need to remember,[…]

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Poem: My best guess

I looked up at the clear night sky After spending all day in my head Is a choice an act of living Or is living our best guess The stars will still shine Before and after I made up my mind One, two Maybe three Nights or years I choose to act free My past[…]

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Will I ever find the real me?

By Anne Sophie Parsons If representation in pop culture and media still leaves a lot to be desired, imagine being a lesbian in the 1950s: The chances of seeing your sexual identity pictured was slim to none. But that changed when the book genre pulp fiction – mass-produced cheap paperbacks with a focus on raunchy[…]

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Why your business should visibly support Copenhagen 2021

All businesses improve their customer and employee’s experience when they embrace Copenhagen 2021. In a personal blog, our graphic designer Camilla reflects on the personal impact when a previous employer supported Pride. This article was originally published on the Copenhagen 2021 website.  It was raining that morning when I left for work, so I brought my umbrella.[…]

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“I think we’ll get more kinky!”

A fetish club’s future By Mariya Alfa Staugaard On quite a regular Thursday afternoon, I ring the bell in Lavendelstræde by the sign saying, “Scandinavian Leather Men.” I have made an appointment with Lars and Henrik, board members of the SLM club, who have promised me a tour of the premises, while we talk about[…]

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Pridens svar til Stoklund og Brandenborg

Af Lars Henriksen, Forperson for Copenhagen Pride Denne kronik blev oprindelig bragt i Politiken den 10. juli 2020 Min mormor var socialdemokrat – og stripper! I næsten 40 år arbejdede hun på Færchs tobaksfabrik, hvor hun strippede tobaksbladene fra bladribberne, så de var klar til cigarproduktionen. Undervejs fik hun 7 børn. Livet delte ikke ud[…]

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A look in the crystal ball

By Anne Sophie Parsons Tarot cards have been used in the art of divination for thousands of years now – the Major Arcana combines recognisable imagery and seers have used the pictured persons and elements to foresee life-changing acts and situations to come. But how might a specifically rainbow-flavoured version of the card deck look[…]

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Expectations for a happy life

By Makia Ariela Elisabeth Jørgensen As an aromantic asexual, the endless flood of amatonormative expectations put forth by peers, family, friends, society – and myself – was once the force that crippled me. That is no longer the case. My heart was racing. I was drawing breaths faster than I could count, deeper, louder. The[…]

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