Author: Mariya Staugaard
Editorial
First and foremost, Welcome to the third edition of HeartCore – The Official Copenhagen Pride Magazine. Our theme for this edition is FIRSTS. Firsts are often viewed as special, memorable, or magical. First steps, first kiss, first dance. In this edition of HeartCore, we want to delve deeper into what can be included within the[…]
Space for change
Working On It: on working with inclusion and norm critical thinking in Corona times By Emma Rubin How do we create workplaces with space for everyone in a time of Corona, where Zoom meetings and digital workshops have become the norm? And can distance help to create space for change? This is the case, according[…]
Seafoam and celebration of sexual diversity
By Anne Sophie Parsons In 2021 Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality will carry out its first ever Pride. I spoke with the chairperson and board members about their reflections and hopes for what the newly named West Coast Pride will accomplish in the new year in regard to overall acceptance and LGBTI+ rights in Western Jutland. Barren, brown-grey[…]
Debatter Pride Week
Created in God’s image
Af Anne Sophie Parsons De første mennesker – og følgelig også det første par i verden – portrætteres i jødisk-kristen mytologi som Adam og Eva: Skabelonen til, hvad en rigtig mand og kvinde bør være, og det stabile forbillede for den forenede heteronormative oprindelse. Sådan er den udbredte fortolkning og fremstilling af dem – men[…]
Denmark’s First Intersectional Folk High School
By Lærke Vinther Christiansen A dark winter night, Asta Selloane Sekamane, André Lund Rømer and I meet up in true 2020 style, on Zoom, to have a chat about Denmark’s newest educational platform: Denmark’s Intersectional Folk High School (DIH). Of course, we spent the first 10 minutes performing the inevitable ritual of online conversation, where[…]
Get married at WorldPride 2021
with a special ceremony in Copenhagen or Malmø… Because love always wins! This page was originally published on the Copenhagen 2021 website Copenhagen 2021 is the world’s most significant celebration of love and equality taking place this year – and so it’s the perfect place to say ‘I do’ to your partner. In Copenhagen, you[…]
The Copenhagen Archives are collecting wedding stories
By Lars Henriksen The Municipal Archives of Copenhagen and the Wedding Office are launching a search for same-sex marriage stories on the occasion of Copenhagen 2021 – WorldPride and EuroGames. “When he planned the City Hall, Architect Martin Nyrop deliberately designed the inner-core of the magistrate building so that the city council were literally sat[…]
First and foremost: Amanita
By Paulie Amanita Calderon-Cifuentes Trigger warning: This article mentions sexualized violence and transphobia Being a woman is not easy. Being a queer, trans woman of color, who also is a migrant and seropositive, is extra hard. In the following article, I would like briefly to share with you my personal story, from the first moment[…]
