More and more Prides are springing up around Denmark, proving that it is far from just a capital city phenomenon! Check out this map to see what Prides are happening near you in 2021. And if you cannot find one in your area, perhaps you could get together with some friends and see about starting[…]
Author: Mariya Staugaard
Short story: James Found Peace
Congratulations to Cécilia Ader Andersen on winning the short story contest advertised in the first edition of HeartCore! About the story: James came to Cécilia when working on her novel. He is a minor character in the novel without much of a background, so she decided to give him one. And while doing so, she[…]
How 19th-century women tricked the Patriarchy to live freely
By Karin Lützen In 19th-century Denmark, job opportunities arose for middle class-women seeking employment as e.g. nurses and schoolteachers. This led to cohabitation for several women, who raised orphans as their own children and who were buried side by side, without facing the same stigma that male homosexuals faced in the 19th century. Since 2007,[…]
Rainbow families, #YouAreIncluded at Copenhagen 2021!
Article and interview by Steve Taylor, Director of Communications for Copenhagen 2021. Heteronormativity probably affects all LGBTI+ people at least once every day. We just get used to it, metaphorically rolling our eyes when we get the inevitable thoughtless question or comment. But for LGBTI+ parents, it can be especially wearing. The emotionally draining comments[…]
From Syria with love
By Nicholas Chisha Mohamad Sourity is a Syrian LGBTI+ refugee who has been living in Denmark since 2015 when he fled Assad’s dictatorial regime. He has a professional background in maritime logistics. He sat down for an interview with HeartCore to share some first experiences and perspectives. Was Denmark your first-choice destination? If yes, please[…]
Editorial
Dear reader, It is our pleasure to welcome you to the second edition of HeartCore – The Official Copenhagen Pride Magazine. A special welcome to those of you joining us for the first time; this magazine is our first venture into print media and aims to be a platform for all of the voices that[…]
The cracked façade of the Danish health care system
By Anne Sophie Parsons When author Karen Stenlev met the Danish Health Care System in the context of undergoing fertility treatment with her wife, she was not prepared to face a wall – all due to her own mental illness. “Be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it.” The Biblical[…]
The forgotten pioneer novel: Otto Martin Müller’s “Nina”
By Dag Heede Historically, men have always taken up the most space. This is also true of modern LGBTI+ history. When the medical classification of homosexuality was invented by doctors, attorneys and humanists approximately 150 years ago, the focus was, first and foremost, on men loving men. And to this day, male homosexuality has been[…]
Family from a biological perspective
By Naomi Hagelberg, Master of Science in Biology Is the nuclear family the most natural family structure for humans, or were we doing something more natural back in the hippie days? Let us put the biological goggles on and analyze the story that human physiology and anatomy tells us. The human brain is plastic. This[…]
All Families Are Real Families
This article was originally written for INCLUDE Magazine by Martin Dover, published by Copenhagen2021 in 2019 Karen Therkelsen is on a quest to popularize her so-called “parent speed matching” as a method for LGBTI+ people to form a family of their own in a country that prohibits the use of surrogacy. The idea sprung to[…]