Conversations in Polish Detroit

Foto: Beniamin Gorgoń By Ilya Kharkow (He/Him) Trigger warning: This story contains violence and mentions of war.  This is the foreword to a collection of short stories by Ilya Kharkow, a writer from Ukraine. When he asked me if I think that only mentally healthy people can build relationships, I replied that healthy people scare[…]

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HeartCore Staff Picks

Foto: Frederik Solli Wandem  It’s no secret that the HeartCore editorial staff consists of people who have plenty of thoughts and opinions when it comes to media – especially regardring LGBTI+ representation, for better or worse. Since our theme this time is NARRATIVES, we decided to share a selection of examples of representation for the[…]

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IDEN-TI-TÁS!

Photo: István Jakab By Mathias Palmqvist Note: This interview was conducted in Hungarian with the help of an interpreter.  István (He/Him) is a 44 year old LGBTI+ and HIV activist from Hungary. István is the editor in chief and founder of Identitás, one of the few LGBTI+ medias left in Hungary – a country in[…]

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When we come together and help

Photo: News Oresund via Wikimedia Commons By Mathias Palmqvist Jensen (They/Them) Daniel Delove works at The National Hospital (Rigshospitalet) and the night club Den Anden Side (meaning: The Other Side), and he is also an activist and Queer. Daniel is one of the reasons that some vulnerable people get help from the civil society, when[…]

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Max on the inside

Still from Always Been Me by Julie Bezerra Madsen (2023) A conversation with Max and his family about It’s Always Been Me By Mariya Alfa Staugaard   Julie Bezerra Madsen’s documentary ‘It’s Always Been Me’ premiered 17 March at the documentary film festival cphdox. The film follows two young people, Max and Bastian, from childhood and[…]

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The wrong body

Photo: Pil Rosted By Charlie Hanghøj “Being born in the wrong body” is the simplified term often used about trans people. In order for the general population to be able to understand the relationship between gender and body, complicated gender identities are made into a simple equation with two clear solutions: a right one and[…]

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Cum Together

Photo: Mia Harvey via Unsplash Japanese Lesbian Shunga Revisited By Anne Sophie Parsons (she/her) Porn is readily accessible on the internet – the lesbian variety being a mostly frowned upon category amongst queer women for its not all-too realistic portrayal of sex between women. This is not any different for shunga, erotic visual prints produced[…]

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Writing (casually) queer narratives

Privat photo Kirsten Marie Øveraas Marie Howalt is a Danish, queer author of “diverse, speculative fiction”, writing in English. Until now, Howalt’s writings count the dystopian sci-fi trilogy The Moonless Trilogy and the novella The Stellar Snow Job, which is the first part of a series about the interstellar bureau of investigations, Colibri Investigations. The[…]

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Our wristband is greener than ever!

Poto: In-house By Nina Matusik, Partnerships Coordinator at Copenhagen Pride  Every year, we launch a wristband that enables people from the community, allies, and people from out of town to come together and show support for Copenhagen Pride. It has become a prominent sign of support that we carry with us in our everyday life.[…]

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