HeartCore #2 FAMILY
HeartCore #2 FAMILY
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 exists in the LGBTI+ community, as well as to amplify and empower these voices.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Queerversation: Finding family in the underground
Andre Sanchez-Montoya The Copenhagen based collective known as Group Therapy charts out their vision towards a more inclusive and safer nightlife on a path, we
The rise of the queer Phoenix
By Paulie Calderon-Cifuentes PANDEMIC! RIGHT AHEAD! Rise and shine, fellow Queers. It’s time for your morning meditation, your bowl of oatmeal with berries, bananas, and
Sylvia Thomas: Memory Closet
One night, I left my friends, and they wondered where I went. I wondered that too. It was supposed to be another night of being
We are family? LGBTI+ identity and family in four films
By Anne Sophie Parsons and Maria Rathje Family – can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Family dynamics are portrayed in widely different ways
My internet family
By Lee Ravn Kristensen When you feel like you don’t fit in in the world around you, be it due to who you are or
Volunqueers: The Pride family
By Mariya Alfa Staugaard The volunteers during Copenhagen Pride Week are known as volunqueers. All it takes to volunteer is a profound respect for our
“The LGBT profile has given us the gift of a community of values”
‘Slottet’ (eng. ‘The Castle’), Denmark’s first and only LGBTI + nursing home, is celebrating its anniversary. After five years in rainbow colours, headmaster Henriette Højsteen
LGBTI+ people, their families and loved ones can now get approved counseling in LGBT+ Denmark
by Sidsel Sofie Poulsen, LGBT+ Danmark In July, Denmark got its first accredited LGBTI+ counseling, when LGBT+ Denmark’s counseling in Copenhagen received a big approval
From Mexico to London: Latin American trans activist reflects on her childhood
By Laura Valentina Cortés Sierra Trigger Warning: This article discusses violence against transgender people Candance or Candy Chávez is a Mexican activist who has been
