By Mariya Alfa Staugaard, Editor-in-Cheif Dear reader,  This edition of HeartCore is all about DEATH, and as it will hopefully become clear, we have relished this opportunity to venture into the darkness.  Of course, we have all approached the making of this edition with an understanding of the weight of carrying a conversation about death[…]

By C.A. Wolters (They/Them)Photography by Cesar Maldonado A big thank you to Den Anden Side for letting us use their club as a location for the photoshoot and to dMasque for lending us the Pleaser boots and harness worn by Barbera. Blade, Drucilla, Damian, Nadja of Antipaxos and Edward Cullen – what do they have[…]

By Tilde Haar (She/Her)   Hey Mom, I didn’t just get your teeth hands sense of justice I only regret not getting to talk about another thing we share We mistook you for an ally But really you were not only that You must have known we would find this proof of what we always[…]

By Ilya Kharkow (He/Him), Louise Østergaard Sørensen (She/Her), and Mariya Alfa Staugaard (She/Her) Throughout 2023, HeartCore has collaborated with Ilya Kharkow to publish three of his short stories: Port Street in the Eyes of Daniel, Conversations in Polish Detroit, and Requiem for a Cracked Birch. For this final publication of his work in HeartCore, we[…]

As you probably know by now, the theme of this edition of HeartCore is DEATH. This is a multifaceted and important subject, but we also know that it can be difficult to engage with.  We want you to take good care of yourself while reading – maybe some of the articles trigger some feelings you[…]

Thank you for an amazing Copenhagen Pride Week 2023! Thank you to all of you who chose to #ComeTogether to the debates, concerts, parties, conversations, films, experiences – to fight and to celebrate, which is what Pride is all about.   And an especially big thank you to our Volunqueers, who have worked tirelessly to create[…]

We’re very good at getting insurance on a lot of areas in life: House, car, accidents, animals, household, health. But paradoxically, very few of us consider insuring our last wishes – through a will. Writing a will can be difficult for many people – it can be hard to talk about, but it does not[…]

Photo: N&J Photos By Kira Olsen (She/Her)This name is a pseudonym. The editorial staff is familiar with the writer’s identity. Through the ages, a boundless amount of stupidity has been thought and uttered on queers and queerness. But fortunately, we’re getting smarter all the time, and here’s the proof: Five concepts that have thoroughly flatlined,[…]

By Mie Hald (She/Her) Almost every Queer person knows the feeling: The hope that your favorite rainbow character of your current TV obsession will survive to the end. Unfortunately, if there’s a chance of death, the alphabet mafia is often on the line… In recent years, it’s become more common to find media like TV[…]

This is a short story by Ilya Kharkow, a writer from Ukraine. You can find more of Ilyas work on his website here. Trigger warning: This story mentions war, suicide, and sexual assault. I decided to buy grey clothes, after the words of a Polish guy. This was our third meeting, and at the very[…]