Photo: Cesar Maldonado In the February cold, Copenhagen Pride is bringing together the LGBTI+ community with the return of Winter Pride Week from 20-25 February. As usual, the week ends in style with a big bash of an afterparty, which like last year will take place in Pressen with live performances and entertainment in collaboration[…]
Author: Steve Taylor
From Poland with love: Welcome to the new organizational vice chair, Nina Matusik!
En vigtig del af Copenhagen Prides struktur er de to næstforpersoner og kassereren, som alle bliver udpeget på det første bestyrelsesmøde efter generalforsamlingen. I det kommende år fortsætter Lars Østergreen som kasserer og Tommy Petersen som politisk næstforperson, mens et nyt ansigt indtager rollen som organisatorisk forperson: Nina Matusik. Både Tommy og Lars er[…]
Amsterdam wins the bid for WorldPride 2026!
The Board of Copenhagen Pride have congratulated Dutch colleagues Amsterdam Pride after they were announced as the host of WorldPride in 2026. Copenhagen Pride had voted in support of Amsterdam’s bid, which will be the first WorldPride to return to Europe after Copenhagen hosted in 2021. The alternative bid was from Orlando, Florida. Bids were[…]
Thank you to the volunteers!
To all of our amazing volunteers… Thank you! During Copenhagen Pride Week, 1,030 shifts were covered, which amounts to about 7,000 hours from 13-21 August. All 100% volunteer work. We are beyond proud of that. “The number of volunteers this year has been exceptionally high and has exceeded our greatest expectations. We are so proud[…]
Make your mark on Denmark’s biggest LGBTI+ event!
Copenhagen Pride is Denmark’s biggest, most colourful, and most diverse human rights manifestation and for more than 25 years has brought the campaign for equality and diversity to the streets of Copenhagen. The organisation is primarily run by passionate volunteers, and the key persons in charge of the various fields are called area managers. From[…]
Job opportunity: Partnerships Coordinator
Copenhagen Pride organises Denmark’s biggest human rights events and we are recruiting a skilled Partnerships Coordinator to join our Secretariat. Reporting to the Head of Secretariat, the Partnerships Coordinator will support the small team of Partnerships Specialists in activating our partner and sponsor contracts in the run-up to Copenhagen Pride week in August. The role[…]
Editorial
For the 10th time: Welcome! Photo from the launch of HeartCore #9 in August 2022 – by Casper Engelby Dear reader, In the last edition, we celebrated the two-year anniversary of HeartCore – and this time, we have a different milestone to acknowledge. This is the tenth edition of the magazine! It makes me extremely[…]
Copenhagen Winter Pride 2023 program is out now!
It’s cold in Copenhagen. The twinkling lights of Christmas have been packed away, and the New Year’s confetti swept up. It’s as gray, dark, and rainy as any other Danish winter, but get ready to get some rainbows and queer-centered coziness into your life when Winter Pride 2023 rolls up on 20-25 February! This is[…]
Copenhagen Pride’s new board: Familiar faces leading renewed ambition
Photo: Frank Holm / Out & About. From the left: Tommy Petersen (he/him), Brian Allesøe (he/him), Caroline Thøgersen (she/her), Lars Christian Østergreen (he/him), Lars Henriksen (he/him), Benjamin Hansen (he/him) og Nina Matusik (she/her). Ikke med på billedet er Lai Christian Balsig (he/him) og Fombu Asaha (he/him). “Equality and quality”. This is how Copenhagen Pride’s vision[…]
Interview with Sonja Lovdal
“The amount of love overshadows the hate” By Mie Albrechtsen Hald Photos: Sonja Lovdal Sonja Lovdal (she/her) is one of the Danes who have become popular on the app TikTok, where videos are the main content. Social media offers many advantages to self-employed people wanting to promote their work – but this is not what[…]