“Šetali smo, šetamo i šetaćemo” “We walked, we walk and we will walk” By Mariya Alfa Staugaard Photos: Vesna Lalić The rain is pouring down. Around us, people are standing close together, most of them under umbrellas or wearing plastic rain ponchos. Most of the rainbow flags are as drenched as we are – but[…]

Thank you for an amazing Copenhagen Pride Week 2022! For the first time since 2019, we were able to throw a full scale Copenhagen Pride with no restrictions or looming lockdowns. That does not mean that we have lost sight of taking consideration for those in our community who are unable to join in person,[…]

Gay Romance through the Eye of Technological Development   By Hendrik FischerPhoto: Alexander Flemming This article discusses the issues of addiction and if you struggle with such in any shape or form, please reach out to a mental health specialist. You can also contact visit aidsfondet.dk/checkpoint for more information on sexual health and surrounding topics.[…]

By Simone Lindvall Photos by Cesar Maldonado and Ángel David Castillo It all began with an email from photographer Cesar Maldonado in July. “Would you like to do a collaboration for Pride Week?” was the central question, and although July is a busy month in the Copenhagen Pride office, and most of the work revolves[…]

Photo: Cathrine La Cour The Copenhagen Pride Youth Team has gained a new member and is now taking the bull by the horns and setting ambitions high for the rest of 2022 and 2023! Alberte Schmidt (She/Them) and Lukas Clare (He/Them) are Youth Team managers at Copenhagen Pride and for the rest of 2022 and[…]

Winter Pride is an event that encourages us to get close to one another and to listen and learn from each other’s experiences. With that in mind, we are now ready to present to theme for next year’s first Pride event: QueerPlus. QueerPlus is an exploration of overlapping identities and intersectionality. It is about recognizing[…]

Frankenstein’s Queer Legacy Through Transgressive Medical Technology By Anne Sophie Parsons Photo: Hans Reiners / Unsplash Ticking and whirring machines, measuring a frantic heartbeat awoken back to life in an assembled dead female body. Big, ugly stitches hold the different corpse parts together. The mad scientist’s laboratory is home to an enormous cylinder-like metal contraption,[…]

By Nicola Pettinger Photo: Marvin Meyer / Unsplash As we leave this year’s Pride season behind us, the theme of this issue of HeartCore provides a great moment to delve a little deeper into how technology helps – and hinders – our community. What better way to kick-start this than to have a conversation with[…]