Copenhagen Pride is Denmark’s biggest human rights event and we are recruiting an Event Coordinator to join our Secretariat. The Event Coordinator will support the Head of Secretariat and senior volunteers in planning and executing plans for our events, primarily Copenhagen Pride in August but also Winter Pride in February. This will be a busy[…]
Author: Steve Taylor
Culture at Copenhagen Pride 2022
Photo: Miemaja Olsson By Louise Østergaard Sørensen With this year’s theme “FREEDOM” as the jumping-off point, the culture group presentsartists from different genres, and representation has been a focal point. The program features concerts, dance, literature, films – a wide range of versatile LGBTI+ events. Copenhagen Pride has, for the first time, included an[…]
Freedom from sex
Af Astrid Haugaard Eriksen I have always, since I knew about sex and sexuality, been drawn to the concepts and the processes of sexual freedom and sexual liberation. Partly because I’ve never understood how it can be such a big issue who people are attracted to and with whom and how people choose to have[…]
Queer Manifestos and the Radical Desire for Liberation
Photo: Delia Giandeini via Unsplash By Anne Sophie Parsons “I’m out and proud” – the statement is a well-known declaration today but seemed unfathomable to say in previous decades before the gay liberation movement pushed activism into the mainstream. Queer manifestos emerged in the form of zines and underlined the problems with heteronormative society. When[…]
QueerPlus is the theme for Winter Pride 2023!
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[…]
Freedom at sea: Pirates and rainbow flags
Photo: Olav Holten By Mie Hald What is the first thing that pops into your mind when hearing the word “pirate”? Marauders who plunder and burn defenseless ships? Bloodthirsty murderers? Blackbeard? None of these are entirely wrong but like every other aspect of history, it is a bit more nuanced than that. For instance, did[…]
Zanele Muholi
Photo: Zanele Muholi Sebenzile, Parktown 2016.© Zanele Muholi. South African visual activist Zanele Muholi is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today, and their work has been exhibited all over the world. The exhibition at GL STRAND is their first solo exhibition in Denmark and presents Muholi’s career as a photographer and visual activist[…]
Editorial: Find your freedom!
Photo: Silvia Delfino By Mariya Alfa Staugaard, Editor in Chief Dear reader, It almost feels surreal. For the first time since 2019, we are getting ready to throw a Pride Week in the format that we know and love – and have missed so much. With the theme FREEDOM, we are ready to get the[…]
Break through the binary: A conversation with Milo Kinnock
Photo: Liv Rossander By Mariya Alfa Staugaard For most people, gender is a key aspect of how they understand their identity and sense of self. Recently, we have been seeing a lot of talk in the media about the understanding of gender, specifically related to the gender binary, meaning the understanding of gender as two[…]
Dragging Along
Photographers: Anne Märcher og Christine Staugaard Nielsen By Mie Hald I’m staring at the email. My stomach aches. My throat is dry. Okay. This is okay, I can do this – it’s about expression, freedom, that’s not dangerous! But I have never been an out-and-loud kind of person. Amongst people I know, sure! On a[…]