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[…]
Author: Steve Taylor
Lea and the sweatpants
Photo: Febiyan via Unsplash By Nikoline Heikamp She looks sweet and confident. Her name is Lea. I click through her pictures. Her profile looks a little random and messy, but in an intentional way. That’s the vibe I am getting. And I like it. I swipe right. A match. I put the phone down. Smile.[…]
Thank you for a record-breaking Copenhagen Pride
The dust has settled, the unicorn wings have been folded away and the placards and banners stored for another year: Copenhagen Pride 2022 has ended, and now we want your feedback! With the global pandemic radically changing plans for Copenhagen Pride in 2020 and WorldPride in 2021, this was the first full Pride since 2019.[…]
Participants wanted for photo campaign
NEW PHOTO CAMPAIGN TO CAPTURE THE DIVERSITY OF THE LGBTI+ COMMUNITY – WOULD YOU LIKE TO PARTICIPATE? Along with photographers Cesar Maldonado and Ángel David Castillo, Copenhagen Pride is looking for LGBTI+ people to participate in a photoshoot and a brief interview with the theme ‘FREEDOM’. We encourage everyone to apply – no matter your[…]
Belgrade hosts EuroPride 2022
Photo: Vesna Lalic IT’S THE BALKAN’S TURN TO SPARKLE AS BELGRADE HOSTS EUROPRIDE 2022 By Nicholas Chisha Pride at its core is meant to celebrate the LGBTI+ community’s rights, self-acceptance, and achievements. At the same time, it can also be a demonstration for the recognition of legal rights that are being withheld from this group.[…]
7,000 hours of volunteer work during Copenhagen Pride Week
It is the volunteers who are the driving force behind Copenhagen Pride – and this year, we have seen an incredible amount of hard work to deliver an ambitious event. There is not a lot about Copenhagen Pride that can be said to be ‘how we usually do it’. A lot has happened since the[…]
Copenhagen Pride focuses on hidden disabilities and joins Sunflower Program
Copenhagen Pride, Denmark’s biggest human rights event which begins tomorrow, has become the first Pride in the world to join the Sunflower Program to support people living with hidden disabilities. Guests, volunteers and participants at Copenhagen Pride can ask for a sunflower lanyard at several venues around Pride, and wear this to signal to others[…]
Muxe
Photos and text by Shazia Khan ”We are all human beings. We are all equal. There is space for all of us. I’ve done everything which was requested of me, I was captain, I was queen, I was the leader for my gender in my society because, in my heart, I am a Muxe. I[…]
7,000 hours of volunteer work during Copenhagen Pride Week
It is the volunteers who are the driving force behind Copenhagen Pride – and this year, we have seen an incredible amount of hard work to deliver an ambitious event. There is not a lot about Copenhagen Pride that can be said to be ‘how we usually do it’. A lot has happened since the[…]
‘Freedom’ theme for Copenhagen Pride highlights injustice at home and abroad
Photographer: Elina Kamby Oslo Pride will lead the Parade in commemoration of the terror attack in June Final preparations are underway for Copenhagen Pride which begins in one week, with the theme of ‘freedom’ to highlight the ways in which LGBTI+ people face discrimination in Denmark and abroad. And in a tribute to those who[…]