Raise your fists, solidarity still exists

By Anne Sophie Parsons During quarantine, I have been watching the feel-good comedy Pride (2014) as a sort of makeshift security blanket now that the possibility of gathering physically in the LGBTI+ community has been put on extended leave. With a healthy amount of disarming humour, the movie portrays a group of idealistic homosexual activists in 1984’s[…]

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H.K.H Kronprinsessen taler ved Copenhagen Pride Week show 2020

10.7.2020 HKH Kronprinsessen holder tale ved Danmarks største årligt tilbagevendende menneskerettigheds-begivenhed: Copenhagen Pride Week. Det er med stor glæde, at Copenhagen Pride kan meddele, at Kronprinsesse Mary har takket ja til at være en af hovedtalerne under Copenhagen Pride Week. ”Kronprinsessen har ved flere lejligheder vist sin opbakning til LGBTI+ miljøet og talt for lige[…]

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Digital Copenhagen Pride Parade 2020

We have been looking forward to lifting the veil: we will be creating Copenhagen Pride week in a virtual space. Through our website, you enter a virtual version of City Hall Square. Follow our debates, events and activities as if you were physically present. Copenhagen Pride is working on full power over the summer, together[…]

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Five Qs for the chairperson

A whole new Pride Lars Henriksen has been chairperson of Copenhagen Pride since 2013. Here, he discusses what the new circumstances will mean for Copenhagen Pride Week 2020 and what has been learned during the planning process. What can we expect from Copenhagen Pride Week this year? First and foremost: that it will be different[…]

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The asylum process in Denmark

By Nicholas Chisha Last year, Denmark received 2.716 applications for asylum. The majority of the people seeking asylum in Denmark have come from the Middle East or Africa and may be seeking based on a number of factors, one of those being that they’ve escaped persecution as an LGBTI+ person. Refugees and asylum seekers in[…]

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