By Mariya Alfa Staugaard (She/Her), Editor-in-Chief   Dear reader, This editorial is not easy to write. That’s not (only) because I’ve always found them a tricky task, but because it will be the last one – as this is the last edition of HeartCore. An organisation like Copenhagen Pride consists of many parts that all[…]

By Louise Østergaard (She/Her) Trigger warning: This article mentions suicide and discrimination   I was sitting in my local pub with a friend. It was just an ordinary Saturday – nothing fancy – and we shared a handful of pilsners for the meagre sum of 100 DKK. As often happens when you’ve been talking for[…]

By Kirsten Marie Øveraas (She/Her) The Kinsey Scale revolutionised the view on sexuality. Today, the scale is outdated, but it introduced some important nuances that we’re still expanding on.   In 1948 the zoologist Alfred Kinsey dropped a bomb in the American consciousness. Based on ten years of research he published the so-called Kinsey Reports[…]

By Nicole Jensen (She/They), Asexual Association Denmark Asexuality (also known as Ace) is a term for people who experience no or little sexual attraction to other people, and aromantic (also known as Aro) is a term for people who experience no or little romantic attraction to others. People, who define themselves as both, are referred[…]

By Ben Hansen-Hicks (He/Him) Most of us have experienced it: Happily chatting with a fellow LGBTI+ person when suddenly we say something that causes immediate side-eye. All this good queer, bad queer debate in our community is just a bit dull, isn’t it? Point-scoring in our diverse melting pot; to keep a running tally, or[…]

The opinions expressed within the content are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of Copenhagen Pride. By Hendrik Fischer (He/Him) “Labels put people into boxes, and those boxes are shaped like coffins.” – Chirlane McCray, American Writer and ActivistChirlane McCray raised her voice and pen in the fight for equality[…]

By Mariya Alfa Staugaard (She/Her)   One of the most nuanced aspects of sexuality has to do with attraction. How, when, and to what degree you experience being attracted to others can be the cornerstone of your sexual orientation. This is very much the case for demisexual people; an identity under the asexual umbrella that[…]

By Ben Hansen-Hicks (He/Him) While Gen Z’ers are coming out earlier and earlier these days – which is wonderful, and deserves to be fully celebrated – it can feel, for some, that they’ve left it too late to come out of the closet. We wanted to hear stories of those who came out slightly later[…]