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[…]
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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[…]
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.[…]
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[…]
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.[…]
Editorial
Decades come and decades go… By Mariya Alfa Staugaard, Editor-in-ChiefPhoto by Joanna Arteaga Welcome to the eighth edition of HeartCore! As we slowly approach the cusp of our 10th issue, it seems only fitting that our theme for this edition is DECADES. Previously, we have looked back (FIRSTS, February 2021) and forward (FUTURE, May 2021),[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Marriage equality in Denmark
A decade ago, on 7 June 2012, the Danish Parliament was in the middle of the third reading of a bill to amend the Marriage Act. The bill would replace the existing definition of marriage with a gender-neutral one, paving the way for the legalization of same-sex marriage. It would replace the Domestic Partnership Act[…]