#Aseksuelle i Danmark

[thedenofravenpuff]

Preparing for locale Ace Meetup in Aalborg, Denmark.

This Monday, Marts 4th from 4pm to 6pm, in Buens Bogcafe.

I'll be there to hang out with any who shows up just to chill. And to represent the Aalborg branch of @aseksuelledk, the group for Asexuals in Denmark.

See ya!

[aseksuelledk]

Husk, at det er på søndag, at vi markerer Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week med et event om aromantik og krydsorientering.

[grace-and-ace]

Til Aarhus Pride i lørdags med Foreningen for Aseksuelle i Danmark  Det var første gang, vi var med i det, der er Danmarks andenstørste Pride. Vejret kunne have været bedre, men det var en fed oplevelse, og bestemt ikke sidste gang, vi er med  Til august venter Copenhagen Pride, hvilket vi ser meget frem til! English: At Aarhus Pride this Saturday with Asexual Association Denmark.  It was the first time we participated in what is Denmark's second biggest pride. The weather could have been better, but it was a great experience, and certainly not the last time we're there.  In August, Copenhagen Pride awaits, which we look forward to!

June 3rd 2017

Links til Foreningen for Aseksuelle i Danmark / Links to Asexual Association Denmark: http://aseksuelle.dk/ https://www.facebook.com/aseksuelle/ https://aseksuelledk.tumblr.com/

[thevagueambition]

Danish Queer Vocab

Content warning for frank discussion of slurs with no censorship. 

Note that the Danish relationship to slurs is way more casual than the Anglophone one, particularly in the queer community. 

Also note that we use a lot of untranslated loanwords from English, and I’ll only note those if the meaning is different in some significant way.

LGBT+ Danmark also has a dictionary (in Danish) here.

Btw Danes, I’m curious if your view on any of these words differ from how I read them/would translate them.

Generally:

Springe ud [af skabet] / Komme ud [af skabet]: Come out [of the closet]. The former is technically the established phrase in Danish (lit. “jump out of the closet”), but young people often use the latter, Anglicised version.

Regnbuefamilie: Literally “rainbow family.” Families where one or more of the parents are part of the LGBTQ community, particularly when they reject the traditional nuclear family model.

Regnbuebarn: Child of a regnbuefamilie. 

Normkritik: Literally norm critique or criticism, a praxis where social and societal norms are questioned, often in the context of queer activists or feminists encouraging schools to be more normkritiske in their pedagogy (I suspect it comes from Swedish and is applied more broadly in the Swedish usage)

Queer: An academic or political term, as in queer theory, and sometimes used as an umbrella term for the community like in its English usage. Unlike in English, no negative usage exists and the term is not controversial.

Miljøet: In slang usage, the (gay/queer) scene in a given city. Note than “miljøet” usually means “the environment” in ordinary conversation, although “miljø” may be used in a similar way to describe other communities, e.g. “kunstnermiljøet” for artistic circles.

LGBT-miljøet: The LGBT community

Queer-miljøet: The Queer community

Gender vocab:

Fejlkønne / Miskønne: Misgender (I have personally only heard the former, but LGBT+ Danmark only list the latter)

Transkønnet: Transgender

Transkønnede: Transgender people

Transperson / Transpersoner: Trans person / Trans people, frequently the  umbrella term within the community (sometimes also includes transvestites)

Transmand: Trans man

Transkvinde: Trans woman

Ikke-binær / Non-binær: Non-binary

Interkønnet: Intersex (Danish does not have the “gender/sex” division)

Ciskønnet: Cisgender

Transvestit: Transvestite, crossdresser. Retains more of the older usage where a level of genderfluidity is often implied than the English equivalent does although is similarly falling out of use. Is not generally considered offensive unless misapplied to e.g. trans women.

hen/hen/hens: From Finnish “hän” through the Swedish usage as a neopronoun, originally in feminist writing but adopted by Swedish non-binary people, rare in Denmark.

de/dem/deres: They pronouns, often used by non-binary Danes, although not as often as the English counterpart is used in English. Not to be confused with De/Dem/Deres, which is the (mostly obsolete) formal you pronoun set (cf. french Vous).

Sexuality vocab:

Homoseksuel: Homosexual, gay. Unlike the English equivalent, this is always an adjective. Not considered offensive, but may come off as somewhat formal.

Homoseksuelle: Gay people

Homo (adjective or prefix): Gay in a neutral sense (see the next few entries)

Homobar: Gay bar

Homovielse: Gay marriage

Homofest: Literally “gay party”, usually a reference to a Pride event

Homosex: Gay sex

Homomiljøet: The gay community (or scene)

Homo (noun): Gay, homo, generally the former when used inside the community (”homoer” is comparable to “gays”) and the latter when used outside it, although even then it’s not as derogatory as I suspect the English counterpart is.

Samkønnet forhold / Samkønnet par: Same-sex relationship / Same-sex couple

Samkønnet sex: The more academic term for gay sex. Properly translates to sex between two people of the same gender.

Samkønsægteskab: Same-sex marriage (homovielser is more common, in my estimation)

Bøsse: Gay man, often used derogatorily among kids and teens (unless that’s changed in the last 5-10 years since I was around them), but usually neutral and the most common word for gay man, particularly within the community. Note that “bøsse” can also mean rifle or collection box — the sexual usage was originally a crude reference to a rifle being loaded or cleaned.

Bøssebar: Gay (male) bar

Bøssemiljøet: The gay male scene (or community)

Bøsserøv: Derogatory, lit. bøsse + arse

Bøssekarl: Derogatory, lit. bøsse + lad

Bøssesvin: Extremely derogatory, lit. bøsse + swine. In Danish, the worst slurs for various groups tend to compound words including svin.

Svans: Derogatory, feminine gay man. Comparable to “fairy” or “queen.”

Lesbisk: Lesbian

Lebbe: Lesbian, comparable to “lesbo.” Casual slang most of the time, occasionally derogatory.

Lebbebar: Lesbian bar

Betonlebbe: Masculine lesbian, lit. concrete + lebbe. Comparable to “stone butch” within the community or “dyke” when used derogatorily.

Bjørn: Bear

Biseksuel, panseksuel, aseksuel, osv.: Bisexual, pansexual, asexual, etc. 

Homoromantisk, biromantisk, panromantisk, aromantisk, osv: Homoromantic, biromantic, panromantic, aromantic, etc

Homofil, bifil: Homophile, biphile, outdated words for homosexual and bisexual, coined to deemphasise the sexual aspect as part of the homophile movement in the 50s which was popular enough in Denmark that you’ll very occasionally hear these terms pop up. For the record, though, these are just the normal terms in Norwegian.

Hetero: Straight

Heteroer: Straight people

[thedenofravenpuff]

Didn't get many photos of today's Pride Parade in Aalborg, Denmark. A mixture of rain and having to navigate the crowd of people and keep up, with a walker that constantly tried to eat my cape.

Still, it was an awesome walk, in good company of my co-leader of the Aalborg branch of the Danish group for asexuals, @aseksuelledk.

Didn't get too soaked by the constant drizzle of rain, still had a blast with lots of happy people and good music. But by the end, we were both too mentally and physically exhausted to enjoy the after party and the many stalls and booths set up. We both agreed to nope out and head home to rest up.

So I only had those few photos from the starting point before the Pride walk began.

And this

My first Pride with a walker and it went pretty well. Not too much hindrance and people were very respectful to give me space.

Oh, and saw a cutie bunny carried by its owner to enjoy the party too.

A good day, a good Pride 💜🏳️‍🌈💜

[thedenofravenpuff]

Lil reminder to all aspec in Denmark!

Next Ace Space meetup at Buens Bogcafé in Aalborg, will be 6th of May, 4pm-6pm.

Everyone are welcome, be it ace, grey ace, demi, aro, aro ace and so on. As usual I'll be there to represent @aseksuelledk, the Danish group for Ace folk.

See ya!

[thedenofravenpuff]

New schedule for Ace Space meetup at Buens Bogcafé in Aalborg, Denmark!

Instead first Monday of the month, it is now every other week! More Ace time at Denmark's oldest LGBTQ+ cafe!

All aces are welcome, no matter where on the spectrum you find yourself. Just to hang and have a good time with pleasant conversations.

And of course representatives from @aseksuelledk too, for anyone curious about the Ace group of DK.

See ya there!

[thedenofravenpuff]

A reminder about Ace Space at Buens Bogcafé in Aalborg, Denmark

Every first Monday of the month, 4pm-6pm

Meetup for all locale aces and curious souls, everyone is welcome to come by to hang out and join the chat.

I'm usually there to represent @aseksuelledk locale branch.

See ya!

[thedenofravenpuff]

Another Ace Space meetup in Buens Bogcafé in Aalborg, Denmark!

Though the arrangement itself claims to be on every first Monday of the month, this one was moved to the 25th of March, since 1st of April is a holiday and the café will be closed. Just a reminder!

Monday 25th of March, 4pm-6pm

We'll gather once again at Buens Bogcafe, to chill and talk about everything ace! Last time was a great time, so I hope to see a lot of more aces meeting up!

Once again I'll be present to represent @AseksuelleDK, the Danish group for Ace folk!

See ya there!

[thedenofravenpuff]

I play a lot of Love & Pies (hashtag not sponsored) and was pleasantly surprised seeing one of the recent ads ya gotta watch for extra stamina was for FAD, aka @aseksuelledk aka Foreningen For Aseksuelle i Danmark aka Group for Asexuals in Denmark!

Celebrating Ace Week with videos and interviews to share about the ace experience and let people know there are groups to join in Denmark.

Happy Ace Week, ya'll!

[thedenofravenpuff]

Joined a meetup for @aseksuelledk at the locale LGBT+ cafe Buens Bogcafé, today and had a great old time!

Joining the efforts to help the organisation for asexuals in Denmark to branch out more into my parts of Denmark.

[thedenofravenpuff]

Er du Ace og bor i/omkring Aalborg i Danmark? Så tjek den nye gruppe ud på Facebook! @aseksuelledk brancher mere ud i Jylland og alle er velkomne!

Translation:

Are you Ace and live in/around Aalborg in Denmark? Then check out the new group on Facebook! @aseksuelledk are branching out more through Jutland and all are welcome to join!

[aseksuelledk]

Ang. søndagens event

Kære alle.

En lille rettelse: Søndagens event om aromantik og krydsorientering finder sted i LGBT+ Danmarks Medborgerhus (samme adresse - anden sal i bygningen).

Læs mere om eventet under linket (linker til Facebook):

[aseksuelledk]

Lørdag den 8. juli er vi at finde i Aalborg til Aalborg Pride! 🤩 Paraden starter kl. 12 i Kildeparken, og du kan nemt finde os - bare se efter vores flag og banner. Alle er velkomne til at gå med os eller komme hen og hilse på, også efter paraden, hvor vi efterfølgende tænker at hænge ud. Ses vi? 😀

[aseksuelledk]

Senere på måneden holder vi et online oplæg om pridebevægelsen, både nationalt og internationalt, og det aseksuelle communitys plads i den. Du kan deltage ved at trykke på 'Deltag'-knappen på vores facebookbegivenhed ved samme navn, eller sende os en PB (så sender vi linket).

[aseksuelledk]

Ses vi til Odense Pride? Nu på lørdag i Kongens Have (lige overfor stationen) fra 12 - 18. Vi kommer og deltager i paraden, er at finde til en snak om foreningen og aseksualitet ved siden af Lambdas bar og hænger ud med alle de fantastiske mennesker, der er i Odense den dag. Vi glæder os!