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🏳️‍🌈Oslo Pride 2022 🏳️‍🌈

26 June 20225 July 2022 Mittens and Sunglasses

This is a vlog/reading vlog from my celebration of Oslo Pride 22 – 25 June 2022. Due to the events happening on the night before the big Pride Day, things did not turn out as planned…

📚 Reading Vlog 📚 Queer Lit Readathon Round 7 🌈

12 July 202130 July 2021 Mittens and Sunglasses

Here’s my reading vlog for the Queer Lit Readathon that took place 6 – 12 June 2021. The summary of the readathon will be at the end of the video.

Oslo Pride 2018

3 July 201826 March 2022 Mittens and Sunglasses

I must admit that I absolutely LOVE Oslo Pride! Though Pride started 14 June this year, and ended 1 July, I celebrated it only Friday and Saturday.

On Friday I went to look at Pride Park for the first time, and then headed to Pride Art. The art exhibition was really good this year! On Friday there also was a cultural item, with readings by a few authors, the big one being Gudmund Vindland. I’ve previously read a couple of his novels (he’s published four so far), and really liked them. He read from his current work in progress, and I must say I’m really looking forward to reading his new book when it comes out.

Gudmund Vindland. Photo: Mittens and Sunglasses © 2018 — Gudmund Vindland.
Photo: Mittens and Sunglasses © 2018

Another author who read a work in progress that I really enjoyed was Martine Johansen. I’ve never read any of her works before, but I certainly will, and I am excited about her new book as well.

Martine Johansen. Photo: Mittens and Sunglasses © 2018 — Martine Johansen.
Photo: Mittens and Sunglasses © 2018

It was also fun to listen to my friend Kiné perform a few of her songs. She had one I hadn’t heard before, but she also performed one that I really love, where she climbs up on a roof…

Saturday was, of course, the day of the Pride Parade. I have walked in the Pride Parade before, both in Norway and other places, in this year I walked with the choir I sing in. It was so much fun, and it was fun to see so many people watching us too!

My frienfd and I in the parade. Photo: Mittens and Sunglasses © 2018 — My friend and I in the parade.
Photo: Mittens and Sunglasses © 2018

I had a short, but awesome Pride celebration, and am already looking forward to next year.

Dublin Pride!

26 June 201110 April 2022 Mittens and Sunglasses

Yesterday I attended the Dublin pride. After being left on my own, I walked around and looked at people. So many happy smiles, pretty people, cool costumes, and such a wonderful atmosphere! I even met a girl with a poster saying “free hugs”! Yes, I went for it, I got the hug!

The parade started, and in the beginning I saw a crowd where they spoke different languages, and wearing t-shirts with androids on them. I had no idea who they were, but snook in between them. I overheard a girl speaking Norwegian, so I started talking to her, and it turned out the crowd were people working at Google. I ended up sneaking my way backwards, and ended up walking with the equal marriage rights people. Though we Norwegians have those rights already, it something I fully support, so I stayed with them until the parade ended.

It was a very sunny day, and I ended up getting a sunburn! But was such a wonderful thing to do, and it made me realise I really want to do the parade in Oslo again at some point. Pride is wonderful, it shows such diversity! Very lovely!

And of course, some photos: