Oslo Pride 2022

Planned, but canceled parade… the day after.

‘Fuck Angst!’ The first image covers the main feeling of the people that showed up at the ‘canceled Pride’ parade after the vicious hate attack on a queer pub in the center of Oslo. The Oslo police advised against the parade because they could not determine that this was in fact a one-man’s attack or that more would follow. This Pride parade should have been the biggest feast ever, after covid and the beautiful weather expected. Most Norwegians and organizations wanted to show their support and love to the queer communities. But ‘fuck fear’ I thought and went anyhow to document with my yearly Tjooks 100.

I met a small community group in the park near the police station at Oslo Grønland. Most of them at the center were those the most vulnerable and used to be exposed to both hate, discrimination and exclusion. There was no visible armed police safeguard to shield them from possible attacks of hate crimes. Officially the parade was canceled so almost no Norwegian organization showed up that day except for the queer guys from Fjellgruppa.
As the parade went to the streets of Oslo singing ‘We are here, we are Queer we are not gonna disappear’ and ‘Kampen fortsetter! ‘(The battle goes on!) More and more people joined, ending up with a few thousand people in front of the crime scene, putting down flowers showing their grief, sorrow, and compassion.

The pictures I took that day were 25. Juni speak for themselves. The following day in the rain I took some more shots. Many manifestations of compassion followed later on and still do.

Love to you all.
Tjook