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CPOY 74 International Picture Story Silver: Neither Boy Nor Girl. Mika is Just Mika.

Dresses on the floor, Lego cars on the shelf. Clips in the hair and mud on the hands. In Mika's life, it is Mika who decides everything from hair length to hobby. Because even if one is born with a penis you can be/come what you want. And Mika has chosen to be 'hen’. A gender-neutral pronoun which was officially added to the Swedish language in 2015.

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Slide 6 of 8
October 25, 2018
"You're a turtle, you're a giraffe, you're a horse, and you're a lion," says Mika, pointing around in the group. They have a break in 1st class, and now they are playing animals. Mika is a rabbit.
Andreas Merrald / Danish School of Journalism
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