6 Jan 2020
Marian Lens is one of the LGBTI+ pioneers of Brussels. For years, she was the owner of the only feminist-lesbian bookstore Artemys, and worked hard for the creation of the Brussels Rainbowhouse. She is also the driving force behind the L-tours: walks that cover the...
19 Dec 2019
The European Parliament recently (18/12/2019) adopted a resolution condemning discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI people. More specifically, it targeted the ‘LGBT-free zones’ that many Polish authorities have proclaimed. Belgian cities such as...
12 Dec 2019
A few weeks ago I was in Taipei (Taiwan) for a conference on same-sex marriages. I heard stories about legal battles, boycotts by opposition parties, demonstrations for and against… In Belgium, I myself took part in the campaign for ‘gay marriage’...
2 Dec 2019
Ed Davitt is an Irishman living in Belgium, whom I actually first met in Poland. It can’t get much more international than that, can it? Ed has recently moved back to Brussels and works there for a Green MEP. He works a lot and is very passionate about it, but...
18 Nov 2019
At the end of October, no fewer than two conferences were held in Taipei (Taiwan), at which a great deal of attention was paid to LGBTI-rights. The first was the worldwide FIDH-congress (Fédération Internationale pour les Droits Humains) that looked at the global...
14 Nov 2019
Recent mocht ik deelnemen aan een LGBTI-conferentie in Taipei, Taiwan. De discussies en debatten op de conferentie waren interessant en toch ga ik daar niet over schrijven. Ik wil het wel met je hebben over de mensen die aan het evenement meededen want die waren...
