19 Mar 2020
LGBTI-Croatia was recently in the news. At the end of February, an effigy of two gay men and their child was burned there. A few years ago, Croatia held a referendum to clearly define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. A referendum that was convincingly...
3 Feb 2020
Since 24th May 2019, Taiwanese same-sex couples have had the right to get married. Taiwan is making history because it’s the first country in Asia where this has become possible. Taiwan is known as one of Asia’s most LGBTI+ friendly countries, and yet, the opening of...
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...
