7 Jun 2020
In 2020 Congo will be independent for 60 years. Independence put an end to 75 years of Belgian interference and domination in Congo. First 23 years as personal property of King Leopold II, and then 52 years as a Belgian colony. Despite the long period since...
26 May 2020
For the third year in a row, we have been ranked Europe’s second LGBTI+ friendliest country in terms of legislation. Let’s have a party!?! On the occasion of the International Day against Homo-, Bi-, Intersex- and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), ILGA Europe – the European...
26 May 2020
IDAHOT is just behind us, Pride month is coming. And traditionally, it’s high times for people who get off on LGBTI+ figures. We got a cartload of information in a few days. For example, the FRA, the independent documentation and knowledge centre for the promotion and...
29 Apr 2020
A few days ago, the UN issued a global call to take into account the needs of the vulnerable LGBTI+group when tackling Covid-19. They did not even mention authoritarian leaders such as Viktor Orban using the pandemic to reduce LGBTI+ rights. The UN notes that...
20 Mar 2020
The coronavirus is God’s punishment for the Gay Pride. That’s what the Israeli Rabbi Meir Mazuz claims anyway. His American colleague Reverend Steven Andrews goes a little further: with the corona pandemic, God is trying to purify the world of LGBTI+...
16 Mar 2020
Shortly before schools started closing because of the coronavirus outbreak, students from a Brussels school visited the Rainbow House. And I had the pleasure of being there. A class full of 15-year-olds, excited because they didn’t have to go to school, and at...
