Sick of staying home…

Sick of staying home…

The redder an area’s colour on our government’s corona lists, the more I feel like going there. You know that feeling? The forbidden fruit. I had never heard of the Severoiz tours in Bulgaria or Southern Muntenia in Romania, but ever since the Foreign Office...
Should the LGBTI+ community be afraid of ‘the new normal’?

Should the LGBTI+ community be afraid of ‘the new normal’?

COVID-19 still holds the world in its grip, and yet it’s good and perhaps even necessary to look ahead at the post-corona era. At ‘the new normal’, as it is also called. The LGBTI+ community in particular needs to prepare itself. There are people who see this health...

Laatste Brusselse gemeenteraad voor Bruno De Lille

door © Bruzz / BELGA Voor gewezen Brussels staatssecretaris en Brussels parlementslid Bruno De Lille (Groen) is het maandag de laatste keer dat hij als gemeenteraadslid de gemeenteraad van de stad Brussel bijwoont. Op 1 september wordt De Lille directeur van...
Save the Rainbow

Save the Rainbow

Last Saturday I watched the Global Pride. Because most of the Pride parades had been cancelled, a virtual Global Pride was set up that showcased performances, movies and speeches by LGBTI+ activists from all over the world. A wonderful initiative that showed how it...
Decolonizing is more than taking Leopold II off his pedestal

Decolonizing is more than taking Leopold II off his pedestal

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...