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Belgium had s first 'gay day' on March 18, 1978 Ghent. A year later, on May 5, 1979 Antwerp, gay men and lbians were on the street for the 'Internatnal Day of Homosexualy'. The followg year, Rooie Vlr joed the Feratie Werkgroepen Homofilie (FWH) and the Bssels associatn CCL to anize Bssels' "Natnal Homosexual and Lbian Day".

In 1996, nearly 2, 500 visors attend the event, which then beme the 'Belgian Lbian and Gay Pri'. In May, on a date close to World Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia (May 17), brgs together ftive, polil and cultural events, iativ and activi, not only Bssels, the Belgian and European pal, but also throughout Belgium.

2nd the Internatnal Lbians & Gay Associatn-Europe rankgs, Belgium has, for a long time, been mted to the rights and cln of LGBTQIA+ people. LGBTQIA+: the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, aromantic muni, their alli and all other muni (+).

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Antwerp Pri 2024 - large annual Gay pri ftival wh LGBT para and open-air street ftival Antwerp, Belgium. Event rmatn. * gay festival belgium *

Homografia. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! And the massive gay party La Demence, held about 12 tim a year at Fe, is a Bssels stutn, drawg men om across Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany and beyond for more than 30 years. Belgium ranked 2nd on ILGA-Europe's 2019 Rabow Inx of natnal LGBTQ+ equaly laws and polici, and tied for 4th on the 2019 Spartac Gay Travel Inx.

While Bssels’s gay district is small, occupi a spot right the heart of the heart-shaped cy, where there’s always a gay-iendly hang-out or open-md party. Where to kick back wh a drk Le Fontaas Bar, Contental This rner fé on Rue du Marché Charbon, the re of the Bssels gay district, is somethg special. Le Fontaas has ptured the hearts of many a Bxellois – be they gay, straight, bisexual or unwillg to wear a label – wh s slightly shabby ’70s r, relaxed self-service and tasteful electronic DJ sets.

AN LGBTQ GUI TO BSSELS, BELGIUM BSSELS IS AN OPEN, PROGRSIVE CY AND ISN’T SHORT OF GAY-IENDLY BARS, FéS AND EVENTS | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS NANA VAN DE POEL 03 FEBARY 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AS THE SEND UNTRY THE WORLD (AFTER THE NETHERLANDS) TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND A TE ADVOTE OF THE LGBTQ MUNY EUROPE, BELGIUM HAD TO HAVE A PAL THAT REFLECTED S PROGRSIVE VALU. WHILE BSSELS’S GAY DISTRICT IS SMALL, OCCUPI A SPOT RIGHT THE HEART OF THE HEART-SHAPED CY, WHERE THERE’S ALWAYS A GAY-IENDLY HANG-OUT OR OPEN-MD PARTY. VIEW ALL TRIPS BELGIUM WAS THE SEND UNTRY THE EU TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS WHERE TO KICK BACK WH A DRK LE FONTAAS BAR, CONTENTAL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THIS RNER Fé ON RUE DU MARCHé CHARBON, THE RE OF THE BSSELS GAY DISTRICT, IS SOMETHG SPECIAL. ITS LARGE TERRACE ON A SMATTERG OF R-EE ROADS BED WH A NEARBY BABBLG FOUNTA BRGS TOGETHER A BOHEMIAN, MIXED CLIENTELE SEARCH OF AN URBAN OASIS. LE FONTAAS HAS PTURED THE HEARTS OF MANY A BXELLOIS – BE THEY GAY, STRAIGHT, BISEXUAL OR UNWILLG TO WEAR A LABEL – WH S SLIGHTLY SHABBY ’70S R, RELAXED SELF-SERVICE AND TASTEFUL ELECTRONIC DJ SETS. IT’S AN PECIALLY LOVELY SPOT FOR A SUNDAY FFEE, A DAYTIME DATE OR A CHAT WH IENDS. LE DILLENS BAR, CAFE, EUROPEAN, VEGETARIAN, VEGAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT MUCH LIKE LE FONTAAS, LE DILLENS IS A PLACE WHERE THGS ARE GOOD MORNG, NOON AND NIGHT. THOUGH ’S NOT A GAY BAR OR A PART OF THE GAY DISTRICT, THE LOUR THAT THIS Fé-BISTRO HAS BROUGHT TO AN UNASSUMG SAT-GILL SQUARE AND S FAMED WEEKEND BNCH HAVE MA A FAVOURE AMONG THE LOL LBIAN MUNY. THE STRETCHED-OUT OPENG HOURS MAKE SOMEWHERE TO ENJOY FFEE AND A NEWSPAPER, AS WELL AS DNER AND A PRE-PARTY BEFORE VENTURG OUT TO THE NIGHT. DURG THE DAY, THE PLACE FEELS LIKE A SPAC SEND LIVG ROOM, RELAXED AND SY, WH TERNATNAL PAPERS SEVERAL LANGUAG STREWN ABOUT TO ACMODATE AN IMMIGRANT’S OR TRAVELLER’S CURRENT AFFAIR NEEDS. RABOWHOE BAR, CONTENTAL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT BEHD A GREAT AL OF BSSELS’S LGBTQ-ORIENTED ACTIVI IS THE TEAM OF RABOWHOE. IN ADDN TO THE LBORAMA* FILM FTIVAL, ART EXHIBNS, BAT AND READGS, THE MUNY CENTRE REGULARLY HOSTS MIXERS AND PARTI S BAR. THE STAFF KNOW GAY BSSELS LIKE THE BACK OF THEIR HANDS, MEANG THERE’S NO BETTER PLACE TO FD OUT ABOUT THE GOGS-ON OR GLEAN PRO TIPS FOR GALAVANTG AROUND THE HEART OF EUROPE. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP LE BELGI BAR, GAY BAR, PUB GB, BELGIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT A GAY STUTN THAT’S BEEN AROUND SCE THE ’80S, LE BELGI RRI A NOSTALGIC TOUCH. THE R DON’T SEEM TO HAVE CHANGED A UPLE OF S, BUT S OUTDATED LOOK ONLY ADDS TO THE CHARM OF THE SMALL AND JOVIAL THURSDAY-TO-SUNDAY BAR WHERE GAY MEN AND UALLY A UPLE OF STRAIGHT GUTS START THEIR NIGHT DANCG TO ELECTRONIC DJ SETS. IT’S A WARM PARTY NT THAT’S A MT-VIS DURG THE PRI PARA – WHICH, CINTALLY, IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNY TO TRY OUT S EPONYMO SIGNATURE JUNIPER-AND-LEMON SHOT. ADD BEER, AND YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A SO-MAR (SUBMARE), A PECULIAR BUT BELOVED NCTN. THE BELGIAN PAL IS A CY THAT REFLECTS THE UNTRY’S VALU | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS WHERE A PARTY N ALWAYS BE FOUND CHEZ MAMAN BAR, CONTENTAL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF THERE’S A PLACE BSSELS WHERE A DIVA N ENJOY HERSELF, ’S AT CHEZ MAMAN. GLTERG SHOWS PERFORMED ON THE BAR UNTER BY MAMAN AND HER GLAMORO POSSE ARE THE ORR OF THE DAY AT THIS INIC DRAG Fé AND BARET WHERE YOU KNOCK TO ENTER. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PARTI LA DEMENCE AT FE NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT WILY KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GAY DANCE PARTI EUROPE, LA DEMENCE IS A MONTHLY, PULL-OUT-ALL-THE-STOPS NIGHT AT TECHNO TEMPLE FE – ONE THAT LGBTQ PARTYGOERS CROSS BORRS TO ATTEND. THREE FLOORS ARE E: ONE AS A DARK ROOM AND THE OTHER TWO AS THE DANCE FLOORS WHERE LIKE-MD GAY GUYS GIVE THE BT OF THEMSELV TO DIS AND DANCE MIC UNTIL SEVEN THE MORNG. FLASH TEA DANCE AT YOU NIGHT CLUB NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT YOU NIGHT CLUB IS WHERE BSSELS’S LATE TEENS AND EARLY TWENTY-SOMETHGS HEAD FOR A LATE PARTY, AND SUNDAY NIGHTS ARE TRADNALLY RERVED FOR THE GAY MUNY TO LIVE UP. WHILE FASHNABLE YOUNG GUYS FLOCK TO THE NIGHTS, THERE’S UALLY A PACK OF FEMALE IENDS ENJOYG THEIR EVENG JT AS MUCH. CATCLUB NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © LARA GASPAROTTO / COURTY OF CATCLUB BILLED AS “A PARTY FOR TS OF ALL BREEDS”, CATCLUB NIGHTS HAPPEN SPORADILLY AND TEND TO LOTN-HOP AMONG UNEXPECTED VENU, SUCH AS THE OLD SO BY CENTRAL STATN. CATCHY ELECTRONICS AND A BOISTERO CROWD ARE GUARANTEED, THOUGH, AND FOR ONCE, THE GAY-IENDLY OLICKG ISN’T ONLY FOR TOMTS. WHEN ANISER LADY JANE SAYS EVERYONE’S WELE, SHE MEANS , AND IF YOU’RE LUCKY, YOU MIGHT TCH HER SPNG RERDS AT LE FONTAAS ON ONE FRIDAY EVENG OR ANOTHER. CHECK CATCLUB’S FACEBOOK PAGE FOR UPG EVENTS AND LOTNS. WHERE TO LET YOUR RABOW FLAG FLY BSSELS IS KNOWN TO LURE UP TO 100,000 REVELLERS TO THE HEART OF EUROPE TO CELEBRATE PRI ONE GIANT EXPLOSN OF DIVERSY AND LOVG EXTRAVAGANCE. FLASHY FLOATS, EXTRAVAGANT OUTFS AND GAY-IENDLY PARTI ABOUND DURG THE PRI PARA, THE CULMATN OF TWO WEEKS OF SPRGTIME CULTURAL EVENTS WHEN THE LGBTQ MUNY GETS S TIME THE SUN AS WELL AS SH A SPOTLIGHT ON A THEME NEAR TO S HEART EVERY YEAR MAY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP SPA JAPAN MOROC ICELAND ECUADOR BALI SOUTH AI THAILAND CROATIA TURKEY INDIA MEXI EGYPT GREECE THE BSSELS PRI PARA IS A CULMATN OF TWO WEEKS OF CELEBRATN AND ATTRACTS OVER 100,000 REVELLERS | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. 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Though ’s not a gay bar or a part of the gay district, the lour that this fé-bistro has brought to an unassumg Sat-Gill square and s famed weekend bnch have ma a favoure among the lol lbian muny.

The staff know gay Bssels like the back of their hands, meang there’s no better place to fd out about the gogs-on or glean pro tips for galavantg around the heart of Europe.

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View Trip Le Belgi Bar, Gay Bar, Pub Gb, Belgian A gay stutn that’s been around sce the ’80s, Le Belgi rri a nostalgic touch.

The r don’t seem to have changed a uple of s, but s outdated look only adds to the charm of the small and jovial Thursday-to-Sunday bar where gay men and ually a uple of straight guts start their night dancg to electronic DJ sets. Weekly and monthly parti La Demence at Fe Nightclub, Cocktails Wily known as one of the most popular gay dance parti Europe, La Demence is a monthly, pull-out-all-the-stops night at techno temple Fe – one that LGBTQ partygoers cross borrs to attend. Three floors are e: one as a dark room and the other two as the dance floors where like-md gay guys give the bt of themselv to dis and dance mic until seven the morng.

Flash Tea Dance at You Night Club Nightclub, Cocktails You Night Club is where Bssels’s late teens and early twenty-somethgs head for a late party, and Sunday nights are tradnally rerved for the gay muny to live up. Catchy electronics and a boistero crowd are guaranteed, though, and for once, the gay-iendly olickg isn’t only for tomts.

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Flashy floats, extravagant outfs and gay-iendly parti abound durg the Pri para, the culmatn of two weeks of sprgtime cultural events when the LGBTQ muny gets s time the sun as well as sh a spotlight on a theme near to s heart every year May. Çavaria, a Flemish advocy group for the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI+) muny, anized the para wh Rabowhoe Bssels and Prisme, two other rights groups. That go some way to explag why gays and lbians like livg Bssels.

The Gay & Lbian Ftival of Belgium (FR/NL) tak place every year January/Febary.

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In the sectn 'Gay' of vis. For stance, brewg a beer lled Biere Queer that celebrated Natnal Comg Out Day, an annual LGBTQIA+ awarens day observed on October 11, to support lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people to “e out of the closet” and celebrate their sexual inty.

The send annual Queer Beer tak pri reprentg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and asexual folks or alli the beer dtry. A portn of the sal om those tickets supported PFLAG, the first and largt anizatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and fai, and alli. Along wh the Natnal LGBTQ Task Force, an Amerin social jtice advocy non-prof anizg the grassroots power of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny.

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The Chigo-based brewery’s Gay IPA reprents exactly what the name says—beg Gay.

And beg proud to be gay. Beyond turng heads, Marz’s Gay IPA also supports the lol LGBTQ+ muny wh a portn of the proceeds om sal donated to anizatns such as The Legacy Project, Equaly Illois, and ALMA Chigo. They will be hostg a Pri Market at one of their facili, and they are partnerg wh the Boston Gay Sports Alliance on sponsorship programs throughout the month of June.

Pl, Port Cy will donate a portn of all ticket sal to the Alexandria-Arlgton Gay and Lbian Alliance (AGLA), aimg to help the anizatn achieve s missn to improve the LGBTQIA+ muny Northern Virgia. ’s only 100 percent gay-owned brewery.

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But don’t jt ll a “gay bar.

And 2020, Mighty Real helped fund The Lbian & Gay Big Apple Corps. The beer is named after a phrase—”a iend of Dorothy”—ed as a secret signal between gay men datg back to at least World War II when beg Queer was illegal.

The official pool party for the Gay Pri Ftival at AxelBeach Hotel Maspalomas. Gay Pri Gran Canaria: Your party highlight wh sun & beach, sexy boys beachwear, pool parti and of urse the big Pri para.

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