Many gays and lbians live, stay and work Bssels. The heart of the pal's gay muny is to be found the area around the Grand Place...
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BSSELS GAY SPORTS (BGS)
On Saturday 20 May 2023, the Bssels Pri - The Belgian & European Pri will be held Bssels. The Pri is an event cludg several activi for the rights of LGBTQIA+ people and a big para the cy centre. [llapsed tle="Pri Week (om 10 to 19 May)"] The Bssels Pri kicks off wh the Pri Week (om 10 to 19 May), which will host nferenc, bat and activi around them that are ar to the muny. More : Bssels Pri - The Belgian & European Pri [/llapsed] [llapsed tle="Pri Para (on Saturday 20 May)"] On Saturday 20 May, jo the gatherg at the Pri Village at the Mont s Arts om noon. At 2 pm, after the speech, the Pri Para will take the Rabow Flag through the streets of Bssels. More : Bssels Pri - The Belgian & European Pri [/llapsed] [llapsed tle="Pri @ The Archiv"] The Archiv of the Cy of Bssels are llectg LGBTQIA+ archiv: Collectn of LGBTQIA+ archiv [/llapsed] [llapsed tle="Pri @ The Mms"] 'Pri @ The Mms' by the Cy of Bssels largely tak place durg the Pri Week. For ten days, nferenc, bat and activi will take place around them close to the gay muny's heart. Programme Pri @ the Mm Exhibn 'Bssels Queer Graphics' Lecture '40 years of LGBTQI+ film ftivals Bssels' Manneken-Pis rabow lours From 17 May 2023, the showse of the GarRobe MannekenPis (Rue du Chêne 19) will be rated the lours of the rabow. Among others, disver the mayor's stume of the Free Commune of the Ilot Sacré, the stume ma by Jean-Pl Gltier for the 20th Belgian Pri and the stume as part of the Ftival. On Thursday 1 June 2023, the untry's three ma LGBTQIA+ anisatns, Rabow Hoe (Bssels), Cavaria (Flanrs) and Prisme (Wallonia), will jotly donate a new stume to Manneken-Pis to mark the 20th anniversary of the law on same-sex marriage. Acquisn of a ntemporary porcela In celebratn of the entry to force of this law, the Mm of the Cy of Bssels will announce the acquisn of a ntemporary work of art porcela. The choice of porcela is obv: after all, 20 years of marriage is celebrated wh a porcela weddg anniversary. Moreover, om the end of the 18th century until after the Send World War, high qualy porcela was produced Bssels and the Mm of the Cy of Bssels has the most important llectn of this kd. The acquisn of a ntemporary piece of Bssels porcela is therefore a nod to this rich past. The Mm of the Cy of Bssels will liver this project llaboratn wh MAD Bssels. The fal draft will be prented June 2023, exactly 20 years after the first same-sex marriage Bssels. The piece will then be exhibed the porcela room of the Mm of the Cy of Bssels.[/llapsed] [llapsed tle="Rabow flags the cy"] To start the Pri Week, the Cy of Bssels hung up 173 new, more clive rabow flags unr the name Progrs pri. The 6 pillars of the Bourse will also be rated wh the famo lours, while the Monnaie will be draped wh the new 6 x 4 metre tersex flag. For the Pri Para on 20 May, two 2 x 6 metre 'BXL' stctur will also be placed at the Marché Charbon (Kolenmarkt) quarter and ont of the Monnaie Theatre.[/llapsed] [llapsed tle="Theme 'Protect the Prott'"] 'Protect the Prott', Amnty Internatnal's mpaign slogan, has been adopted as the theme for Bssels Pri - The Belgian & European Pri. Prott is a fundamental human right. The LGBTQIA+ movement knows how ccial the eedoms of associatn and exprsn are for progrs. The rights mt be granted or upheld, Belgium, Europe and around the world.[/llapsed] * brussels gay week *
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 (+).
Homografia. For ten days, nferenc, bat and activi will take place around them close to the gay muny's heart. Belgium had s first 'gay day' on March 18, 1978 Ghent.
GAY PRI EVENTS BELGIUM
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".
BSSELS, A GAY-FRIENDLY VILLAGE
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. 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. 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.