Disver Culture Trip’s gui to LGBTQ-iendly Bssels – ’s home to a charmg gay district, the official Belgian Pri and a ton of boistero parti.
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- BSSELS GAY SPORTS (BGS)
- GAY PRI AND EVENTS BSSELS 2023
- BSSELS PRI, THE BELGIAN GAY PRI BSSELS
- BSSELS GAY BARS
- GAY BSSELS TRAVEL GUI
- GAY BSSELS · CY GUI
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] * gay parad brussels *
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.
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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.
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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.
It was the Rabow Quarter that first gay venu Bssels started to open the 1970s, and the area is still home to the cy’s premier LGBTIQ venu.
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As most ci, gay men are better tered for than lbians, and the majory of LGBTIQ-iendly bars promently display the rabow flag outsi. Origally a backpacker hangout, Via-Via now offers a warm smopolan vibe and a superb choice of beers beneath exposed woon beams, while pete rner bar Fontaas (which ters maly to gay men but is very lbian-iendly too) mix the bt mojos the pal. Catclub is a popular gay party that n attract big-name hoe DJs; otherwise the vtage tun of Gay Haze is a chilled Sunday choice near the Palais of Jtice.
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As well as hog a range of LGBTIQ anisatns, Bssels’ pre-ement gay space Rabow Hoe also hosts regular events terg towards different scen, whether they're showg film screengs or hostg Balkans-themed club nights.
Inpennt journal Girls Like Us, whose founr Jsi Gysel is a long-time stalwart of the Bssels LGBTIQ scene, is a gay femist publitn wh an artistic bent.
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Other, more regular events clu the gay film ftival Pk Screens, held every November at venu across the cy, and Genr d'à Côté, a monthly film club wh an LGBTIQ foc. Most of the hotels Bssels are wh easy walkg distance of the centre of town and what where is the gay area of the cy.
There are a few gay owned gut ho the gay neighbourhood and a number of gay iendly hotels.
All the plac to stay on our webse are exclively gay or gay iendly. The hotels get fully booked when there are European Unn Summ or Nao meetgs and durg the ma gay events. Belgium was tradnally a nservative untry and not so open toward homosexualy.
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This however changed and now the gay neighbourhood is jt off the Grand Place. The ma gay bars Bssels are loted the cy centre, around Rue du Marché Charbon street (or Kolenmarkt) near Bourse metro statn and close to the Grand Place.
La Rerve is the olst gay bar Bssels. It has a pub like sign and is popular wh the mature gay muny whom have been g here for many years.