The first ever Limburg Pride will take place on Sunday 13 July 2025, and not on Saturday 5 July. Hasselt, the provincial capital of Limburg, will be its host. Limburg Pride vzw chairman Bert Brone announced the date with pride earlier this week.
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65 countries where gay sex is illegal
On 22 April 2024, the High Court of Dominica in the island nation of Dominica in the Caribbean struck down its ant-sodomy law. Time for an update. Both ILGA World and Erasing 76 Crimes count the countries and US states which have laws against gay sex. Spoiler alert: the number of countries criminalising gay sex…
Brussels Pride 2024 programme starts on Wednesday 8 May with Pride Opening at Molenbeek and a Pride Week
Last year the Belgian Pride in Brussels reinvented itself as Brussels Pride. The difference? The organisation is now pushed and pulled by the Brussels-Capital Region via visit.brussels after the former organisers fell out. This year’s theme for the Brussels Pride – in the Capital of Europe is ‘Safe Everyday, Everywhere‘.
Canada 2023
In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
ANTWERP | New Rubens House building and garden to open on 30 August 2024
The Rubens House in Antwerp will reopen on 30 August 2024. A visit starts from Hopland 13. The brand new building by Robbrecht en Daem architects gives access to Rubens Experience, the lushly redesigned Baroque garden and the library. Tickets are now for sale.
World premiere: Brussels Airlines and Tomorrowland present aircraft with augmented reality in new livery
On 25 April 2024 Brussels Airlines and the Tomorrowland techno festival in Boom proudly presented Amare, the newest Belgian Icon. Amare represents unity for people all over the world. The brand-new Airbus A320neo‘s livery features augmented reality, a world-first. Both partners also ramp-up efforts to make the Tomorrowland-flights more sustainable.
European Railway and Infrastructure Companies present wish list for next European Parliament and European Commission
Ahead of the European elections this June, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has launched its 2024-29 manifesto ‘On Track For Europe‘ at a high-level event hosted in the European Parliament this evening by MEP Dominique Riquet (Radical Party) from France. Aimed firmly at reaching the modal shift and modal share objectives…
RED STAR LINE MUSEUM | ‘A wanted refugee: Einstein and Red Star Line’ exhibition until Sunday 8 September 2024
So the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp translated ‘Een gewilde vluchteling: Einstein en Red Star Line‘ into ‘A wanted refugee: Einstein and Red Star Line‘ and not into ‘A desirable refugee: Einstein and Red Star Line‘. Anyway, you can visit the exhibition until Sunday 8 September 2024.
Antwerp is preparing for Ensor 2024: four top exhibitions from 28 September
From 28 September 2024, Antwerp will celebrate Belgian artist James Ensor with four diverse, world-class exhibitions. They extensively show his versatile work and how he is still a source of inspiration for contemporary artists. The Ensor Year is big deal in Antwerp, but also in Ostend, in Brussels, and in the whole of Belgium.
How LGBTQIA+ friendly are Members of the European Parliament?
On 18 April 2024, Forbidden Colours released the ‘Queer your EU‘ report. This research evaluates what the institutions of the European Union have done for LGBTIQ+ people from 2019 to 2024. The NGO analyzed the votes of the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) revealing that 1 MEP out of 4 voted against the rights…
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