The Philippines in 1996-1997, China in 2000, Vietnam in 2009, Japan in 2013 and 2025, South Korea in 2014 and 2024, Taiwan in 2017 (the starting point of Trip By Trip), Singapore in 2018, Hong Kong and Macau in 2023. I like travelling to East Asia. Yet I never visited Thailand, for many westerners the…
Tag: Health
2026 | The state of LGBTI rights in Europe’s next generation of EU members
ILGA-Europe and the Equal Rights Association (ERA) have warned that anti-LGBTI legislation and democratic backsliding are becoming a defining feature of the European Union enlargement region, urging Brussels to use accession talks more forcefully to defend fundamental rights.
2026 Limburg Pride expects record 25,000 visitors as Hasselt prepares for expanded celebration featuring heat measures, and a “family-friendly dress code”
Limburg Pride is expecting a record 25,000 visitors for its second edition in Hasselt on Sunday, with organisers expanding the parade, introducing heat measures and offering mental health support alongside the festivities.
ANTWERP | 2026 Sinksenfoor attracts 700,000 visitors
Sunday 28 June marked the final day of this year‘s Pentecost Fair or Sinksenfoor in Antwerp. The country’s largest fair was held at Spoor Oost for the tenth time since 23 May. Despite the extremely hot weather, the fair was able to welcome more than 700,000 visitors. Last year, the fair received 800,000 people.
DARKLANDS 2023 | Programme and schedule
The Waagnatie event hall in Antwerp will once against host Darklands, the kink and fetish festival formerly known as LeatherPride Belgium. The dates? Tuesday 7 to Tuesday 14 March 2023, with an emphasis on the weekend of Friday 10, Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 March.
Monkeypox vaccine, an excuse to visit Valenciennes
September 2022. Just over a month after Maarten and I went to Lille for our first jab of the monkeypox vaccine, we went to Valenciennes for the second jab.
COVID-19 | Autumn booster vaccination starts on 12 September at Antwerp Expo
On Monday 12 September, the Antwerp vaccination campaign will start with the autumn booster in Antwerp Expo (VacCovid). The first invitations have been sent on 22 August. Every resident of Antwerp, Borsbeek, Wommelgem, Stabroek and Schoten from the age of 18 is given the opportunity to be vaccinated. The vaccination campaign will last eight weeks.
Antwerp Pride 2022 made big impact with Queertopia, monkeypox highjacked the festivities
It’s that time of the year again: Antwerp Pride and Antwerp Queer Arts Festival. Pride focuses on the second weekend of August: from Wednesday 10 to Sunday 14. AQAF runs from 5 to 28 August. In 2022, Antwerp Pride turns 15 and looks 15 years into the future under the banner of ‘Queertopia‘. AQAF hasn’t…
Darklands 2023 from Tuesday 7 to Tuesday 14 March in Antwerp
Darklands 2023 will be held at Waagnatie in Antwerp from Tuesday 7 to Tuesday 14 March, organiser Jeroen Van Lievenoogen has notified his newsletter subscribers. A whole week!
Five years of Trainbow Belgium
Doubting professional skills, being sidelined, insults, inappropriate jokes, or systems inappropriate for recognizing gender identity – these are still discriminations that the LGBTQIA+ community sometimes faces at work. The Belgian railways have moved in the direction of greater integration. For 5 years now, Trainbow Belgium, a group of LGBTQIA+ sympathizers of NMBS / SNCB, Infrabel…