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Tag: Singapore
ILGA WORLD | Despite more legal protections for LGBTI people, stark opposition has been a recurring theme in debates in every UN member State
‘Laws on Us‘ is the new landmark report by worldwide LGBTQIA+ advocacy organisation ILGA World, mapping laws affecting LGBTI communities across the world. Together with the ILGA World Database, it follows in the footsteps of previous landmark reports by the organisation, namely, the ‘State-Sponsored Homophobia‘ and the ‘Trans Legal Mapping Report‘, and equally encompasses issues…
Gay Hong Kong
It’s been a while since I used a travel agent to plan a trip. But a major travel agent in Belgium posted a deal one can’t refuse in a newsletter in June 2023. Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific and three nights at the four-star Park Hotel Hong Kong in…
FOMU 2024 | Antwerp photography museum ft. Dirk Braeckman, ‘RE/SISTERS’ and Nick Geboers
Antwerp‘s photography museum FOMU, short for Fotomuseum, just reopened with an updated collection. Every year FOMU closes for a while to rearrange itself and change the exhibitions. It also uncovered a new logo.
FOMU 2024 | Antwerp photography museum reopens on 28-29 March with Dirk Braeckman, ‘RE/SISTERS’ and Nick Geboers
FOMU, short for Fotomuseum, does it again. The Antwerp photography museum is currently closed as it is installing new exhibitions. FOMU does this every year. On Thursday 28 March, the museum hosts an opening party. On Friday 29 March, the museum is open for the general public.
REVIEW | Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 in Economy – Amsterdam Schiphol to Hong Kong
It’s been a while since I used a travel agent to plan a trip. But a major travel agent in Belgium posted a deal one can’t refuse in a newsletter in June 2023. Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific and three nights at the four-star Park Hotel Hong Kong in…
REVIEW | Dali Hôtel Perpignan
September 2023. Oriol and I are flying to Toulouse for a road trip in Occitania and (French) Catalonia. We include the Principality of Andorra, which I can finally tick off the bucket list, and Llívia, Spain‘s exclave in France. Besides Toulouse we visit Mont-Louis, Villefranche-de-Conflent, Perpignan and Carcassonne.
Grindr Unwrapped: Belgium and the Netherlands are lands of leather men and twinks
December is the time of the year for lists and recaps and gay dating hookup app Grindr did just that. It tells us some semi interesting facts about typical or not queer destinations we (don’t) go to.
FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX | Marina Bay Street Circuit
Danny and I visited Singapore in February 2018. Perhaps the most decadent trip we did as we were only 77 hours in the city-state and flew business class with Cathay Pacific. Án we stayed at the InterContinental Robertson Quay (on points). Singapore is also home of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, driven on the…
FORMULA 1 EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX | Valencia Street Circuit
The 2022 Formula 1 season is in full swing. Back in 2011 I visited Valencia in Spain with some friends. I couldn’t resist going to the Valencia Street Circuit.