Famille Choisie
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
Famille Choisie
PREMIERE - FAMILLE CHOISIE in the presence of the film crew
As part of Pride Week 2025, we are delighted to offer you the PREMIERE of the documentary FAMILLE CHOISIE.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film crew. A festive drink will be served at the Grand Carmes after the screening.
FAMILLE CHOISIE
Elisa VDK
BE, 84', 2025, VO FR ST EN
Synopsis: Massie, Addi, Lylybeth and Joy are four non-binary artists at a turning point in their careers on Brussels' burgeoning drag scene. While this chosen family is close-knit and supportive, their blood family often has difficulty understanding their identity and their profession. Many truths and emotions remain unspoken.
Their shows, sometimes very funny, sometimes very dark, often both, are directly inspired by their daily struggles. The stage allows them to express their gender identities. It's also their livelihood and the place where they draw the energy to force their way into our society.
As their performances become increasingly notable, a quest for identity and artistic recognition takes shape. These artists aspire to something essential: the need to embrace who they are and, above all, to be accepted for who they are.
In collaboration with Screen Box.
Elisa VDK and the film crew
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
PREMIERE - FAMILLE CHOISIE in the presence of the film crew
"MAUVAISES VIES ?" : débat autour de la Grossophobie avec les Ours de Bruxelles
"FATPHOBIA IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY"
Talk / debate between photographer Marc Martin and the association "Les Ours de Bruxelles".
Free event at LaVallée starting at 7 PM.
MAY 12 – 7 PM
"MAUVAISES VIES?": Debate on fatphobia with Les Ours de Bruxelles
"FATPHOBIA IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY"
Talk / debate between photographer Marc Martin and the association Les Ours de Bruxelles.
Free event at LaVallée, starting at 7 PM.
The association Les Ours de Bruxelles, which promotes pride among gay men who do not conform to mainstream standards of masculine “beauty” — being bigger, hairier, and bearded — is proud to be part of Marc Martin’s exhibition "Mauvaises Vies?".
This year, Martin photographed the Ours de Paris and presents portraits of the 8 finalists at LaVallée.
The debate will be held in French and Dutch.
Marc Martin – “MAUVAISES VIES?” – LaVallée, Brussels
Free exhibition from May 9 to 23, 2025 – open 1 PM to 8 PM
Debate organized by Les Ours de Bruxelles on May 12, starting at 7 PM.
Marc Martin
Les ours de Bruxelles
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Conferences and conventions
"MAUVAISES VIES ?" : débat autour de la Grossophobie avec les Ours de Bruxelles
Analphabet
With haunting prose, a ghost cures toxic relationships and illuminates gay cruising spots. A plea for a society that embraces the irrational.
After two lovers argue loudly on a beach at sunset, a ghost named Analphabet appears over the sea to tell his story and sing songs to the couple. Alberto Cortés, a revelation in the art landscape, calls himself a marica andaluza ('Andalusian faggot'), highlighting the off-centre perspective that has allowed him to develop a singular language. Invited to open the festival, he presents Analphabet, the story of a ghost who roams cruising spots, the outdoor spaces for sexual encounters between men. With haunting prose, Cortés crafts a character born to heal toxic relationships, partially reflecting his experience of being called 'irrational', a label he defiantly reclaims with this piece. Inspired by José Bergamín’s La decadencia del analfabetismo, Cortés criticises a society that sacrifices poetry for rational order, where everything must be organised, legible, and fixed, like the alphabet. On stage, accompanied by violinist Luz Prado, Cortés is magnetic; his body vibrates as if words flow through him like blood, like lines in a poem, like men in the woods at night. Cruising and poetry: Analphabet clings to a world perpetually threatened by too much daylight. Perhaps there are no words, or enough letters, for a night beyond description and that promises to be an unforgettable experience.
Alberto Cortés
Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Brussels
Theatre
Analphabet
Transidentity Awereness Workshops - Brussels Pride Week 2025
The aim of this Transidentity Awareness Workshop is to raise public awareness of transidentity in an accessible and interactive way, and to show how the social construction of gender norms and stereotypes can lead to exclusion and discrimination (only in English).
Who are transgender people and what do we mean by ‘gender identities’? What are the most common misconceptions, and why do they raise questions? What are the human rights issues surrounding the legal situation of trans* people, and where is it heading in Europe and Belgium?
From childhood, we were taught that human beings were either “girls” or “boys”. In science lessons, we were taught that there were males and females and that was that. In reality, is it really that simple?
In conversation and in the media, we often hear talk of homos, lesbians, gays, straights, trans people, sexual orientations, gender identities and so on. But what exactly do these expressions mean?
Society harbours a number of beliefs and prejudices that reduce people who don't fit the norm to simplistic, often pejorative and degrading, schemes. Transgender people are particularly vulnerable to this.
10 per person except for Genres Pluriels members. Send your application to: contact@genrespluriels.be
RainbowHouse - Salle Marsha P. Johnson
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
Transidentity Awereness Workshops - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Beyond the screen: lesbian visibility and voices through film - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Grands Carmes
Brussels
Cinema
Beyond the screen: lesbian visibility and voices through film - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Futsal: technical introduction - Brussels Pride Week
Futsal technical introductory training and match under the supervision of Cristiano.
Futsal was born in Latin America in the '30s and gets its name from the contraction of the words «futbol» and «sala».
In 1978 the name futsal became official to replace the term used Futebol de Salão. Its rules are governed by FIFA. Since then, this sport has continued to develop, including in Europe and Belgium.
The proposed training consists of a brief introduction to the technical fundamentals of the activity, especially for beginners, and a 5 vs 5 game.
Registration required by email at futsal@bgs.org
Optima sports hall
Schaerbeek
Courses and workshops
Futsal: technical introduction - Brussels Pride Week
Rainbow Guided Tours of Brussels - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Through uncommon anecdotes and significant events of Brussels LGBTQIA+ herstory and history, the sociologist Marian Lens unveils the rainbow aspects of the capital of Europe!
The guiding tour will end at the Rainbowhouse of Brussels or at the Grands Carmes, in the centre of the Rainbow Village, where you might enjoy taking a drink and having a nice rainbowchat.
Thursday 8 May (18:30) – Departure : Grands Carmes – Lesbian Herstory
Friday 9 May (18:30) – Departure : RainbowHouse of Brussels
Monday 12 May (18:30) – Departure : Grands Carmes
Thursday 15 May (19 :00) – Departure : RainbowHouse of Brussels
Friday 16 May (18:30) – Departure : RainbowHouse of Brussels
Saturday 17 May (10:30) – Departure : RainbowHouse of Brussels
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Required registration : info@l-tour.be
Departure : RainbowHouse of Brussels (Kolenmarkt/Rue du Marché-au-Charbon, 42 – 1000 Brussels) or Grands Carmes (Rue des Grands Carmes / Lievevrouwbroersstraat, 20/22 – 1000 Brussels)
Free in French, Dutch and English
Rainbowhouse
Brussels
Guided tours
Rainbow Guided Tours of Brussels - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Mauvaises vies ? By Marc Martin
The exhibition embraces an uninhibited eroticism. In light of evolving mindsets, intimacy in art remains a political sticking point. Marc Martin unveils slices of life that go beyond—without excluding—heteronormative representations. By examining the way we view the body and sexuality, he questions an era that is, paradoxically, saturated with obscenity.
Turning otherness into strength, our diversity into wealth. Uniting through our differences, in our differences.
With the exhibition “MAUVAISES VIES?” opening Brussels’ Pride Week, artist Marc Martin sends a clear message: All lives are of equal worth. Within the LGBTQI+ community, we must protect the most vulnerable among us. LaVallée, a cultural and welcoming venue, offers the perfect setting.
The scenography is built around the idea of protection and revolves around “Safe Places”. Confronted with resistance and obstacles, the audience is invited to deepen its understanding of the fight for emancipation and against stigma.
The exhibition embraces uninhibited eroticism. Despite shifting mentalities, intimacy in art remains a political fault line. Marc Martin reveals slices of life that transcend heteronormative representations—without excluding them. By observing how we look at bodies and sexuality, he questions an era that is, at the same time, saturated with obscenity: What can be shown? What must remain hidden?
Composed of new works and photographs/installations from Marc Martin’s recent projects, “MAUVAISES VIES?” at LaVallée–Brussels aims to be inclusive and unifying. An exhibition with no tolerance for narrow-mindedness, prudishness, or isolationism.
Am I “normal,” “abnormal”? That question is no longer relevant.
Marc Martin, “MAUVAISES VIES?” – LaVallée, Brussels
Free exhibition from May 9 to 23, 2025 – 1 PM to 8 PM
Performances, debates, clubbing, safe space…
Marc Martin (Photographer)
Benjamin @Personne_Public
Maurizio @DJAthome / Kiosk.radio
Drag show
Djs
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
Mauvaises vies ? By Marc Martin
Trouble(s) by Estelle Czernichowski - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Trouble(s) is a set of unpublished photographs, built around the question of the female gaze and the queer gaze, by Estelle Czernichowski
Here, it will be a question of invoking disorder – but also tenderness, signs, mutations, freedom and struggle in our uncertain times. Under the apparent “beautiful images” lies the urgency to capture what is not normally given to see. A fragility, a vulnerability, a disorder. “Trouble(s)” the desire to explore moments of epiphanies, but also its counterpoints; to show both the states of freedom and the struggle, the energy, the movement to reach and glimpse these states.
Grands Carmes
Brussels
Exhibitions
Trouble(s) by Estelle Czernichowski - Brussels Pride Week 2025
LGBTQIA+ SENIORS: Here we are!
Brussels Ouderenplatform vzw (BOp vzw)
Brussels
Exhibitions
LGBTQIA+ SENIORS: Here we are!
Book Qlub with Naoise Dolan - Brussels Pride Week
Come and meet the Irish author Naoise Dolan at our queer book club!
"Gay is a fun button to press. God should push it more often."
Naoise Dolan (@naoisedolan) is a queer Irish author whose critically acclaimed novels Exciting Times (2020) and The Happy Couple (2023) explore modern love, sexuality and class with sharp intelligence and even sharper humour.
Celebrate #BrusselsPrideWeek by joining Naoise at RainbowHouse on Tuesday 13 May for a reading from her latest work and conversation with the audience.
Tickets are free but limited – register on Eventbrite now!
https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/book-qlub-brussels-pride-week-tickets-1354753346729?aff=oddtdtcreator
Queer Irish author Naoise Dolan
Rainbowhouse
Brussels
Various
Book Qlub with Naoise Dolan - Brussels Pride Week
"MAUVAISES VIES?": debate on transphobia in combat sports with Koko Barno and Mathis Chevalier
"TRANSPHOBIA IN COMBAT SPORTS"
Talk/debate between KOKO BARNO and MATHIS CHEVALIER.
Free event at LaVallée starting at 7 PM.
"TRANSPHOBIA IN COMBAT SPORTS"
Talk/debate between KOKO BARNO and MATHIS CHEVALIER.
Free event at LaVallée starting at 7 PM.
As part of Marc Martin’s exhibition “MAUVAISES VIES?”, which features an alcove dedicated to trans identity in combat sports, Mathis Chevalier (former MMA champion and actor) and Koko Barno (transgender boxer and model for Jean-Paul Gaultier) will debate at LaVallée to knock out prejudice and transphobia. While sport can be a powerful vehicle for equality, solidarity, and diversity, certain disciplines are known for excluding rather than uniting—and combat sports are often among them.
This debate on May 13 at LaVallée will be a key moment of the inclusive events accompanying Marc Martin’s “Mauvaises Vies?” exhibition.
Marc Martin – “MAUVAISES VIES?” – LaVallée, Brussels
Free exhibition from May 9 to 23, 2025 – 1 PM to 8 PM
Debate between Mathis Chevalier and Koko Barno on May 13 at 7 PM.
KOKO BARNO (transgender boxer and model for Jean-Paul Gaultier)
MATHIS CHEVALIER (former MMA champion and actor)
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Conferences and conventions
"MAUVAISES VIES?": debate on transphobia in combat sports with Koko Barno and Mathis Chevalier
No more Ishanes, no more Zaks, no more hate! Film-debate on homophobic violence to build a Europe free of hatred and discrimination. - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Film-debate on homophobic violence and murders to build a Europe free of hatred and discrimination!
We propose a short film followed by a discussion on the emblematic cases of Ihsane Jarfi in Belgium and Zak Kostopoulos in Greece, two young gay men brutally killed in an homophobic context.
Let's create together a safe space to talk about our traumas and our struggles against hate crimes suffered by our communities, take stock of the situation and think collectively about activist synergies and political strategies to put an end to hate in Europe!
Grands Carmes
Brussels
Cinema
No more Ishanes, no more Zaks, no more hate! Film-debate on homophobic violence to build a Europe free of hatred and discrimination. - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Body condition - Brussels Pride Week
Cardio and muscle exercises with Lucia and Olivier
Registration required by email at fitness@bgs.org
Body Condition is an ideal mix of cardio and muscular enhancement workout with a special focus on abdominal, pecs and back muscles.
Every session is different, with a variety of activities including step-based training and free-body movements. These exercises are designed to incite coordination and always go along with great music and lots of fun. Of course we always finish with some relaxing stretching.
You’ll notice the results after just a few sessions!
Registration required by email at fitness@bgs.org
Salle de La Colombe de la Paix
Etterbeek
Courses and workshops
Body condition - Brussels Pride Week
Badminton: discovery training - Brussels Pride Week
Discover badminton with us! Badminton racket available on request.
The badminton section of BGS was created in 1994 by a group of enthusiasts; there were 4 to 8 players, both male and female by the end of 1995 and by 2005 there were 150 registered players.
Of course everyone plays to his/her own level. As a leisure activity, whatever your ability or level of fitness, it is a great sport to play among friends. At a competitive level there are numerous friendly competitions organised throughout Europe and the world. From the beginning BGS has participated in many competitions both Men's and Women's, local and international, where the BGS has won many prizes.
Badminton racket available on request.
Registration is recommended by email at badminton@bgs.org
Ceria sports hall
Anderlecht
Courses and workshops
Badminton: discovery training - Brussels Pride Week
Supervised running training with the Rainbow Runners - Brussels Pride Week
Do you want more visibility for the LGBTQIA+ community at the 20 km of Brussels or do you
simply need some running advice? Would you like to join a LGBTQIA+ running team
training under the supervision of a coach? Come and train – and why not even run? – with
the Rainbow Runners, the Brussels Gay Sports team at the most popular race in Brussels!
Rainbow Runners are a diverse group of people running for LGBTQIA+ rights. It is open to community members, their families and ally, regardless of age or physical condition.
The goal of the Rainbow Runners is to make LGBTQIA+ athletes visible at the 20 km of Brussels, the biggest sporting event in Brussels, held every year in May, the week after the Brussels Pride. The group has already participated in the 20km of Brussels in 2022, 2023 and 2024, and plans to do so again in 2026. The Rainbow Runners initiative is supported by the City of Brussels.
Although the 20 km of Brussels is a "race", the Rainbow Runners are not a competitive group. Everyone is welcome and sets their own personal goals. The group is followed by a professional trainer, who helps each member develop their own training program according to their needs. Therefore, being a part of Rainbow Runners is a great opportunity for the less experienced to learn the discipline and, for the more experienced ones, to improve their performance.
The Rainbow Runners are for you if you want to meet people who share the same values of diversity and want to train with an inclusive group of runners for a common goal of LGBTQIA+ visibility.
Rainbow Runners usually start training a few months before 20km from Brussels. The 2026 group will therefore be formed at the beginning of 2026.
You want to train regularly under the supervision of a coach? Since 2025, our supervised workouts continue throughout the year alongside triathletes of the Brussels Gay Sports, every Tuesday from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm at the Complexe Sportif Terdelt in Schaerbeek.
Contact running@bgs.org for more information.
Registration desired but not required running@bgs.org
Athletics track of the Parc du Cinquantenaire
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Supervised running training with the Rainbow Runners - Brussels Pride Week
Queer Tango - Brussels Pride Week
Initiation to Queer Tango with your dance teacher Mariano Bolfarini
Please register by email at tango@bgs.org
Do you think the tango is too difficult? Think again! And come take advantage of a unique opportunity to try Queer Tango right here in Brussels. All the rage in Buenos Aires, the Queer Tango is not only danced by male/male and female/female pairs. It also allows each partner to be the lead or the follower, thereby allowing everyone to dance together.
So keep Tuesday evening free in order to come take part in this intensive, highly enjoyable dance experience. Let the rhythm and music take you away, so that you forget about everything else, getting lost in the movement of your body and that of your partner. Let the Argentine tango, its steps, figures and music, take you dancing across the Atlantic.
Please register by email at tango@bgs.org
Palais du Midi (VIP room)
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Queer Tango - Brussels Pride Week
United in Action - Brussels Pride Week
RainbowHouse Brussels invites you to participate in a conference as part of Brussels Pride 2025. This first meeting will be entitled: ‘United in Action! How Local Communities Drive LGBTQIA+ Inclusion’.
Through this invitation, we invite the 19 cities and municipalities and the Brussels-Capital Region to meet with us to discuss initiatives taken at the local, regional and international levels.
Here is the conference programme, which will cover three themes:
Health & Well-being
How can we take care of LGBTQIA+ people in our municipality?
Four associations will present their daily work at local level: Maison Arc-en-Ciel de la Santé, Epicentre, Brussels Gay Sport and RainbowAmbassador, and will be available to answer your questions.
Let's Report
How to respond to LGBTQIA+phobic violence in public spaces?
An innovative project by Equal.brussels that allows LGBTQIA+ people to report violence in public spaces to the association. A discussion between project participants, including RainbowHouse Brussels, safe.brussels and the EVA unit of the police.
Road 2026
What is being done internationally? How can we celebrate 30 years of Brussels Pride in 2026 at the local level?
We will be joined by an international Pride organisation to present their diversity and anti-discrimination plan.
In practical terms:
> Registration is required by replying to this email: brusselspride@rainbowhouse.be
Parlement bruxellois
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
United in Action - Brussels Pride Week
Let's talk about non-binary - Brussels Pride Week
Let’s talk about non binary, workshop by Flo Delval
“Questioning”
Have you been wondering about your gender identity recently or always? You do not recognize yourself in the norms of masculine and feminine? But still you have a hard time to feel legitimate?
This workshop is aimed primarily at people who are at the beginning of their career and have questions about gender. All passes and gender expressions are welcome.
Through group discussion and writing moment we will address together our personal experiences related to legitimacy, community, our demands etc...
The workshop is given by Flo Delval, author of the Non-Binaires podcast and member of the collective Let’s talk about non binary.
RainbowHouse - Salle Marsha P. Johnson
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Let's talk about non-binary - Brussels Pride Week
Né pour être viril - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Centre Culturel Bruegel
Brussels
Theatre
Né pour être viril - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Eurovision Brussels on big screen!
Join us for the European Song Festival night Au Bassin! Free and on big screen : What country do you support?
Followed by a dance party on 17 May!
Join us for the European Song Festival night Au Bassin! Free and on big screen : What country do you support?
Followed by a dance party on 17 May!
Eurovision Song Festival
Au Bassin
Brussels
Various
Eurovision Brussels on big screen!
The Art of Becoming through tales, reveries and mirrors
As part of Brussels Pride, this exhibition explores the diversity of identities and questions dominant representations through photography, painting and digital art. Aleksandra Rowicka and Kristell in Wonderland propose an inclusive and committed approach, in which art becomes a space for dialogue and emancipation for LGBTQIA+ communities.
The Art of Becoming through Tales, Reveries and Mirrors is an immersive art exhibition exploring evolving identities through the works of Aleksandra Rowicka and Kristell in Wonderland. At the crossroads of photography, painting, and digital art, this exhibition invites visitors to reflect on self-construction, gender perception, and the personal narratives that shape our identities.
The exhibition will be open for several days, offering a free-flow experience through a scenographic space centered around the themes of metamorphosis and reflection.
Immersive visual installation: The exhibition features large-scale artworks and digital projections, creating a dreamlike and introspective atmosphere.
Meet the artists: Aleksandra Rowicka and Kristell in Wonderland will be present throughout the exhibition to engage with visitors and discuss their inspirations and artistic process.
Workshops and cultural mediation: Discussion and creative sessions on queer representation and gender fluidity can be organized in collaboration with LGBTQIA+ organizations. If any organizations are looking for a space to hold such activities, we would be delighted to host them."
Centre d'Art du Mont-de-Piété
Brussels
Exhibitions
The Art of Becoming through tales, reveries and mirrors
FAMILLE CHOISIE
Avant- Première en présence de la réalisatrice et en collaboration avec Pink Screen !Massi, Addi, Lylybeth et Joy sont quatre artistes non-binaires à un tournant de leur carrière sur une scène drag en pleine ébullition à Bruxelles. Alors que cette famille choisie est soudée et solidaire, leur famille de sang a souvent des difficultés à comprendre leur identité et leur métier. Beaucoup de vérités et d’émotions restent sous silence.Leurs shows, parfois très drôles, parfois très sombres, souvent les deux, s’inspirent directement de leurs combats quotidiens. La scène leur permet d’exprimer leurs identités de genres. C’est aussi leur gagne-pain et le lieu où iels puisent l’énergie pour forcer le passage dans notre société.Au fil des spectacles de plus en plus notables, se dessine une quête de reconnaissance identitaire et artistique. Ces artistes aspirent à quelque chose d’essentiel : le besoin d’embrasser qui l’on est et surtout d’être accepté pour ce que l’on est.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
FAMILLE CHOISIE
Famille Choisie
Premiere in the presence of the director and in collaboration with Pink Screen!
Massi, Addi, Lylybeth and Joy are four non-binary artists at a turning point in their careers on Brussels' burgeoning drag scene. While this chosen family is close-knit and supportive, their blood relatives often find it difficult to understand who they are and what they do. Many truths and emotions remain unspoken.
Their shows, sometimes very funny, sometimes very dark, often both, are directly inspired by their daily struggles. The stage allows them to express their gender identities. It's also their livelihood and the place where they draw the energy to force their way into our society.
As their performances become more and more notable, a quest for identity and artistic recognition takes shape. These artists aspire to something essential: the need to embrace who they are and, above all, to be accepted for who they are.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
Famille Choisie
Solo Dad - Brussels Pride Week
What if becoming a foster family was a way to access parenting for LGBTQIA+ solo or couple?
Eric Willem, author of «Story of a solo dad» published by Racine, will present his book at the RainbowHouse in Brussels on Wednesday 14 May at 7 pm. In it, he recounts his experience as a single gay man approaching forty who wanted to become a father and that of Lilly, a child placed in a nursery entrusted to him. It is the story of a family that is being built, bonds that are being forged but also difficulties encountered. A representative from the Foster Family network will also be present to talk about the implications of this adventure. The meeting will be hosted by Hélène de Bruxelles, elegant and committed drag! And promised, everyone can ask questions!
Rainbowhouse
Brussels
Various
Solo Dad - Brussels Pride Week
Queering Nature
BahVoyons! asbl
Schaerbeek
Cinema
Queering Nature
Lecture Unique En Son Genre
La Vénerie / Espace Delvaux
Watermael-Boitsfort
Theatre
Lecture Unique En Son Genre
Job Day
RainbowHouse is pleased to invite you to the Job Day, an inclusive job fair that connects job seekers with employers committed to inclusive workplace policies.
The public is welcome from 1 PM to 4 PM to meet various professionals.
We look forward to seeing many of you there!
RainbowHouse is pleased to invite you to Job Day, an inclusive job fair designed to bring jobseekers together with employers committed to diversity and inclusiveness policies.
From 1pm to 4pm, participants will have the chance to discover career opportunities, talk to representatives of companies and organisations, learn more about the inclusion policies in place in different workplaces, and ask all their questions.
Whether you're looking for your first job, changing careers or simply curious to meet safe and committed employers, this is the event for you. There will be information stands, resources to boost your application, and professionals on hand to help you.
The aim is simple: to create a caring space where everyone feels free to be themselves, without fear of discrimination, and encouraged to build their professional future in a respectful environment.
Join us for an afternoon of exchange, inspiration and professional connections!
Grands Carmes
Brussels
Fairs and shows
Job Day
The history of LGBTQIA+ struggles, how to apply yesterday’s lessons on what is happening today - Brussels Pride Week
Around us, the rights of LGBTQIA+ people are being threatened, how can we apply yesterday’s lessons to what is happening today?
In the US, transgender people are no longer allowed to serve in the military or participate in sports competitions. Since 2024, Bulgaria has banned "LGBTQIA+ propaganda".
Yet these countries had seen progress in minority rights, so why the setbacks? What lessons have we not learned from the past? How to remain vigilant in the face of the rise of reactionary speeches?
We would like to answer these questions through our guests: an international LGBTQIA+ rights specialist and a historian.
Grands Carmes
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
The history of LGBTQIA+ struggles, how to apply yesterday’s lessons on what is happening today - Brussels Pride Week
Conversion Therapies: A Unknown Reality - Brussels Pride Week
Screening & debate: “Nothing to Cure”
Conversion therapy remains a hidden reality. The documentary Nothing to Cure by Axel Falguieres gives a voice to survivors and dismantles the rhetoric justifying these harmful practices.
Following the screening, an interactive debate will bring together experts, activists, and organizations to discuss the impact of these practices and another crucial issue: family rejection of LGBTQIA+ youth. A key moment to raise awareness and take action.
Le Refuge, a place of welcome and rebound
Le Refuge is a temporary accommodation solution for young LGBTQIA+ people aged 18 to 25 who have broken away from their families because of their sexual orientation and/or gender expression. We offer them a safe and caring environment, a place to rest and recover.
But we are also a place where they can bounce back: each stay is designed as a step towards independence. We support young people by giving them the tools they need to find their place and build their future.
Grands Carmes
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
Conversion Therapies: A Unknown Reality - Brussels Pride Week
Talk From Homografía Live - Brussels Pride Week
Grands Carmes
Brussels
Various
Talk From Homografía Live - Brussels Pride Week
Swimming: supervised training with the BG3S - Brussels Pride Week
If you like endurance sports, but dislike the solitude of individual sports, come and train with us! Mandatory registration by email at triathlon@bgs.org
For more information: https://www.bgs.org/en/activities/24/triathlon
The triathlon team of Brussels Gay Sports (BG3S) is now accredited by Ligue Francophone de Triathlon (LF3)!
We are a diverse and inclusive group of recreational athletes who enjoy swimming, biking, and running in good company. We strive to make triathlon accessible to anyone, from beginners taking up different endurance sports as a personal challenge to seasoned Ironman finishers. Besides individual objectives, we set a few race objectives for the group at the start of the season, typically olympic-distance triathlons (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling, 10 km running) in Belgium and sometimes abroad.
We welcome athletes of all levels regardless of gender or sexual orientation: our community will help you grow and thrive while being yourself and achieving your sports goals.
Mandatory registration by email at triathlon@bgs.org
For more information: https://www.bgs.org/en/activities/24/triathlon
Neptunium swimming pool
Schaerbeek
Courses and workshops
Swimming: supervised training with the BG3S - Brussels Pride Week
Pride Run - Brussels Pride Week
Pride Run of 5 to 10 km in the Parc du Cinquantenaire with the BGS running team
Registration requested by email at running@bgs.org
We train twice a week. On Wednesday evening in Park of Brussels and on Saturday morning in the Sonian Wood (Forêt de Soignes). Nevertheless, we also regularly alternate with the Cinquantenaire Park and the Bois de la Cambre, and every now and then we will also try to discover other interesting running places in Brussels.
We do not have a trainer, but the more experienced runners will provide some interesting exercises and training ideas from time to time, and we do the warm-up and stretching together.
We will also participate as a BGS team in races like Les Hivernales de Bruxelles in the Sonian Wood (Forêt de Soignes, the Brussels 20 km and the (quarter- or semi-)marathon in Brussels as well as other races outside Brussels like the magnificent Ghent 10 Miles or Les Crètes in Spa. Don't be afraid of the distances if you're still a beginner, we will help you to reach the finish!
Do you want to run with us? Registration requested by email at running@bgs.org
Cinquantenaire Park, in front of the Merode entrance
Etterbeek
Various
Pride Run - Brussels Pride Week
Malign Junction (Goodbye, Berlin)
An intense choreography of desires, disorientation and finality, with Berlin as a projection of freedom and transformation.
Alex Baczyński-Jenkins’ work has been described by writer Maxi Wallenhorst as 'casual sublime'—those mesmerising, unexpected moments of fascination and wonder that emerge from everyday life: the appearance of intimate gestures, affective connections, or expressions of collectivity. In Malign Junction (Goodbye, Berlin) (gesturing towards Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 depiction of the final days of Berlin nightlife and cabaret culture during the rise of fascism), Berlin functions as both a specific location and a plane of projection—a site embodying histories of transformation, countercultural life, freedom, and endings. Baczyński-Jenkins continues his distinctive choreographic exploration of landscapes of desire and disorientation, this time engaging with the concept of finitude. The choreography unfolds as a low-key ‘grande finale’, as if the performers are dancing at the edge of an ending. On stage, they intertwine with high intensity; their gestures continuously emerge and dissolve into formlessness. Following the enormous success of Untitled (Holding Horizon) at the festival, Baczyński-Jenkins returns with his signature practice of relationality, queer affection, and the embrace of new temporalities.
Alex Baczyński-Jenkins
VOLTA, Centre for music
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Show
Malign Junction (Goodbye, Berlin)
"Fruits of the Loom" by S.D.S.
Studio 84 Art & Culture[s]
Brussels
Exhibitions
"Fruits of the Loom" by S.D.S.
The Fabulous Carmen Drag Queen Quiz
An evening full of glitter, music, and opera trivia.
During Pride Week Brussels, flamboyant drag queen and singer Élysée Moon welcomes you into her world of soaring arias and sparkling wit. Dressed in costumes, wigs, and props from the La Monnaie workshops, she takes you on a playful journey through the passionate world of Georges Bizet’s Carmen. Expect a dazzling mix of live musical excerpts, interactive quiz questions, and a generous dose of fabulous extravaganza.
Do you know who Escamillo is? Can you instantly recognize the “Habanera” from a series of opera highlights? And do you know what voice type Don José is? Whether you’ve got the answers or not, you’re warmly invited to show off – or brush up on – your Carmen knowledge during this glamorous quiz night.
La Monnaie
Brussels
Show
The Fabulous Carmen Drag Queen Quiz
The Sous-Entendu-e-s film club: De la terreur, mes sœurs & Les démons de Dorothy
Cine-club Les Sous-Entendu·e·s invites you to discover two short films by Alexis Langlois, whose first feature, Les Reines du Drame, was recently released in Belgium.
Cine-club Les Sous-Entendu·e·s invites you to discover two short films by Alexis Langlois, whose first feature, Les Reines du Drame, was recently released in Belgium.
De la terreur, mes sœurs: Today is just another day for Kalthoum and her friends. They're sipping cocktails, looking for love on the internet and, once again, enduring transphobic insults from strangers. But today is not going to be like that... Between a cosmo and a chardo, the four transgender friends will be plotting their revenge...
Dorothy's demons: Dorothy, a slightly slacker director, is having a laugh writing her script. But a phone call from her producer stops her laughing: it's time to stop making queer comedies and make universal films! To keep her head above water, Dorothy took refuge in her favourite series, Romy and the Vampire Slayer. Unfortunately, her demons have decided to pay her a visit tonight...
Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph
The Sous-Entendu-e-s film club
In collaboration with Kinograph, the feminist collective Les Sous-Entendu.e.s will be screening documentaries and films, followed by a debate with guest speakers on themes relating to sexist and sexual violence and the representation of FINTA people (women, intersex people, non-binary people, trans people and agender people) on the big and small screens.
From blockbuster films to documentaries, we'll be looking at them from a feminist and intersectional angle.
€ 10 > € 7
Flagey
Ixelles
Cinema
The Sous-Entendu-e-s film club: De la terreur, mes sœurs & Les démons de Dorothy
Mini Pride
As every year during Pride Week, the Mini Pride will take place, a procession to relive the original Pride.
We'll be going from the Town Hall to the RainbowHouse, via the Manneken Pis.
We look forward to sharing this moment with you, in the footsteps of the first Brussels activists.
As every year during Pride Week, the Mini Pride will take place: a city walk following the route of the very first Pride in Brussels.
In a festive atmosphere, we will leave from the City Hall and make our way to the RainbowHouse.
The celebration will continue there in the evening. We look forward to sharing this moment with you!
Rainbowhouse
Brussels
Various
Mini Pride
Mi madre y el dinero
A reflection on class shame and the intricacies of telling someone else's story, conveyed through sincere anecdotes by a mother and son.
Over six decades, from 1960 to 2020, Josefina Orlaineta, mother of Anacarsis Ramos, worked more than forty jobs in Campeche, southern Mexico, while Anacarsis left to pursue theatre in Mexico City and fully embrace his identity as a gay man. Now, in Mi madre y el dinero, they explore Josefina’s long relationship with money, blending economic reflection with theatrical fiction. First, they revisit Josefina’s many jobs, revealing her sales techniques as a microcosm of her unconscious acting in daily life. On stage, they stuff sausages; as if filling the scenes with memories. At the same time, the performance becomes a continuous investigation of theatre itself: Ramos mocks Europeans’ appetite for documentary theatre and the importance given to having his mother embody herself on stage. Together, they question whether the precarious life of theatre is truly so different from Josefina’s past. The repartition of knowledge—so often tied to class—is reversed when Josefina imagines creating video tutorials for young artists on surviving financial difficulties. Reconstructing moments in their lives with striking simplicity, Mi madre y el dinero delicately reflects on class shame, how work intrudes into family spaces, and the intricate negotiations of telling someone else’s story.
Anacarsis Ramos
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Theatre
Mi madre y el dinero
Queer Legacy
Queer Legacy: a flamboyant evening at Brussels City Hall!
On 15 May at 7pm and 9pm, Cabaret Mademoiselle presents a unique show blending drag, burlesque, and pole dance. A powerful, celebratory, and activist event that honours LGBTQIA+ pride and the richness of diverse identities — right in the heart of the city.
Cabaret Mademoiselle has become one of the iconic hotspots of Brussels’ nightlife. With a clever blend of humour, performance, and culture, it draws inspiration from the cabarets of yesteryear without ever lapsing into nostalgia. This free-spirited and joyfully subversive venue champions all forms of artistic expression.
On 15 May, at 7pm and 9pm, it takes over Brussels City Hall with Queer Legacy, an original production that combines drag, burlesque, and pole dance, brought to life by five flamboyant queer artists:
• La Veuve: a razor-sharp mistress of ceremonies and finalist of Drag Race Belgique Season 2.
• Alvilda: winner of the season, intense and electrifying.
• Chéri·e Chapstick: a fluidly identified artist, mixing humour and glitter.
• Olga Kalachnikova: an explosive pole dancer, as hilarious as she is virtuosic.
• Tina Strogofsky: a retro draglesque icon, blending sensuality and absurdity.
In this landmark site, recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage location, Queer Legacy celebrates diverse identities, LGBTQIA+ struggles, and the pride of simply existing. A powerful statement, in harmony with Brussels Pride, already recognised at a regional level and now seeking UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status.
Ready to be amazed? Tickets are limited, so book quickly!
Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles
Brussels
Show
Queer Legacy
LGBTQIA+ and Safe - Brussels Pride Week
JOC - Jeunes Organisés et Combatifs
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
LGBTQIA+ and Safe - Brussels Pride Week
Apéro-Arpentage: "Sexualités et dissidences queers", de Chacha Enriquez
Présence et Action Culturelles - Générale
Anderlecht
Courses and workshops
Apéro-Arpentage: "Sexualités et dissidences queers", de Chacha Enriquez
EU&U Democracy Festival: Democracy Under Pressure - Brussels Pride Week
Learn how to stand up for fundamental human rights even in challenging times.
As part of their Democracy Festival, EU&U is hosting an interactive ‘democracy atelier’ in cooperation with EPLO Belgium and the Belgian Representation of the Commission.
How do we recognize threats to our democratic freedoms? How can we identify allies, unite,
mobilise and organise people? How do we create democratic discourse, develop tools to
communicate it and reinforce democratic culture?
During Brussels Pride Week, EU&U invites young people to tackle these questions and learn
how to organise, resist, and protect human rights. The hands-on workshop will feature
powerful testimonies from LGBTIQ activists, followed by group work where participants will
step into the roles of civil society actors and strategize creative responses to democratic
backsliding.
JEF Europe Headquarters
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
EU&U Democracy Festival: Democracy Under Pressure - Brussels Pride Week
Famille Choisie: Film Screening and Photo Exhibition at La Vénerie
A film by Elisa Vdk
Belgium (2025)
Version originale FR, with English subtitles
Massie, Addi, Lylybeth and Joy are four non-binary artists at a turning point in their careers on Brussels' burgeoning drag scene.
While this chosen family is close-knit and supportive, their blood family often has trouble understanding their identity and their craft. Many truths and emotions remain unspoken.
Their shows, sometimes very funny, sometimes very dark, often both, are directly inspired by their daily struggles. The stage allows them to express their gender identities. It's also their livelihood and the place where they draw the energy to force their way into our society.
As their performances become increasingly notable, a quest for identity and artistic recognition takes shape. These artists aspire to something essential: the need to embrace who you are and, above all, to be accepted for who you are.
> In the presence of the film team (director and actors).
La Vénerie / Espace Delvaux
Watermael-Boitsfort
Cinema
Famille Choisie: Film Screening and Photo Exhibition at La Vénerie
Pilates - Brussels Pride Week
Discover pilates exercises with your instructor Naama!
During this initiation to Pilates we will work on breathing, concentration, balance and rythm as well as on your muscular endurance. Although classes require some concentration, they are very relaxing and your evening can start with a new type of energy.
The Pilates method has been developed at the beginning of the 20th century by Joseph Pilates. It focusses on alignment and breathing and allows you to develop a strong 'powerhouse'. Pilates helps you to improve coordination and balance.
Please register by email at pilates@bgs.org
BYP – Brussels Yoga Pilates (entrance via Rue d'Argent)
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Pilates - Brussels Pride Week
Massage wellness workshop - Brussels Pride Week
Massage wellness workshop with your teachers Michel and Audric
Registration required by email at massage@bgs.org
In a world in which touch has long been abandoned, the art of massage is now naturally coming back. To revive this ancient art of touch, and the relationship that comes with it, this massage course proposes teaching basic massage techniques such as effleurage, kneading, sliding and static pressure, vibration, percussion etc.
You will discover numerous non-therapeutic massage techniques and you will be informed about what exists in this domain (relaxation massage, back massage, foot massage, massage on table, massage on the ground, seated massage).
Registration required by email at massage@bgs.org
Grand Studio
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Courses and workshops
Massage wellness workshop - Brussels Pride Week
Queerying nature
Did you know that the diversity of nature is much greater and more surprising than you might imagine?
A multitude of animal behaviours can be observed, ranging from relationships between individuals of the same sex to natural sex changes in certain species of fish, as well as a variety of family structures. Biodiversity reminds us that nature is not limited to the frameworks we know. To mark International Day for the Rights of LGBTQIA+ People, Michaël Loriaux, Deputy Mayor for Equal Opportunities, invites you to attend a screening of the film Queerying nature, by Aline Magrez, on Thursday 15 May 2025.
This documentary explores the diversity of behaviour in the animal world and questions the biases that can influence scientific research. Through an innovative look at the plurality of sexual and gender identities, this sensitive and poetic film invites us to broaden our perception of living things.
And to round off the screening in style, we invite you to discover a performance by artist Camille Pier, combining improvisation and spontaneity: an experience full of surprises awaits you!
Maison communale de Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Cinema
Queerying nature
OUTRAGEOUS: DYKONIC
AB X MISSFITTE present “Dykonic”
Mi amor,Can you feel the vibrations? Boots stomping. Voices booming. Gears shifting. Bells ringing. Paint spraying. Bass thumping. There is noise in the streets. The countdown to a Dykonic counter~pride gathering has begun. On the 16th evening of the 5th month, we march and dance to the beat of our own hearts. Rumor has it that we will take over the concert hall where we used to lose ourselves in each other's goosebumps. You beamed with lavender light, screaming: “Let’s talk about history and gender, baby! Let’s talk about you and me!” And I took every opportunity to confess to all mothers & daughters, sapphics, fags & fluid sprouts waiting at the bar: “You know? Her heart is my home now”. In your kiss I could taste the rave~olution. What an outrageous feeling to blossom freely and untamed for just a few hours. Before we enter this sacred space again, I want you to first march into the sunset with me. Not together as in happy, but queer as in "we were always here". Feel the acid bloom. Feel the juice. Feel the electricity of our shared footfall - and notice how your chest is exploding with anticipation. Do you hear the echoes of engines revving and wheels skidding? Remember what you used to say: “A day without a dyke* and their bike is a day without sunshine!”And lastly, mi amor, can you yet smell the scent of sun-bleached leather softening and curling as it turns into flowers? Rebelliously yours, always,N.MISSFITTE is a fluid raveground: a queer-forward, care-oriented concept hosting parties and events in Brussels since 2018. Over the years the project has grown their highly loyal & distinct crowd, and has become a very valued shelter for quality music {heart}beats and freedom-craving rave creatures in Belgium’s queer electronic scene. Entering their universe is having techno love seeds dropped into one's burning soul while house drums release the body. Their mantra? Dancing is caring.Some of the international guest artists previously booked by MISSFITTE: Slim Soledad, FAFF & Marie Malarie.JeanneToJeanneTo lives in the fast lane: aerodynamic style, high energy, and songs that flirt with pop, techno, and Eurodance. Her tracks - produced by Cadillacprod (Ben PLG, Asma, Te Huur) - are a bold mix of club aggression and intimate vulnerability, exploring love, desire, and connection. Think Ascendant Vierge meets COBRAH. It’s emotional, it's sweaty, and it’s made to move. Planningtorock Planningtorock (aka Jam Rostron) is a trans non-binary, self-taught artist queering sound since 2006. With four acclaimed albums, they’ve collaborated with Lady Gaga, Robyn, The Knife, and Arca. From remixing icons to composing for Chanel and Comme Des Garçons, their world fuses dance, fashion, and radical joy. Expect bold sounds and boundary-breaking performance. SHYBOISHYBOI is a Jamaican-born, NYC-based DJ and artist disrupting dancefloors with politically charged, genre-defying sets. A pillar of the city’s underground, her explosive mixes echo themes of identity and resistance. She’s played MoMA PS1, Guggenheim, Boiler Room, and festivals from Unsound to Nyege Nyege. Expect global energy with fierce intent. Goth JafarGoth Jafar is the spellbinding alter ego of Suffy Baala - a DJ born online, raised by NYC raves. From trance to K-pop, her sets radiate trans joy and digital sorcery. Since 2020, she’s toured Europe, played Boiler Room, and appeared at Primavera and Trance Party. Every show is an act of gender euphoria and a love letter to the girls on their journey.MaaraMaara, the Montréal-native, Berlin-based DJ and producer has carved out a distinctive niche in the dance music world with her innovative sound and energetic presence: since her smash 2021 arrival on the scene with the ‘Ultimate Reward’ EP, Maara has evolved at pace, with a hectic touring schedule taking her far and wide and a string of heavy hitting releases on noted labels such as X-Kalay, Kalahari Oyster Cult, and Spray’s formidable imprint Punctuality, which just released her suitably titled label debut, ‘Drama On’.There’s a swagger and undeniable sense of fun to everything Maara does; it’s unusual to see an artist so at ease switching between references and energies – from poppy and playful to hard and relentless – and making them all so undeniably her own.Acid Lily (MISSFITTE resident)Acid Lily is a Brussels-based artist who is rarely tied to one genre, exploring music in all its diversity with one crystal clear goal: uniting people on the dancefloor. Effortlessly fluctuating between disco and house to hard techno and hyperpop with some jazz in between, this cross-genre producer continues to her bring her signature big bass energy. When she’s not behind the decks, you’ll find her producing and tweaking her own tracks, or sometimes building sound systems. Expect (B)Ass Music. Stretch before coming.Melissa Juice (MISSFITTE resident)Melissa Juice is a Canada-born, Brussels-based queer DJ blending progressive, acidic, and trancey sounds with hypnotic vocals and long, fluid mixes. Co-organiser of MISSFITTE and LUBE, she builds care-focused, inclusive dancefloors. With sets at C12, Fuse, Dour, Horst and more, Mel also champions harm reduction and radical joy through rave.Care team by Brussels By Night
Planningtorock, JeanneTo, SHYBOI, Jezebel Studio, Goth Jafar, Maara, Melissa Juice, Acid Lily, Planningtorock, JeanneTo, SHYBOI, Jezebel Studio, Goth Jafar, Maara, Melissa Juice, Acid Lily
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
OUTRAGEOUS: DYKONIC
RDV Cosmics spécial Brussels Pride : Stand up -Queer Comedy
Centre Culturel Ganshoren La Villa
Ganshoren
Show
RDV Cosmics spécial Brussels Pride : Stand up -Queer Comedy
RDV Cosmics spécial Brussels Pride : Stand up -Queer Comedy
Centre Culturel Ganshoren La Villa
Ganshoren
Show
RDV Cosmics spécial Brussels Pride : Stand up -Queer Comedy
Depuis longtemps dénoué•es il devrait se recoudre
Bibliothèque des Riches-Claires
Brussels
Various
Depuis longtemps dénoué•es il devrait se recoudre
Dyke* March Brussels
Brussels will host its very first Dyke* March. This historic event brings together lesbian, queer, bisexual, pansexual, trans, and non-binary people in a march of visibility, resistance, and solidarity.
In a time when LGBTI individuals still disproportionately face violence, discrimination, and erasure, the need for a dedicated, combative space has never been more urgent. Recent research by the Agency for Home Affairs – Equal Opportunities, Integration and Citizenship reveals alarming statistics: 9 out of 10 LGBTI individuals in Flanders have experienced verbal or psychological violence, and 6 out of 10 have endured sexual violence. Lesbian women and transgender individuals face particularly heightened targeting.
The Dyke* March stands as both acknowledgment of this harsh reality and a defiant celebration of their existence, survival, and resistance. Together, they reclaim space – in the streets, in public discourse, and in history.
The Brussels Dyke* March is inspired by similar marches worldwide, from New York to Berlin. It is build upon a rich, but often underrepresented history of lesbian and queer resistance, and invites everyone to join, support, and listen.
The march begins at 6:00 PM at The Crazy Circle in Ixelles and concludes with an afterparty at Ancienne Belgique. Everyone is invited to join and support!
The Crazy Circle
Ixelles
Various
Dyke* March Brussels
EU: Freedom of Assembly at Stake – Brussels Pride Week
Join this debate with LGBTQIA+ Members of the European Parliament and Pride activists from across Europe discuss the freedom of assembly and how to protect the civic space for LGBTQIA+ people in the EU.
Together with European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib and Pride activists from Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria, they will discuss and answer questions from the public.
The objective of this debate is to address the growing challenges to the right to peaceful
assembly within the European Union and to identify concrete measures to protect it while
supporting civil society organizations on the ground.
Speakers will include: Viktória Radványi - President of Budapest Pride, Marc Angel - Co-chair of the LGBTIQ+ Intergroup, Victor Ciobotaru (Accept - Romania) and Vlad Viski (Mozaiq - Romania), Dusanka
Tomasevic (labris - Serbia), Katrin Hugendubel (ILGA Europe), Andrea Ruggeri (Gruppo Trans - Italy), Denitsa Ivanova (Deystvie - Bulgaria), Vincent Reillon (Forbidden Colours), ...
European Parliament, Zweig Visitors’ Centre, Room 12 (Access via Esplanade Solidarnosc, , )
Ixelles
Conferences and conventions
EU: Freedom of Assembly at Stake – Brussels Pride Week
Pop-up choir! with Sing Out Brussel! - Brussels Pride Week
Discover the magic of collective singing in a safer space, join Sing Out Brussels!
Discover the magic of group singing in a safer space Join Sing Out Brussels! - The Fabulous Queer Choir and our conductor Emily Allison for a fun evening of singing in an inclusive LGBTQI+ safer space. No experience required – the workshop is open to karaoke divas and shower soloists as well as those who have sung in a choir before. Is your voice changing as you transition? No problem! Expect creative games and exercises helping you to explore singing and feel the magic as your voice intertwines with others in harmony.
Grands Carmes
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Pop-up choir! with Sing Out Brussel! - Brussels Pride Week
Corne de Gazelle L'Hafla (The Party) - Brussels Pride Week 2025
After the huge success of our Cabaret Nights, it’s time to turn up the heat – the Grande Celebration is coming! Step into the dazzling world of Corne de Gazelle LHafla, our very first big, bold, and beautiful party, kicking off during Pride weekend!
Get ready for a one-of-a-kind, inclusive and joyful space where everyone is welcome, and Arab queer artists can shine freely – no filters, no fear, and absolutely no Hchouma!
This unforgettable night will proudly carry the name of our podcast: Corne de Gazelle.
What's in the Menu? A fire selection of artists flying in from Paris, Beirut, Barcelona, and Brussels – ready to light up the stage and serve you an unfiltered, uncensored, and unapologetically Arab queer show of pure excellence.
Ready to dance, vibe, and celebrate? We are too. Let’s make it a night to remember!
Location: LaVallée, Molenbeek, Brussels
Date: May 16, 2024
LaVallee
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Clubbing
Corne de Gazelle L'Hafla (The Party) - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Veuves Noires: La Comédie Musicale
Novum
Etterbeek
Show
Veuves Noires: La Comédie Musicale
Michelle Gurevich - Jay-Jay Johanson - Oi Va Voi & many more
Michelle’s 7th bedroom produced album - It Was the Moment - will not disappoint those anticipating a new soundtrack for their darkness and saudade. It may even be her most vulnerable and expressive work yet, not unsurprising as it was written and produced during a period of grief and mental instability. There’s a new level of emotional surrender in these songs, confirming her place in the lineage of dramatic chansonniers.
Themes include a fatalistic submission to passion, the ephemeral nature of encounters, the loss of mother and home, the end of days, and losing one’s mind in both the best and worst ways possible. Michelle offers her entire palette of sound here, from dark Lynchian realism, to elegant humor, to queen of epic melodrama.
Michelle Gurevich • Jay-Jay Johanson • Oi Va Voi • Helena Deland • Lael Neale • Jawhar feat. AZA • Clément Nourry • FEW BITS • Dressed Like Boys & many more!
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Michelle Gurevich - Jay-Jay Johanson - Oi Va Voi & many more
C12 Pride Nite
Our annual Pride night is a tribute to queer joy and collective energy—a gathering where bodies speak, genres dissolve, and the dancefloor becomes a shared pulse.
Lolsnake aka Danielle Lumma Rahal is a Berlin based Iraqi-American DJ and the founder of the Queer party series Weeeirdos, which holds an ongoing residency at Säule Berlin. Leaning into several layers of dance music, from metallic techno, angelic trance and squishy acid to cosmic bleep, Lolsnake (she/they) fuses a maelstrom of textures into their sets, stirring up heady atmospheres and hypnotic moods on the dancefloor, forming a magnetic aesthetic of their own.
Stanislawa (she/her) always keeps an open-mind and an open-heart to push her values onto her music. Living between Brussels and Amsterdam, she is well known to provide the crowd with her top-tier selected 90’s trance, sexy techno grooves and progressive house bangers. She is the founder of the queer party collective Deep Down East. In May 2024, Stanislawa released her first EP, Forever Strong, featuring 4 very personal tracks merging hard-hitting 909 kicks with 90s trancy leads.
Support in C12 by sookie & su:zy, two emerging talents from the Brussels scene.
YoungWoman is an Egyptian Amsterdam-based transfemme DJ, producer, radio host and co-founder of Amsterdam’s first T4T Collective: Los Angles. With sets that feel like drinking an energy drink and hopping on a rollercoaster across all genres , YoungWoman was named by Dutch media as one of the DJs to keep an eye on. This sonic explosive energy combined with a refreshing & irresistible playfulness behind the decks have dazzled audiences live at festivals like Rewire & Down The Rabbit Hole , clubs like De School & Garage Noord and her residencies at Oroko Radio , Echobox Radio & RadioRadioFm.
LOV aka Lifeonvenus is a Senegalese and French DJ, freshly blooming and making their way in the Belgian Queer parties and music scene.
Acid Lily is a Brussels based artist who is rarely tied to one genre, exploring music in all it's diversity with one crystal clear goal: uniting people on the dancefloor. Effortlessly fluctuating between disco and house to hard techno and hyperpop with some jazz in-between, this cross-genre producer continues to her bring her signature big bass energy. When not behind the decks she can be found producing and tweaking her own tracks or even building sound systems.
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Lolsnake
Stanislawa
sookie & su:zy
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YoungWoman
LOV
Acid Lily
C12
Brussels
Clubbing
C12 Pride Nite
Fuse presents: Brussels Pride w/ Fafi Abdel Nour, Carlos Valdes & Butchbpm b2b Laura Violi
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www.fuse.be
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→ ROOM 01 – Brussels Pride
Fafi Abdel Nour
Carlos Valdes
Zouzibabe b2b Sixsixsixties
Supergay Dj's (Timmerman & Uni Son)
→ MOTION ROOM – Brussels Pride
Butchbpm b2b Laura Violi
Ampe b2b Spirite
Melissa Juice
Keyser
Fuse
Brussels
Clubbing
Fuse presents: Brussels Pride w/ Fafi Abdel Nour, Carlos Valdes & Butchbpm b2b Laura Violi
Brussels Pride
Get ready !
Brussels Pride – May 17, 2025
Let’s celebrate love and diversity
#BrusselsPride2025
City Centre
Brussels
Festival
Brussels Pride
Los Niños: Pride
We need Pride
We want Pride
We celebrate diversity
AAGUILAA; Feasting; Doppelgang; The Stress; Graaf Drankula
UMI
Brussels
Clubbing
Los Niños: Pride
Célébration œcuménique de la Pride - Brussels Pride Week 2025
You are all cordially invited to join us at the ecumenical celebration held every year to mark the Belgian Pride. As is tradition, our celebration is inspired by the pride theme chosen by Brussels Pride - Unite, time to protect our rights.
Our celebration is open to everyone (LGBTQIA+ people, their families, friends and others) wishing to share a Christian queer moment of reflection, inspiration, prayer and song....
It will be followed by a friendly drink.
Celebration in French, Flemish and English, organized jointly by the Communauté du Christ Libérateur, Homo Pastores and members of the Museum's Protestant Church (Chapelle royale).
Église Notre-Dame de Bon Secours de Bruxelles
Brussels
Various
Célébration œcuménique de la Pride - Brussels Pride Week 2025
Queer Future Club - Pride Invasion
Queer Future Club - Pride Invasion
The queer invasion is here! We’re touching down on May 17th to celebrate Pride at Illegaal. We’re hyped to welcome ketia, alongside Brussels’ finest: Hysope, Kathleen C, Azo, and Vera Moro.
Queer Future Club - Pride Invasion
The queer invasion is here! We’re touching down on May 17th to celebrate Pride at Illegaal. We’re hyped to welcome Ketia, alongside Brussels’ finest: Hysope, Kathleen C, Azo, and Vera Moro.
Lineup
ketia
Azo
Kathleen C
Hysope
Vera Moro
Queer Future Club aim to create a safer space
‣ Queer and FLINTA people to the front
‣ Be respectful and take care of each other
‣ Don’t take too much space, be rude or too loud
‣ Ask for consent
‣ No sexual harassment
‣ Zero tolerance policy against homo/bi/transphobia, racism or any kind of discrimination
‣ Do you or your friends need help? Did something look off? Come ask us for help.
‣ A care team will be available all night to ensure your needs
Tickets
Early Birds & Community tickets: 10 euros
Presales: 12 euros
Door: 14 euros
Location
Illegaal – Rue Bollinckx 300, 1190 Forest
Doors open at 20:00
ketia
Azo
Kathleen C
Hysope
Vera Moro
Brasserie iLLeGaaL
Forest
Clubbing
Queer Future Club - Pride Invasion
Pride Brunch
Steigenberger Icon Wiltcher's
Ixelles
Animations
Pride Brunch
MM X Bunker After Pride
Madame Moustache
Brussels
Clubbing
MM X Bunker After Pride
CAVE - Under the Rainbow (Brussels Pride XXL Edition)
CAVE - Under The Rainbow (Brussels Pride XXL Edition) - Saturday 17 May 2025
Unite, time to protect our rights, freedom, health, identity, diversity, communities, fight.
Let’s shine all together under the same rainbow on Saturday 17th May.
Time to be proud of who we are and to show our different colours with no shame to the world!
But not forget that our fight for equality and against discrimination is ongoing, never take our hard-won rights for granted!
It’s ok to be different, never hide your true colours.
It’s ok to be yourself, spread respect and inclusivity.
Let's paint the town with our colours, dance beneath the same rainbow, and enjoy the freedom to be ourselves on Saturday 17th of May.
This time our support goes to the Rainbowhouse Brussels and his project Grand Carmes you can also give a hand here:
Rainbowhouse:
http://rainbowhouse.be
Les Grands Carmes:
http://grandscarmes.org
Behind the decks:
Main room:
JUAN DEL CHAMBO
https://soundcloud.com/juandelchambo
SIMONE BELLINTANI
https://soundcloud.com/simonebellintanidj
DEN HEBB
https://soundcloud.com/denheb
MU DELTA
https://soundcloud.com/mudelta
OZI
https://soundcloud.com/oz_man
Celebration room:
KENNE PERRY
https://soundcloud.com/kenneperry
THOMAS M
https://soundcloud.com/djthomasm
https://www.djthomasm.com
With your student certificate, we offer you a soft drink or a beer.
Entrance:
All night long tickets (11PM - 12PM):
Fast Caver: €15
Pre-Sale WAVE-1: €20
Pre-Sale WAVE-2: €22
At the door: €25
Morning tickets (6AM - 12PM):
Fast Caver: €8
Pre-Sale WAVE-1: €12
Pre-Sale WAVE-2: €15
At the door: €15
Pre-sales only by Billetweb:
https://www.billetweb.fr/cave-under-the-rainbow-brussels-pride-2025-xxl-edition
We’re excited to announce that we now have a Bancontact point available at Grote Zavel (Grand Sablon) in Brussels. You can find it at:
Address: Regentschapsstraat 20 – 1000 Brussels
Opening hours: 6:00 AM to midnight
For more Bancontact points, please visit:
https://www.bancontact.cash/en
Have fun!
Cave Brussels
Brussels
Clubbing
CAVE - Under the Rainbow (Brussels Pride XXL Edition)
Full Love Magazine X Continental
Continental Brussels
Brussels
Clubbing
Full Love Magazine X Continental
FLASH Pride After Party
In an LGBTQIA+-friendly atmosphere, come and have your hips all night in one of the most mythical clubs in Brussels.
FLASH is immensely pleased to welcome for the first time, as the guest of honor, @chantalgoyaofficiel , an icon who has marked an entire generation of our community, the Queen of longevity and her little friends
FLASH CLUB
Brussels
Clubbing
FLASH Pride After Party
Chimères Queer Market
Librairie Chimères
Ixelles
Markets and bric-a-brac stores
Chimères Queer Market
Brussels Rainbow Seniors Day
LDC Randstad Molenbeek
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Various
Brussels Rainbow Seniors Day
JUDE YORK
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Concert
JUDE YORK
PEACHES GOES BANANAS
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
PEACHES GOES BANANAS
Peaches goes Bananas
A deep dive into the life of this unique artist
Screening at Palace, opposite AB, on Anspachlaan.Dir. Marie Loisier, 2024, 73 min, OV st FR.For 17 years, Marie Losier has followed the singer Peaches, a queer and feminist icon whose explosive creativity has shattered all taboos.From the stage, where she puts her heart and soul into mind-blowing concerts, to her intimate life, including her relationship with her sister, who suffers from a degenerative disease, this portrait shows the extent to which Peaches has transformed every aspect of her life into a fascinating work of art.
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
Peaches goes Bananas
LES NUITS 2025 : Bota By Night : Toccororo - Tygapaw & more
Bota By Night, a fixture in our series of Les Nuits Botanique events, is bound to bring some serious fun on May 23rd. The event, taking place just after our soirée experimental with Jenny Hval, Alabaster DePlume, Merope and more, will feature some of the best international dj's performing boundary-pushing dj-sets.
In the Orangerie Toccororo and Rui Ho are set to turn up the energy with pop edits and Latinx bangers, while BLACKCLUB take us back to the roots (but also the future!) of electronic music with their thumping Chicago techno sound. Navigating between dancehall and Detroit, Tygapaw takes us on a deep dive into the queer black electronic scene — they will be joined in the Museum by the Egyptian-Palestinian producer and dj Oldyungmayn, whose sets feature techno, electro, trance and Middle Eastern influences.
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
LES NUITS 2025 : Bota By Night : Toccororo - Tygapaw & more
