This year’s theme will be “Protect the Protest” and will take the form of a call to respect the LGBTQIA+ community’s fundamental right to protest.
“The Belgian LGBTQIA+ movement knows how crucial freedoms of association and expression are for progress. These rights must therefore be granted or maintained, in Belgium, in Europe and throughout the world,” the associations stress.
This Saturday 20 May, the Pride Parade will take place in the streets of the city centre while the Pride Village will host the associations. LGBTQIA+ artists who will occupy several stages spread out in the centre of the capital. In total, around 100 partners, associations and artists will collaborate during the event.
Belgian Pride 2022. Credit: Ugo Realfonzo / The Brussels Times
To ensure the safety of the participants, “SAFER Pride spaces” will be present at several strategic locations and will make it possible to report any inappropriate or offensive behaviour.
This year, the event is changing its name from “Belgian Pride” to “Brussels Pride: The Belgian and European Pride” to highlight its Brussels roots while confirming its attachment to Belgium and the European Union as a whole.
No less than 150,000 people are expected to take to the streets of the capital to support diversity.
The Brussels Times is an official Media Partner for Brussels Pride – The Belgian & European Pride
