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Belgium: lesbophobia ends in brawl at cinema

15 April 2024 A screening of the queer film ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) on Saturday was stopped after lesbophobic remarks came from several members of the audience, which resulted in a brawl.

The BIFFF takes place from 9 to 21 April annually at Palais 10 near the Atomium. It advertises itself as a festival open to all kinds of genres, from fantasy to horror and black comedy. On Saturday evening, a screening of the film ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ was on the agenda, a romantic thriller film directed by Rose Glass and starring Kristen Stewart. However, several members of the audience soon started to shout crude comments about lesbians. One person who was attending the screening said people “even applauded a rape scene.”

Continue reading at: https://www.brusselstimes.com/1006654/lesbophobic-attacks-police-intervene-during-brussels-queer-film-screening-tbtb (Source)

Sporza journalist dismissed for sexist and lesbophobic comments about Belgian Basketball Team

On Saturday afternoon, a video circulated on the internet showing Eddy Demarez making homophobic remarks towards the Belgian Cats as they arrived at the airport. The reporter said “there is only one straight on the team.”
Not knowing he was on the air, he continued to say revolting things, comparing Billie Massey to “a mountain. Have you ever looked at her? She’s a colossus,” he said to a colleague before continuing his inappropriate monologue by making an inappropriate joke about Emma Meesseman and continuing to attack other players.

“The Mestdaghs, one is a lesbian, the other is not. Carpréaux is a man.”

Sporza and VRT have announced the immediate suspension of Eddy Demarez who will no longer comment until further notice.

(Translated)

Ce samedi après-midi, une vidéo a circulé sur internet. On y voit Eddy Demarez tenir des propos homophobes envers les Belgian Cats alors qu’elles arrivaient à l’aéroport. Le journaliste prétend “qu’il n’y a qu’une hétéro dans l’équipe.”
Ne se sachant pas à l’antenne, il continue ensuite à tenir des propos nauséabonds en comparant Billie Massey à “une montagne. Tu l’as déjà bien regardée ? C’est une colosse”, déclare-t-il à l’un de ses confrères avant de poursuivre son monologue malsain en réalisant un jeu de mots douteux sur Emma Meesseman ou en continuant à attaquer d’autres joueuses.

“Les Mestdagh, une est lesbienne, l’autre pas. Carpréaux est un homme.”

Sporza et VRT ont annoncé la suspension immédiate d’Eddy Demarez qui ne commentera plus jusqu’à nouvel ordre.
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Continue reading at: https://www.lalibre.be/culture/medias-tele/2021/08/07/un-journaliste-de-sporza-ecarte-pour-des-propos-homophobes-sur-les-belgian-cats-les-joueuses-reagissent-AB5PC3TH3BDJLISL4BEJKWGMQU/?fbclid=IwAR1aXxO_vszHtcgaqihDA_zrVoK8cy0WaFwQNPrU16khpnCmf-aRjjbLSkc (Source)

Belgium: Lesbian couple victim of lesbophobic violence in asylum centre

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‘From day one we already got threats. In one way or another the news spread very quickly that a lesbian couple was staying in the center. Since then, we are being chased and spitting at our feet. Once they threw balls at us, which caused me to suffer scrapes.But it quickly became a lot worse, “says an emotional Gona. 

The couple say she feels unsafe. ‘Our first room was completely behind the asylum center, far away from the employees. If something went wrong, it took a long time before an employee could come on the spot. ‘ They say it did not help that they were so far away from the employees. ‘In the evening only two staff members are present for the complete asylum center. If it goes wrong here, then all help will come too late. ” 

They were offered another room. But when they went to visit, the residents who stayed in the new hallway did not want to let them through. “A lesbian couple is not welcome in their ‘department'”.

Continue reading at: https://zizo-online.be/article/13252 (Source – Dutch)

Lesbian couple victim of LGBT violence in asylum center ZiZo-Online (Translated pdf – English)