{"id":41608,"date":"2021-09-13T14:18:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T13:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?p=41608"},"modified":"2021-09-13T14:18:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T13:18:49","slug":"because-lgbtphobia-is-not-an-opinion-but-an-infraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2021\/09\/13\/because-lgbtphobia-is-not-an-opinion-but-an-infraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Because lgbtphobia is not an opinion but an infraction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another\u00a0week\u00a0and\u00a0another\u00a0prove\u00a0that\u00a0anti LGBTQIA+\u00a0attacks\u00a0rise\u00a0up\u00a0in\u00a0Belgium. In the\u00a0same\u00a0week, Riadh Bahri, a national TV\u00a0channel\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VRT<\/a>)\u00a0journalist\u00a0has\u00a0reported\u00a0a\u00a0homophobic\u00a0assault\u00a0in Brussels\u00a0and\u00a0lgbtphobic\u00a0stickers have\u00a0appeared\u00a0in the\u00a0streets\u00a0of\u00a0Antwerp\u00a0and\u00a0Ghent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Friday, September 10,\u00a0Riadh\u00a0Bahri, reported on Twitter that he had suffered a homophobic attack in Brussels while walking his dog. Answering to a man who asked him for directions, he explained that he then received\u00a0a\u00a0few punches and kicks, before the attacker tore his chain from his neck and\u00a0told\u00a0him &#8220;dirty fagot&#8221;. If his wounds are superficial, the man said he was\u00a0very shaken, upset\u00a0and above all very sad by this new manifestation of a daily homophobia that the country is struggling to contain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Ik zit in de combi van de politie die me net is komen halen. Ik heb geen zichtbare verwondingen. Pijn op de borstkas na een paar rake klappen, en schoppen. Wel diep onder de indruk nu. Dat vooral. En eigenlijk heel droef. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BJotdi2awp\">pic.twitter.com\/BJotdi2awp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Riadh Bahri (@Riadh_B) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riadh_B\/status\/1436240217543958530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riadh\u00a0Bahri filed a complaint for homophobic assault and theft with violence, said the spokesperson for the Brussels police. The police have started a neighborhood investigation and must also use the video surveillance images. At the\u00a0station, the gay\u00a0journalist\u00a0said: &#8220;The police were so nice that I go out with a slight smile&#8221;.\u00a0Belgian\u00a0Minister of\u00a0Interior, Annelies Verlinden also assured him support via Twitter: &#8220;Incomprehensible. Unacceptable. Take care of yourself,\u00a0Riadh. And never stop\u00a0believing\u00a0in yourself &#8220;.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This weekend,\u00a0the police received reports about the appearance in the streets\u00a0of Antwerp and Ghent\u00a0of\u00a0lgbtphobic\u00a0stickers. You can see the rainbow flag crossed out with the words &#8220;simply normal&#8221; in Flemish.\u00a0These\u00a0anti queer\u00a0propaganda\u00a0stickers\u00a0remind\u00a0us\u00a0of those that were distributed in 2019 by the conservative Polish newspaper Gazeta Polska. Author and\u00a0LGBTQIA+\u00a0activist Fleur\u00a0Pierets\u00a0reported this on Instagram\u00a0: \u201cIn Poland, self-proclaimed &#8220;LGBT-free zones\u201d\u00a0are legitimized by the government of Andrzej Duda\u00a0despite the warning from the European Union that it could lose funding.\u00a0I know that a lot of people will dismiss this as \u2018one of those things\u2019, however I have the feeling that lately we have to deal with a lot more hate than usual, and a friend even texted me saying that the verbal anti-gay bashing has increased rapidly over the past few weeks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145556_Instagram-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145445_Instagram-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"41612\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145445_Instagram.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?attachment_id=41612\" class=\"wp-image-41612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145445_Instagram-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145445_Instagram-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145445_Instagram-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145445_Instagram-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145445_Instagram-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145445_Instagram.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145536_Instagram-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"41613\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145536_Instagram.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?attachment_id=41613\" class=\"wp-image-41613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145536_Instagram-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145536_Instagram-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145536_Instagram-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145536_Instagram-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145536_Instagram-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145536_Instagram.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145425_Instagram-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"41614\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145425_Instagram.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?attachment_id=41614\" class=\"wp-image-41614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145425_Instagram-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145425_Instagram-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145425_Instagram-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145425_Instagram-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145425_Instagram-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-145425_Instagram.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De Morgen newspaper reported that a woman\u00a0arriving at her home in Ghent on Saturday evening, overheard three students discussing whether they had any stickers with them to stick over her window\u00a0because a\u00a0rainbow flag hangs from that window. \u201cDo you think that&#8217;s normal, that flag?\u201d the group leader asked. \u201cJanetten\u00a0(a pejorative term about gay men)\u00a0ensure that fewer white babies are born, that is not normal. And they are all pedophiles.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Diversity Cell of the Antwerp Police has picked up her post and is working on it. They actively search for the origin of the\u00a0hate stickers\u00a0and mentioned an email address to report them. We contacted Brussels\u00a0city equal chances department\u00a0to know the procedure if\u00a0this would happen in Brussels.\u00a0If anyone needs to report discriminating acts like this, they can push on the<a href=\"https:\/\/polbru.be\/lgbtqi-point-de-contact\/?lang=fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> LGBTQIA+\u00a0contact button<\/a> on the homepage of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/polbru.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polbru\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>.\u00a0Author and artist Liz is More also created a\u00a0response in the form of a sticker saying :\u00a0\u201csimply be kind to everyone\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"41617\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-design-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?attachment_id=41617\" class=\"wp-image-41617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-design-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-design-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-design-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-design-1-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-design-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1007\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-132452_Instagram-1-1007x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"41618\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-132452_Instagram-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?attachment_id=41618\" class=\"wp-image-41618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-132452_Instagram-1-1007x1024.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-132452_Instagram-1-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-132452_Instagram-1-768x781.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-132452_Instagram-1-1024x1041.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-132452_Instagram-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210913-132452_Instagram-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because\u00a0lgbtphobia\u00a0is not an opinion but an infraction, we ask to\u00a0the government to continue educating about\u00a0equality and inclusivity. We can see\u00a0that a part of the public opinion\u00a0in Belgium\u00a0is not following our country\u2019s prominent position in\u00a0favor\u00a0of LGBTQIA+ rights.\u00a0We need to continue educating people in schools, in the media, in daily life, everywhere so that it could come to an end.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another\u00a0week\u00a0and\u00a0another\u00a0prove\u00a0that\u00a0anti LGBTQIA+\u00a0attacks\u00a0rise\u00a0up\u00a0in\u00a0Belgium. In the\u00a0same\u00a0week, Riadh Bahri, a national TV\u00a0channel\u00a0(VRT)\u00a0journalist\u00a0has\u00a0reported\u00a0a\u00a0homophobic\u00a0assault\u00a0in Brussels\u00a0and\u00a0lgbtphobic\u00a0stickers have\u00a0appeared\u00a0in the\u00a0streets\u00a0of\u00a0Antwerp\u00a0and\u00a0Ghent.\u00a0 This Friday, September<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":41609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-41608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.3 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Because lgbtphobia is not an opinion but an infraction -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Another week and another prove that anti LGBTQIA+ attacks rise up in Belgium. 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