{"id":83111,"date":"2026-05-15T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/83111\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:40:12","slug":"brussels-pride-rolls-back-demand-jewish-attendees-must-hide-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/83111\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels Pride rolls back demand Jewish attendees must hide religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img width=\"792\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/brussels-pride.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Brussels Pride\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Brussels Pride (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/topic\/brussels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brussels<\/a> Pride has reportedly pulled back after telling a Jewish group in Belgium that they could only join the event if they hid that they were Jewish.<\/p>\n<p>Mazal Pride, a Belgian group representing LGBT+ Jewis, was allegedly told by Brussels Pride that they could join the parade, \u201cbut with conditions that deeply hurt us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/danielthemate\/status\/2053741287468052510\/photo\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">message<\/a> in the \u201cBaLaGan! \u2013 LGBT+ Jews in and around Brussels\u201d Facebook group, a member of Mazal Pride said they had received a list of conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The message read: \u201cWe do have a place at Pride and within the LGBTQ+ community in Brussels, and they accept us without conflating us with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are aware that Jews face risks in Belgium. However, because of the second point, they fear that our participation could put us in danger. As a result, they would only potentially agree to our participation if we are forbidden from bringing out logo, the Magen David, or even using the word \u2018Jewish\u2019 on our banners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It continued: \u201cHearing this at an event that is supposed to celebrate pride and the freedom to exist was extremely painful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message we ultimately receive is that our presence is acceptable only if it is not too visible. That we are welcome as long as we know how to hide\u2026 we refuse to accept erasing our identity as the solution. We refuse the idea that Jewish people should have to hide who they are in order to participate in a public, activist, and celebratory space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post said that the group had decided to attend regardless \u201cand prouder than ever\u201d, even if they would have to \u201cparticipate without overly distinctive symbols\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishnews.co.uk\/brussels-pride-withdraws-demand-that-jewish-lgbt-attendees-hide-their-jewishness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jewish News<\/a>, however, those conditions have since been removed and Jewish attendees will be permitted to display symbols of their religion.<\/p>\n<p>PinkNews has contacted Brussels Pride and Rainbow House Brussels for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts!\u00a0Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brussels Pride (Getty Images) Brussels Pride has reportedly pulled back after telling a Jewish group in Belgium that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[211,210,22683],"class_list":{"0":"post-83111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brussels","8":"tag-belgium","9":"tag-brussels","10":"tag-jewish-community"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116578171630180766","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}