As promised Pink In Our Lives will present the twelve candidates for Mister Gay Flanders 2015 in random order. As you 
could see on the press conference @ Red Star Line Museum (See article: http://pinkinourlives.com/2015/02/14/press-conference-mister-gay-flanders-2015/ ) there is a lot of diversity between the contestants and we are definitely looking forward to see who win the title and taking over the reign for a whole year from current title holder Willem Joris on the 30th of May 2015.
Every candidate got 5 questions from us to answer and you decide who you would love to win this year!!!
Jens Van Maele is the seventh candidate of this series and he is 24 years old and living in Bruges. He works as a supplier for Horeca companies and he came out of the closet since 2008.
Hi Jens,
Why did you enter this competition and what do you want to 
achieve, when you become Mister Gay Flanders 2015?
“The main reason is to come out with my story. I never dared to speak with anybody about it and now I want to tell everyone that there could and should be still much more improvement in the workplace. Hopefully we can achieve that and certainly it won’t be simple. But I’m going for a good working atmosphere!”
What makes you different from the other 11 candidates?
“For me, it’s not the first time I take part to an election, so with my experience, I should be less stressful and being able to fully concentrate on the final evening. But it will certainly be an exciting evening, we deserve it eventually all 12!.”
If you can compare yourself to an animal, what would you be and why?
“Hedgehog. the beast itself is actually pretty cute and sweet. The plugs on his back stand for me for being straightforward. You know immediately how far you can go with me and how I think about something. Also Hedgehogs are so vulnerable. When you look at how much we drive around them, when we see them on the road.”
Which person do you think is HOT/CUTE and would you love to 
get under the sheets with?
“Laurent Gaëtan Bailleu better known as Guga Baúl.” Why? “If I still may choose, I shouldn’t go find them too far (outside Belgium LOL).Totally my type actually. Masculine, muscular, large, nice beard, dark hair, someone who knows what he wants and still funny too. Melting…”
What would you like to change in our LGBT-community and how would you like to accomplish that?
“We can also be positive, because in Belgium we are working very well within the LGBT-community. LGBT’s can marry, adopt children, living together, us themselves are, etc..
But in my opinion, people from the West-Flanders in the field of LGBT sexuality are what behind. I also notice that many gay friends are moving from Bruges to Ghent or Antwerp. It feels there is more acceptance, but I am pretty much homebound to Bruges, because I quite like to be and stay with my family in Bruges.”
Thank you for your answers Jens and for letting my readers and your voters getting to know you better. You can vote for him through this link with OutTv: https://www.facebook.com/OUTTVBE?sk=app_129570913824547&app_data=26099
May the best GAY win!!! Thank you also 
photographers Johan Vos, Ivo Gautier , René Emmerink and Johan Cansse for the great pictures of all the candidates. Find out more about these candidates at www.mistergayvlaanderen.be or follow www.pinkinourlives.com
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