A new year, a new brand name!!! It is time again as we showed you in February for a new edition of Mister Gay Belgium (formerly known as Mister Gay Flanders). The twelve contestants for 2016 are known for the public and are looking forward to take over the reign of mister Gay Flanders 2015 Skelte Willems. They have their own message to bring out to the world and show why they should be named as Mister Gay Belgium 2016 at the 28th of May in Antwerp. Time for PINK IN OUR LIVES to put all candidates separately in the spotlight and give a taste of who they are. The first candidate is Sidney Demeulemeester.
Sidney Demeulemeester is 29 years old and is living in Torhout. He did his coming out in 2005 and his project is about โDiscrimination at the work floorโ.
WAS YOUR COMING OUT EASIER OR MORE DIFFICULT THAN EXPECTED AND WHY?
โMore difficult than expected, because my stepfather was not so gay-minded during those years. Nowadays this has changed luckilyโ ;o)
WHO IS YOUR BIG IDOL/SEX SYMBOL OR GREAT EXAMPLE AND WHY?
โBelgian actor Louis Tape, because he has everything you can wish for in a personโ.
WHY IS YOUR THEME/PROBLEM SO IMPORTANT?
โIt is important, because there is still a big taboo about harassment and to be laughed at work And whether your gay, a lesbian, bisexual or transgender , you have to feel happy at work. Our job is a very important thing in our lives , because most of our hours, days and years we spend at our work. If you canโt be yourself there, where can we be? You will be very unhappy and that is why this is my theme!!!โ
WHAT IS YOUR BEST AND WORST QUALITY?
โMy best quality is that I will be there for everybody to help wherever I can.
โMy worst quality is that I can be very stubbornโ.
TELL US A SECRET ABOUT YOURSELF THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOU?
โMy secret is that I always wanted to be a girl when I was youngโ.
WHAT WILL YOUR FUTURE LOOK LIKE IN TEN YEARS?
โIn ten years I hope I can say that I have a thriving hotel and catering industryโ.
SHORT REACTIES ON THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:
FAVORITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION: โMiamiโ
DATING-APPS: โGrindrโ
SEXIEST HUNK: โKevin Janssensโ
MARRIAGE OR GETTING CHILDREN: โMarriageโ
PINK IN OUR LIVES: โFun and informativeโ
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT: โJordy Vermeersch as life partnerโ

FAVORITE MOVIE: โSister Actโ
MISTER GAY BELGIUM: โRise of LGBTโ
Thank you for your answers Sidney and for letting my readers and your voters getting to know you better. You can vote for him through this link with OutTv:ย https://app.je/inc/pages/entry.php?eID=39385
May the best GAY win!!! Thank you also photographers Johan Vos, Marc Drofmans, Kevin Wuyts, Emmanuel Deprijckere, Ivo Gautier, Renรฉ Emmerink and Johan Cansse for the great pictures of all the candidates and www.welovemisses.be for the video.

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Big kiss,
Lesley Middleton