We called these parties “La Délire” (The Madness). Soon we were having parties of some 300 men. Since we were so close to the border we mainly got French visitors. He wanted to do the same here in Belgium and since I was a well known gay networker he asked me for the organization. In ‘88 the owner saw an English straight club organize Gay Parties every so often. A marvelous spot for parties, in the middle of the forest far away from civilization.
I was working there behind the bar in a straight club in a beautiful old castle. That was in 1989 near the French border in Kortrijk. It’s April 30, the night of the huge “Man Killers Party” and it also happened to be Thierry’s Birthday.
While visiting the Belgian capital, getting ready for Gay Pride, I decided to take the opportunity to interview Thierry Coppens, the owner of the biggest and most successful gay disco “La Demence” in Brussels.
