Yasmine you will be missed. I couldn't believe it when I heard the news. It's so sad, for Yasmine but also for her family who is now left to cope with her sudden death.

Yasmine, hopelijk ben je nu wel gelukkig waar je ook bent...

She was a friend, family, an incredible person to many people, that in the first place.

For us, she was an example, to say the least. She came out as a lesbian to the rest of the world back in 1999. It wasn't that easy back then. She was very open about it, and she has fought enormously for gay/bi rights. She always showed how happy she was with her wife and child, and set an example for a lot of young girls, and gave them the strength they needed to overcome their fears and feel that they had a right to be happy and open about it as well. Yasmine said in an interview about her coming out, that when you are in love, you basically want to tell everyone about it. And that she had realised that. She inspired in her own way people to do the same. Yasmine's marriage and the adoption of their child were indeed the first high profile gay marriage and adoption in our little country.

We are very thankful for the way she fought every day and are sad to see her go. I hope she may finally find the peace she deserves.

 Hilde, you will be terribly missed, but thank you for everything! You were a role model to me and it was partly because of you that i found the strength to tell my parents, friends and family and accept who i am and be proud of it. You will never be forgotten.

she was my rolmodel for 14 years, she was amazing, i still can't believe that she's really gone

ik zal haar missen,  ze zal me altijd bij blijven en ze blijft nog steeds een voorbeeld. Ik had nooit verwacht dat ze zo uit het leven zou stappen, maar ik respecteer haar keuze, blijkbaar zag ze geen uitweg meer, ik hoop dat ze nu rust  heeft gevonden.

We zien je graag en zullen je missen!

Yasmine was a wonderfull woman she ment so much to me and my friends.

She gave me the courage to come out to my friends and family, because she made being gay normal. I loved her as a person, artist and rolemodel. When I heard that she died I was sitting at home having breakfast with my parents, it really broke my heart. It was on the radio and I just couldn't believe that such a wonderfull woman commited suicide.

R.I.P Yasmine you were a wonderfull woman who gave so much to all of us and never asked something in return.

xx

I know it must sound stupid but I'm so saddened about what has happened to her. I remember she was the first woman I ever kissed in my dreams. When I was a little girl I wanted to make it in showbizz and she was my role model. She made me feel a little better about my sexual orientation. Hearing that she was dead, especially that she killed herself hit me as a bomb. She seemed so strong. She was gorgeous, smart and oh I wish she was still here.

I wake up every morning and realize she's gone. I know I never really knew her, but it feels as if she did. I wish I could find a way to make it all right again but I guess there's no way back.

I also want to mention Marianne, she must feel plain awful right now. They say she left Yasmine for another women, might very well be. I saw Marianne on a regular base, but well... Even if she left Yasmine she's not (totally) to blame. I hope she and their daughter are getting through this...

 Damn, I still can't believe it... I keep replaying her songs and for the first time I recognize this dark side to her. I guess she has been struggling her whole life long and Marianne eased her pain and loosing her was just too much to take.

I'll never forget Yasmine. She'll forever be in my heart. I'm so thankful for all she has meant to me and always will mean to me.  

... and some of you may not agree, but frankly, I don't really give a damn.

I am completely and utterly appalled by the reactions of some people in regards to Hilde's death, and more specifically, towards Marianne Dupon. I've read some of the reactions on articles in the newspaper, and today, I read an interview with Werner Dupon, Marianne's father. He claims to have received death threats at work, and his daughter has received a number of hate mails as well.

Are people really that stupid? Seriously. We don't know what went on in the Rens-Dupon household, so who are we to judge? People break up every day. This usually doesn't result in one of them committing suicide, and even if it does, who are we to point our little finger and say that it's the other person's fault?

As much as I admire(d) Hilde Rens, and as much as her death has upset and hurt a heck of a lot of people, not just her family, but also her friends, colleagues and fans, in the end she made the decision to end her life. Period. And no, I don't think suicide is a sign of weakness. Not in the least bit. It makes me sad that she made the decision she made, more than I ever care to put into words. But to blame another person for her decision.. it turns my stomach. Marianne needs our support, not our harsh words. For the love of gawd, have a heart. I beg of you.

Feel free to step forward and disagree with me on anything I wrote. But blame Marianne Dupon for Hilde's death, and be prepared to get some f***ing sense smacked into you by yours truly.  

 I was acutally at Antwerp pride when this happened and you could generally feel such a sadness sweep over the city... So for me I realized just how great a role model and inspiration she was to Belgium.

Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.