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Contents:

• VATUR GAY
• GAY AMSTERDAM
• LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• VATUR GAY AMSTERDAM
• GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI
• GAY TRAVEL AMSTERDAM
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS AMSTERDAM
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS AMSTERDAM
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

VATUR GAY

The COC, a gay rights anizatn, was found Amsterdam 1946 and is the world’s olst ntually operatg anizatn of s kd. In 1987, the Homomonument beme the first memorial to homosexuals persecuted World War II, and 2001, the Netherlands beme the first untry to legalize same-sex marriage.

GAY AMSTERDAM

Knowg all this, may seem surprisg that Europe’s most historilly acceptg cy lacks a te gayborhood.

SoHo is centrally loted the biggt LGBTQ+-iendly sectn of Amsterdam, and ’s steps away om popular gay bars Taboo, and Bar BLEND.

Cafe t’ Mandje (“the basket”) holds the honor of beg Amsterdam’s first official gay bar.

LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Get on your kne, all fours, or whatever nsensually works for you to worship at the altar of this gay cise club. If you’re lookg for a soak, steam, or somethg more obscene, this gay sna has got you vered — wh a towel, at least. Unlike most global Pri events, which memorate NYC’s 1969 Stonewall Rts and the birth of the Gay Liberatn Movement, Amsterdam Pri began 1996 solely as a celebratn of love and diversy.

In 1987, Amsterdam unveiled Homomonument, the world’s first monument memorializg homosexuals persecuted unr the Nazi regime. Loted Wtermarkt, th l of pk grane form a triangle the square — a reclamatn of the symbol gay men and women were forced to wear ncentratn mps durg World War II.

One fac the Natnal War Memorial Dam Square where gay activists laid a lavenr wreath 1970 and were subsequently arrted, sparkg the ia for this monument. Another fac Anne Frank’s hoe and is scribed wh a quote om a gay Jewish poet, Jab Israel Haan: Naar Vriendschap Zulk een Mateloos Verlangen (“Such an endls sire for iendship”). The third fac the COC Nerland headquarters, which holds the distctn of beg the world’s olst ntually operatg gay rights anizatn.

VATUR GAY AMSTERDAM

This LGBTQ+ rmatn center and souvenir shop loted next to the Homomonument has been operatn for over 20 years.

The rosarium, loted halfway through the park, is famoly known as the most equented gay cisg area the cy. This ty gay-owned boutique hotel facg Kerkstraat is a five-mute walk om the cy’s most popular gay bars on Reguliersdwarsstraat and a short stroll to Mmple.

GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI

In the 1990s, the ne rooms this 16th-century rowhoe served as a bawdy boutique hotel for upsle gay clientele: Rooms me equipped wh bondage gear, slgs, and even g. To be hont, puttg gay male sex workers the red light district wdows is exactly the kd of equaly that we are lookg for we are lookg for the days; te visibily. But, the particular men puttg themselv on display De Wallen are standg there as a part of a mpaign put on by My Red Light, a nonprof brothel that works to improve ndns for sex workers and HUNQZ, "the largt work for gay and bi male and trans pannship servic worldwi.

"As a gay man livg Amsterdam, I often walk through the red light on the way home and wonr how different would be if there were men the wdows too, " Jens Schmidt, founr of HUNQZ, said a statement. After some rt, the leather muny out to play at Amsterdam Leather Pri late the munyImage om Henri BlommersIn terms of march and activism, the Homomonument by the Wterkerk is often one of the central meetg pots for the LGBTQIA+ muny Amsterdam.

Next to the monument, you'll also fd Pk Pot, Amsterdam's official LGBTQI+ rmatn ksk, which provis rmatn about the Homomonument and general rmatn on LGBTQI+ servic, groups and rmatn centr Amsterdam.

GAY TRAVEL AMSTERDAM

It origally opened 1970, and although wasn’t the first gay bs the area, was the first one to be openly so, favourg large, open wdows to barred-up on.

In the late 70s and to the 80s, the street then began to explo wh new gay bars and clubs, helpg to cement Amsterdam’s role as an ternatnal gay pal. Highlightg the broad cross-sectn of visors to the area, Realy is a bar that typilly ters to Surame and Antillean homosexuals, referrg to self as a ‘gay bar wh a tropil flavour’.

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Pk Pot provis rmatn about the Homomonument, as well as general rmatn on gay and lbian Amsterdam.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS AMSTERDAM

If you haven’t found what you were lookg for at Vrolijk, try IHLIA, an ternatnal gay/lbian library, archive, rmatn and documentatn centre about homosexualy and sexual diversy the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA). Durg Amsterdam Gay Pri and Kg’s Day, the bars this district are prime viewg platforms for everythg gog on around and on the water. As well as beg home to several gay-iendly hotels and bed & breakfasts, the street boasts Club Church, which hosts large-sle club nights, often themed, throughout the week.

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