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• THE NETHERLANDS IS ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST GAY-IENDLY NATNS
• BRGS DAILY NEWS OM THE NETHERLANDS ENGLISH 28 JULY 2023 NEWSLETTER DONATE ADVERTISE NEWSLIFE THE NETHERLANDSJOBSPODSTABOUT SEARCHHOMEELECTN 2023ENOMYART AND CULTURESPORTEUROPESOCIETYPOLICSHEALTHHOGEDUTN NEWSHOMEELECTN 2023ENOMYART AND CULTURESPORTEUROPESOCIETYPOLICSHEALTHHOGEDUTNLIFE THE NETHERLANDSLATTOPNBOOKSTRAVEL10 QUTNSLEARNG DUTCHINBURGERG WH DNJOBSPODSTABOUT TEAMDONATEADVERTISEWRG FOR DUTCH NEWSCONTACT PRIVACYNEWSLETTERSEARCH (FUNCTN () { GOOGLETAG.DISPLAY('DIV-GPT-AD-DUTCHNEWS_ROS_HEAR'); }); (FUNCTN () { GOOGLETAG.DISPLAY('DIV-GPT-AD-DUTCHNEWS_ROS_HEAR-M'); }); GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE DBED WH ANTI-PRI GRAFFI
• GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI
• GAY MARRIAGE THE NETHERLANDS
• EXPLORG A DUTCH PARADOX: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC VTIGATN OF GAY MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH
• IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• 10 COUNTRI WH THE BIGGT GAY POPULATNS THE WORLD

THE NETHERLANDS IS ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST GAY-IENDLY NATNS

In a global survey nducted 2023, three percent of rponnts clared to be homosexual, gay, or lbian. Photo: ANP / Hollandse Hoogte / VRPrsA monument The Hague remembrance of the persecutn of the ternatnal LGBTQ+ muny has been vered anti-gay texts by rabow bench next to the monument have also been vandalised, the foundatn which looks after the memorial said on Tuday. Homomonument en regenboogbankj beklad: ‘Hoop dat ze laffe dars worn opgpoord’ Den Haag FM (@DenHaagFM) July 18, 2023“It is the worst form of vandalism to stem om a hatred of gay people, ” she said.

”There has been a strg of homophobic attacks on property across the Netherlands recent months. In May, vandals set fire to a rabow flag outsi an LGBTQ+ club April, a meetg for gay teenagers Edhoven was terpted by a group of around 20 adults who tried to set a rabow flag on fire, while five staff members were jured an attack on Dorothy’s drag bar Grongen at the Easter weekend. The rts me to be the symbol for the gay liberatn movement the Uned Stat.

BRGS DAILY NEWS OM THE NETHERLANDS ENGLISH 28 JULY 2023 NEWSLETTER DONATE ADVERTISE NEWSLIFE THE NETHERLANDSJOBSPODSTABOUT SEARCHHOMEELECTN 2023ENOMYART AND CULTURESPORTEUROPESOCIETYPOLICSHEALTHHOGEDUTN NEWSHOMEELECTN 2023ENOMYART AND CULTURESPORTEUROPESOCIETYPOLICSHEALTHHOGEDUTNLIFE THE NETHERLANDSLATTOPNBOOKSTRAVEL10 QUTNSLEARNG DUTCHINBURGERG WH DNJOBSPODSTABOUT TEAMDONATEADVERTISEWRG FOR DUTCH NEWSCONTACT PRIVACYNEWSLETTERSEARCH (FUNCTN () { GOOGLETAG.DISPLAY('DIV-GPT-AD-DUTCHNEWS_ROS_HEAR'); }); (FUNCTN () { GOOGLETAG.DISPLAY('DIV-GPT-AD-DUTCHNEWS_ROS_HEAR-M'); }); GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE DBED WH ANTI-PRI GRAFFI

Picture: iStock@mizoula Last week, all of Amsterdam was given over to Gay Pri: for an entire week, extra attentn for the acceptance of homosexualy and LGBTI+ rights was asked and given, pped off by the world-famo Amsterdam Pri Para. But what is the current state of acceptance of homosexualy and LGBTI+ rights the Netherlands?

Four qutns for John W, Profsor of Social and Behavural Scienc and an expert the study of homosexualy and social scienc.

GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI

The Netherlands has a reputatn as a lear when to the acceptance of homosexualy.

We like to thk of the Netherlands as a tolerant untry, cludg where homosexualy is ncerned. The abolishment of homosexualy – more specifilly sodomy – as a punishable offence origated the French era at the start of the 19th century, while the societal emancipatn that has been unfoldg sce the late 19th century has been driven by velopments Germany. There is no doubt that Amsterdam was an ternatnal (homosexual) tourist attractn, pecially for gay men, the last s of the 20th century.

GAY MARRIAGE THE NETHERLANDS

This untry also has a long tradn of gay-rights anisatns, the heir to the beg today's COC (Dutch anisatn advotg for LGBTQI+ rights). What else n you tell about the current state of acceptance for homosexuals (and other LGBTI+ persons) the Netherlands?

The Netherlands is performg pecially poorly the area I like to summarise as protectn agast homophobic statements and homophobic vlence. In recent years, attentn paid to promotg the acceptance of homosexualy has foced primarily on the tolerance of others, of migrants and of people wh an Islamic background. The past year has been a turbulent one for the Netherlands: take, for example, the two gay men who were beaten Arnhem, or the advertisg poster om Susupply that picted two men kissg.

So has there been a dip the acceptance of homosexualy pared to the prev year, or an crease?

EXPLORG A DUTCH PARADOX: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC VTIGATN OF GAY MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH

Time and aga, polls show that virtually all Dutch people who participate such surveys are acceptg of homosexualy. Acrdg to the metrics, the Netherlands is a lear when to the acceptance of homosexualy.

The ntext and the perceptns of the victims here n offer val rmatn and should play a major role such s, along wh the rmatn provid by the perpetratorsFirst and foremost, the asslt on Jasper and Ronnie Vern-Sewratan Arnhem begs the qutn of why the public prosecutor felt this was not an stance of anti-gay vlence and, more generally, what exactly nstut homophobic vlence the Netherlands. The SuSupply mpaign rais the qutn of what acceptance of homosexualy actually means.

There is a long tradn of superficial acceptance here the Netherlands, terms of both homosexualy and other social differenc: 's all fe and well for you to be different, as long as I don't see . Image: Susupply But is tly acceptance when people say that homosexuals n live their liv as they please, yet those same people then e a stir over the romantic pictn of two men. While more and more untri are hostg their own versn of Gay Pri, the Gay Pri events origated as a prott of police vlence agast gays, lbians and transgenr dividuals New York Cy.

IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

Do Gay Pri – as we know today – still reta anythg of this semal msage, or has transcend s origal purpose? A 2017 photo of the Internatnal Homomonument at The Hague. A monument the Netherlands that is dited to LGBTQ people who have been persecuted due to their sexual orientatn has been vandalized wh anti-gay graffi.

The Internatnal Homomonument on the Koekamp, a seven-meter tall steel sculpture, is signed to memorate all people who have been persecuted or opprsed bee of their sexual orientatn, both at the prent time and the past. The graffi pated at the monument se and on the bench clud drawgs and anti-gay slogans, cludg “fuck gays, ’ “fuck Pri, ” and “weg met pri, ” or “down wh Pri. “It is a ser form of vandalism that stems om homophobia, ” she said, acrdg to the NL Tim.

“The Homomonument is a symbol of acceptance and eedom. The vandalism of the Homomonument follows a strg of homophobic attacks on property across the Netherlands recent months. In April, a group of about 20 adults attacked a buildg where a group of gay teens were meetg, beatg up a volunteer workg wh the teens and attemptg to set fire to a rabow flag hangg om the buildg’s exterr while shoutg anti-gay slurs.

10 COUNTRI WH THE BIGGT GAY POPULATNS THE WORLD

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The Netherlands was the first untry to legalize same-sex marriage, but homosexual upl still face obstacl when they wish to have children.

Eleven years after the Netherlands beme the first untry to legalize same-sex marriage, homosexual upl still marry far ls often than heterosexual upl, partly bee they still face obstacl when they wish to have children. Jt 20% of Dutch homosexual upl are married, pared wh 80% of heterosexual upl, h figur by Statistics Netherlands show. Sce April 2001, when the Netherlands beme the first untry to legalize same-sex marriage, some 15, 000 gay and lbian upl have tied the knot.