LGBTQ History Month: Dutch gay man fied the Nazis and saved thoands :: Bay Area Reporter

Contents:

• HOW TO SAY GAY DUTCH
• GAY DICTNARY DUTCH
• GAY AND LBIAN
• 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
• LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH: DUTCH GAY MAN FIED THE NAZIS AND SAVED THOANDS
• DUTCH GAY EMANCIPATN HISTORY (1911-1986)
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY AND AMISH
• EXPLORG A DUTCH PARADOX: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC VTIGATN OF GAY MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH
• DUTCH NATNAL AT CENTRE OF HOMOSEXUALY SE MALAWI SAYS HE IS NOT GAY

HOW TO SAY GAY DUTCH

Homosexualy is legal sce 1811 when they adopted French law wh the vasn of Napoleon, and sce the end of the Nazi occupatn began LGBT activism. They were the first the world to approve equal marriage wh homoparental adoptn (2001) and 2014 the genr change was approved whout the need for surgery.

GAY DICTNARY DUTCH

Highlights this Gay Dictnary the chatologil reference starrg by brown lour and also the word poot, explaed the article of the history of okama, a Japane exprsn om Gay Slang Collectn.

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

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.

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

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.

Time and aga, polls show that virtually all Dutch people who participate such surveys are acceptg 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.

LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH: DUTCH GAY MAN FIED THE NAZIS AND SAVED THOANDS

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. Do Gay Pri – as we know today – still reta anythg of this semal msage, or has transcend s origal purpose?

In the untry that first legalized gay marriage, the Dutch crown prcs has the right to marry a person of any genr whout givg up her right to the throne, the Prime Mister of the Netherlands said on Tuday.

DUTCH GAY EMANCIPATN HISTORY (1911-1986)

Rutte said that one issue remas unrolved: how a gay marriage would affect later succsn of the royal uple’s children. Gay Clubs & BarsThe gay scene Amsterdam is one of the largt Europe and boasts well over 100 gay and lbian bars, clubs, snas, shops, and hotels. The more risqué tablishments are loted the Warmostraat and Zeedijk the Red Light webs that help you disver the bt gay spots Amsterdam are: and Events AmsterdamThe biggt gay event of the year is the annual Gay Pri Amsterdam.

HomomonumentNext to the ‘Wterkerk’, a church the historil heart of Amsterdam, you’ll fd the Homomonument. The monument nsists of three pk triangl and is a memorial for all homosexual men and women who have stggled for eedom and the rights of people wh sexual orientatns that viate om what was and is nsired the norm. Outsi AmsterdamThough Amsterdam is nsired to be the gay pal of the Netherlands, there are plenty of gay tablishments other Dutch ci.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY AND AMISH

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. 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.

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

An openly gay man and a tirels member of the Dutch ristance agast the Nazi occupatn of the Netherlands, he willgly sacrificed his life for a missn that ultimately protected hundreds of thoands of Jews' liv. Often emed the birthplace of LGBTQ rights, the Netherlands crimalized homosexualy 1811, but rtrictive l still barred homosexualy the early 20th century. In 1911, the beliefs of the lg polil parti led to the age of nsent for homosexualy to be changed to 21 the Netherlands — spe the age for heterosexualy remag at 16.

Dpe the first gay bar openg s doors durg this time, the rtrictive age lgs, along wh other laws agast public cency, were ed to unfairly target gay men. "Though Aron was foced on fendg the safety of the Dutch Jews, he and other LGBTQ cizens also saw the imment threat of the Nazis to their their occupatn of the Netherlands at the start of the 1940s, the Germans brought wh them Paragraph 175 — a law first troduced by Adolf Hler Germany an effort to cleanse the untry of homosexual activy. The lg, which first began by expellg any gay and lbian anizatns Germany, was revised to make homosexual activy between men punishable by imprisonment.

Further, over the urse of the Nazi le, is timated that between 5, 000 and 15, 000 gay men were sent to ncentratn mps.

DUTCH NATNAL AT CENTRE OF HOMOSEXUALY SE MALAWI SAYS HE IS NOT GAY

Aron and the rt of his un nstcted their riskit plan yet: they would blow up the facily — along wh the hundreds of thoands of documents Belfante, an openly gay woman who fought alongsi Aron the ristance and participated the plan, said an old vio terview that while both of them knew the danger that would e if they were ught, each knew was necsary to rry out their missn. Though he attempted to take full rponsibily for the attack and refed to give the nam of his team, his notebook was found and many of the ntributors were were able to pe and flee the untry, but exactly three months later, Aron and 12 others — cludg two other gay men — were brought before a firg squad and executed.

A legacy overshadowedThough the bombg of the Amsterdam registry buildg was wily regard after the Holot as a lifavg moment history, tn about the heroic moment omted Aron' learship due to the fact that he was a gay, while his fay did receive a medal of honor for his sacrific the years followg his ath, homophobia that persisted throughout the 1950s and 1960s prevented LGBTQ war hero like Aron om gettg the regnn they served.

The aim of this article is to scribe how this succs n be explaed both by some specific characteristics of Dutch society and iologi, strategi, and tactics as veloped by the gay movement. Although is always risky to make a parison wh other untri and the homosexual movements there, I try to pot out briefly some distct differenc and siari. Erasg Bisexual Inty: The Visibily and Invisibily of Bisexualy as a Sexual Inty the Dutch Homosexual Movement, 1946-1972.