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Contents:

• GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI
• 10 COUNTRI WH THE BIGGT GAY POPULATNS THE WORLD
• EXPLORG A DUTCH PARADOX: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC VTIGATN OF GAY MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH
• IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• GAY NETHERLANDS

GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY 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. 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. 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.

10 COUNTRI WH THE BIGGT GAY POPULATNS THE WORLD

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. 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.

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 .

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

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. 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. 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.

READ NEXTWhoopi Goldberg Slams Conservativ over “Barbie” MeltdownsPope Tells Transgenr Catholic: “God Lov Us As We Are”Japane Pop Star Com Out as GayLGBTQ+ Victory Fund Endors Joe Vogel for Congrs. Published on June 25, 2015 at 4:57 pm by Lists Our list of 10 untri wh the Biggt Gay Populatn the World is likely to tch you by surprise as you’re gog to fd some of the most nservative untri this list as well. Countri like England, Brazil, Wal and France have allowed same-sex marriag recently, which make a total of 17 untri where gay marriag are acceptable.

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

However, there are some untri where gay marriage is allowed certa areas for example, 18 stat the US allow their cizens to marry the partner of their choice. Today some of the most succsful TV shows are hosted by people, who are gay, for example, Ellen DeGener is pretty open about her marriage to Portia, her wife.

So, if you are wonrg about which untri are the most tolerant and nta the largt amount of gay populatn, then you have e to the right place.

India The largt mocratic untry the world is also at the seventh spot on our list of 10 Countri wh the Biggt Gay Populatns the World. For some this might e as a surprise as Cha is not known as a untry that supports or promot topics like gay, lbian or bisexual but sce is the biggt populatn on Earth also has the hight number of gay people. 10 Countri wh the Biggt Gay Populatns the WorldCanadaChaFranceIndiaItalyList XFanceNetherlandsPhilippSlishowTaiwanUned KgdomUned StatShow ls.

GAY NETHERLANDS

Together wh untri like Germany, Canada, and Swen, is currently ranked among the gay-iendlit natns the world, acrdg to the annual Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2018. The Netherlands, general, hosts six Gay Pri events begng wh the Gay Pri Alkmaar May and endg wh the popular Gay Pri Rotterdam September. Dpe the Netherlands' reputatn as a world lear wh rpect to gay rights, homosexual Dutch men have much higher rat of mood disorrs, anxiety disorrs and suici attempts than heterosexual Dutch men.

Drawg om fieldwork nducted the Netherlands om 2009 to 2010, we explore soccultural and ntextual factors that have received relatively ltle attentn wh rpect to gay mental health.

Notwhstandg their putative socenomic, legal and polil equaly, gay men stggled - at var stag of the life cycle - wh ternalised norms that they found difficult to fulfil.

And, y, acrdg to many sourc, The Netherlands is one of the most LGBT-iendly statns the world (rankg #14 on the Spartac Gay Inx 2021).

Beg gay has been legal sce 1811, and 2001 the Netherlands beme the first untry the world to legalize marriage for all upl, regardls of genr. It says marriage is for a man and a woman, that gay sex is immoral, that adoptg homosexual or transgenr inti is not “nsistent wh God’s holy purpos”, and that the are not matters on which Christians n disagree.

The ernment, which groups two liberal parti wh two Christian on, reaffirmed s gay-iendly bona fis: the mister of tn and culture, a member of the liberal D66 party, lled the Nashville Statement “a step backwards time”, and the jtice mistry said might nstute hate print of Amsterdam’s Vrije Universe (VU), a Prottant universy that unted a few faculty members among the signers, nounced the claratn; a gay-pri flag was hoisted on the ma buildg. One pastor at the VU blhely sisted that Dutch church mt nounce “genr iology” now bee they had failed to ll out Nazism (which was, cintally, murroly homophobic. )Although Mr Wilrs, the champn of Dutch nativism, has stayed almost silent, some nservative mentators acced leftists of hypocrisy, other words of nmng homophobia among Christians, but not among Mlims.