The Internatnal Homomonument, a monument that honors people persecuted for their sexual orientatn, was vandalized wh anti-gay graffi.
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GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI
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A 2017 photo of the Internatnal Homomonument at The Hague.