Follow the route of Henk Vri om Special Amsterdam Tours as he lv to the cy’s gay and LGBTQ history.
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THE 'STRAIGHTIFITN' OF AMSTERDAM'S GAY STREET
Follow the route of Henk Vri om Special Amsterdam Tours as he lv to the cy’s gay and LGBTQ history. * gay history amsterdam *
Homosexualy was crimalised here 1811, and the first gay bar followed 1927.
One of the world's first gay rights anisatns, the COC, was found Amsterdam a tribute to the many gays and lbians who lost their liv World War II, the cy unveiled the first-ever Homomonument 1987.
Amsterdam then beme the first cy outsi North Ameri to host the Gay Gam 1998. And as the Netherlands was the first untry the world to legalise same-sex marriage 2001, the Mayor of Amsterdam officiated the first legal gay and lbian nuptials here the pal cy.
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Learn more about the historic ton of gay rights tradn of Pri ntuToday, Amsterdam ntu to reign as one of the world's top statns for gay and lbian travel. Held annually late July / early Augt, Amsterdam Gay Pri is one of the most renowned Pri celebratns around the world. Still growg, enpassg the entire ftivi and s famo nal para, attracts almost 500, 000 visors each year, makg one of the biggt annual events to be hosted the recent ternatnal regnn clus:In 2008, Amsterdam Gay Pri was proclaimed bt Gay Pri of the same year won the Wele Award as the most hospable event 2009, was one of the five events nomated for bt gay event the 2010, won an award the tegory of ‘Bt Cy Promotn Event’ of the Netherlands.
Where to stay, shop, eat, drk and partyLbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBTQI+) visors needn't search for rabow flags to fd a hotel, rtrant or bar wh an open-md wele. Gay-iendls permeat almost every rner of the cy, wh a wi range of bs terg to every life AmsterdamNaturally, the thrivg LGBTQI+scene Amsterdam don't ter solely to visors.
There is a broad lbian and gay muny the cy and they are served by a host of specific rourc and anisatns. Amsterdam advicePk Pot is Amsterdam's official gay and lbian rmatn ksk, suated next to the Homomonument on the Wtermarkt.
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For LGBTQI+ visors and rints of Amsterdam, there are distct neighbourhoods where they n fd many iendly gay bars and diverse bs. * gay history amsterdam *
Pk Pot provis rmatn on the Homomonument, as well as general rmatn on gay and lbian Amsterdam. Bet you didn't know half of the centuri, Amsterdam has provid a safe home for numero mori, one such beg the gay muny.
Disver more about the history of all LGBTQI+ people: whether 's your brother, your nt, a lleague or anyone else who lls this cy your walk at the Homomonument on the Keizersgracht. The HomomonumentImage om Henri BlommersThe Homomonument was built 1987 and was the very first gay monument to be built the world. One rner refers to World War II when imprisoned gay men ncentratn mps were forced to wear a pk triangle intifitn patch.