The Netherlands

This teen disappeared after a Grindr hook-up. His body was found 9 days later.

His friends and family want to know, why did it take so long for police to put out a missing child report?

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Hundreds march in Amsterdam to support beaten gay couple

"I thought we were finished with it, that we had achieved it. But that is not the case, and that is very sad. So I'm going back onto the barricades."

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Netherlands voters reject anti-Islam populist who claimed to be pro-LGBTQ

Like Donald Trump, Geert Wilders had campaigned on an anti-Muslim platform promising to protect the Dutch LGBTQ community from Islamic terrorists.

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Dutch political party champions inclusion with diverse, transgender candidates

She wants Dutch citizens to feel "safe and protected by their government and has the space to be whoever he or she — and everything and everyone in-between — wants to be."

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Dutch authorities will prosecute men for distributing religious cult pamphlet

The men who distributed pamphlets with false and offensive claims about gay people are being prosecuted for inciting discrimination.

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Belgium and the Netherlands join forces to fight Trump’s anti-woman agenda

The two countries are backing the creation of an international fund to finance access to birth control, abortion and sex education for women.

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Trial starts for Dutchman accused of cyberbullying girls & gay men

The man would pretend to be an 18-year-old boy, persuade victims to strip in front of their webcams, and then use the images to blackmail them.

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Aruba Parliament approves civil unions for same-sex couples

Same-sex couples now have the right to register their unions and receive benefits granted to married people on the Dutch Caribbean island.

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Across Europe, gay migrants face abuse in asylum shelters

Many migrants are coming from conservative Muslim countries where homosexuality is taboo into European societies that are more open to it.

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Dutch brass band may play ‘YMCA’ at Sochi to show its support for gay rights

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch brass band that always performs at Olympic speed skating ovals is considering playing a popular gay song — "Y.M.C.A." — at the Sochi Winter Olympics to show its support for…

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