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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 gay rights.
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Netherlands adopts landmark gender identity law, bans forced sterilization
THE HAUGE, Netherlands — The Netherlands has adopted landmark legislation banning forced sterilization and allowing transgender people to change their identity on official documents with the requirement of gender reassignment surgery.
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Dutch diplomat beaten in Moscow, attackers leave ‘LGBT’ scrawled on mirror
MOSCOW — A Dutch diplomat was beaten up by two unidentified men who barged into his apartment in central Moscow, leaving behind a heart and the acronym “LGBT” scrawled on a mirror in lipstick.
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Thousands of gay rights activists in Amsterdam protest Russian policy
AMSTERDAM — More than 2,000 gay rights supporters protested in Amsterdam’s largest square Sunday, carrying signs, singing songs and chanting slogans to condemn the Russian government’s homosexuality policies.
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Amsterdam floods pink for annual Gay Pride festival
AMSTERDAM — Rainbow flags are flying from scores of Amsterdam buildings as tens of thousands of festival-goers, many dressed in pink or wearing studded leather, party it up at one of the city’s biggest events: the annual Gay Pride celebration.