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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 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.