Research from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law found that the average levels of acceptance for LGBTI people and their rights have increased globally since 1980. The report names Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are the top five most accepting countries, and all have significantly increased their levels of acceptance since […]
Tags: Canada, ICeland, netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UCLA
3 Jan 2022 /
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Just Friends | The Backlot Perth | Sept 12 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ WA’s third Perth International Queer Film Festival opened with a bang last night, with a jam-packed screening of four short films and an excellent full-length feature from the Netherlands – Just Friends. Of the four shorts that prefaced the film, Australia’s own Papercut […]
Tags: cinema, Film, gay, Gewoon Vreinden, just friends, Mark Reid, Movie, netherlands, PIQFF, piqfilmfest
13 Sep 2018 |
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Authorities have heard that suspects in a recent attack on a gay couple in the Netherlands have claimed they were provoked by the pair. The lawyer of one of the five men accused of attacking Jasper Vernes-Sewratan and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes has said that it was the couple who threw the first punch, and denies reports […]
Tags: allemannenhandinhand, dutch, Homophobia, netherlands
10 Apr 2017 |
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Straight male members of parliament in the Netherlands are publicly holding hands in response to a homophobic attack. Last week, two gay teenagers were hospitalised after being abused and attacked in the city of Arnhem. Arrests have been made since the incident, including a 14-year-old boy. The hashtag #allemannenhandinhand (all men hand-in-hand) has taken off […]
Tags: allemannanhandinhand, dutch, Europe, gay, Homophobia, netherlands, World News
6 Apr 2017 |
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Advertisements for a gay hook-up app featured around The Netherlands will be allowed to remain after a ruling from the Advertising Standards Board. PinkNews have reported that the eye-catching posters around Amsterdam, The Hague and other major Dutch cities have garnered a number of complaints from the public. One such complaint lodged with the ASB […]
Tags: app, Canada, Cruising, dating, holland, hook up, netherlands, squirt, toronto
4 Jan 2016 |
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French authorities will end blanket bans on donating blood for gay and bisexual men. The bans, which are a relic of the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, prevented any male who has sex with other men from ever donating blood in the country. The Netherlands recently took similar action, ending their discriminatory policy just […]
Tags: ban, blood, France, Greens, holland, netherlands, robert, senator, simms
5 Nov 2015 |
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