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Gay Iranians Granted Asylum By Dutch Government
By Troy Espera
The Dutch government has granted special asylum rights to Iranian homosexuals, despite earlier comments by Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk who said they were safe so long as they were discrete. Verdonk based her decision on a report by Human Rights Watch, which refers to systematic abuse of homosexuals in Iran.
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Amsterdam Mayor Demands EU Countries Protect Gay Citizens
By Angela D’Amboise
Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen has written a letter to the mayors of a dozen large cities in the EU demanding that European countries begin protecting the rights of their gay citizens. Cohen said he decided to write the letter after several cities in the EU showed discriminatory treatment of gays and lesbians in the past year.
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Dutch Laws to Make Gay Adoption Easier
By Ross von Metzke
According to the justice minister of The Netherlands, the Dutch government will push forward with efforts to make adoption easier for same-sex couples. The Dutch government passed laws in 2000 that allow gay couples to marry and adopt children in The Netherlands, but laws still ban foreign adoption and gay couples must live together a minimum of three years before adoption rights of a partner’s child will be granted.
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Gay News Chain Director Beaten in Hate Crime
By Ross von Metzke
The editorial director of the gay newspaper chain Windows Media, which owns several titles including the Washington Blade and Genre, was beaten by seven men in Amsterdam, Holland, as he was walking hand-in-hand with his boyfriend early last Saturday.
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Gay Divorce Rate in Netherlands Equal to Heterosexuals
By Ross von Metzke
According to statistics released by the Dutch government on Monday, the divorce rate of gay and lesbian couples in the Netherlands, where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2001, is nearly identical to that of heterosexual couples. The data, collected from city registers, showed that lesbians were slightly more likely to divorce than gay men, though government officials offered no explanation for that trend.
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Murdered Gay Politician Voted Holland's Greatest
By Malcolm Thornberry
Pim Fortuyn, the gay populist politician who was assassinated in 2002, has been voted the greatest Dutch person of all time. Fortuyn beat out such other notables as Anne Frank, Rembrandt, and van Gogh. The poll was taken by Dutch television.
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Amsterdam Sails Into Pride, Singapore Draws Record Gay Crowds
Pride erupted into raucous celebrations this weekend on opposite sides of the world. In Amsterdam, the annual Pride parade took the form of a flotilla of boats and barges down the city's canals. More than 350,000 people lined the canals and crowded onto bridges to watch the themed boats go by.
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Rise In Gay Hate On Eve Of Amsterdam Pride
A report on hate crimes against gays and lesbians, released on the eve of Pride celebrations in Amsterdam, shows a marked increase in homophobic crime. Despite cultivating an image as a gay friendly country, nearly 20 percent of gays in the Netherlands experienced some form of harassment in the last two years.
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European Court Victory For Gay Partners
By Jon Ben Asher
The European court has ruled that a gay man who was thrown out of his home after his partner died was the victim of unlawful discrimination. The ruling will have significant consequences for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals in the 45 countries under the court's juristiction.
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