It started with 5 Gay weddings on the boat of the City, performed by Mayor Job Cohen, the first couple see movie are friends of a friend. AT5 is a local broadcaster but this news item could be seen all over Europe. These ‘mixed’ marriages are made up of Dutch and American same-sex couples. I know that [...]
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This year Amsterdam will host a special pink Christmas event. From December 18th until December 28th 2008, Amsterdam’s city centre will be decorated in the token of Pink Christmas. Part of the program is a Christmas market on Sunday December 21st in the Reguliersdwarsstraat. Nothing is holy this Christmas, apart from the love between two [...]
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A Dutch gay group said Monday it has planned a “Pink Christmas” festival for the first time in Amsterdam, featuring a manger stall with two Josephs and two Marys.
Other attractions in the 10-day festival include parties, an open-air market, gay-themed films, an ice skating rink and religious services on Dec. 25.
ProGay group chairman Frank van [...]
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I Have a Dream”
delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
Last night that dream got a new impuls in Denver
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It was one big party yesterday when over 80 boats floated down Amsterdam’s canals in the Gay Pride Parade.
Over half a million visitors watched and joined in the party on the quays of Prinsengracht, Amstel and Zwanenburgwal.
The float started with ‘Pink in Blue’, the LGBT group of the Dutch Police Force, followed by a municipal boat [...]
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The canalpride will start on Saturday August 2nd. At 1.30 p.m. The boats will start from Westerdok and will sail via the Prinsengracht towards the Amstel. Around 5 p.m. the last boats will sail through the canal. It is expected to be very busy along the canal so you are strongly advised to be in [...]
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The Making of Me, John Barrowman
It’s a new science series in which famous people ask one big question: why are we the way we are?
In episode 1, actor/singer John Barrowman, challenges scientists to explain why he’s gay. With the help of friends, family, psychologists and geneticists, and conquering his claustrophobia to have a brain scan, he asks [...]
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Pride month has started in the USA, here in the Netherlands Pride starts on the last Saturday of June, aka Pink Saturday [Roze zaterdag]. Gay Pride here in Amsterdam is this year from July 29 till August 3, 2008. One of the main events, next to the parties, is of course The Canal Parade, our [...]
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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
– Former President Abraham Lincoln
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