This commentary by the chairperson of the leading holebi organisation in the Netherlands (COC) believes there is reason to suspect a rising homphobia in the Netherlands.
The reasons? Like I mentioned before, the fiasco about the name of the 'peacekeeping force' in Afghanistan... And then there's also the refusal by civil servants in some municipalities to register same-sex marriages/partnerships. The Prime Minister apparently publicly declared on a state visit to Indonesia that he had voted against the same-sex marriage legislation. Then there's the affair about the possible deportation of two homosexual Iranian asylum seekers, because the minister for Immigration didn't think that they would be in any danger when they return to Iran.
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