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Vraag om veiligheid voor de regenbooggemeenschap
Lijsttrekkers tekenen Europees stembusakkoord met COC
Kamer wil mensenrechten van intersekse kinderen beter beschermen
COC lanceert kieswijzer voor Europese verkiezingen
17 Mei Internationale dag tegen homofobie, bi+ fobie, intersekse en transfobie
COC bezorgd over coalitieakkoord
Call to forming parties: everyone should be able to be themselves safely
Startling increase in lhbti+ discrimination
Emancipation debate in the sign of security
Petition: Offer trans people legal protection from hate
Minister Yeşilgöz holds moving talks with victims of violence
Advocacy groups ask Yeşilgöz to take measures against violence
Better legal protections bi+, trans and intersex people in the works
Treatment ban 'lhbti+ conversion' begins
Henceforth, equal treatment of gay and bi+ men in blood donation
Extremely worrisome election results for rainbow community and other minority groups
List leaders sign ballot agreement with COC
Lhbti+choice guide Rainbowvote.NU launched
COC's Election Debate on Friday night, Oct. 27
Petition against discriminatory speeches started by COC and supporters' clubs
Disgusting Ugandan anti-LHBTI+ law signed into law
Minister Bruins Slot visits COC for IDAHOBIT
Netherlands drops further on LGBT+ human rights index
Psychiatrists express regret for past harm to LGBTQ+ persons
Regional COCs sign ballot agreements in nine provinces
Trans father can now be registered gender-inclusive
ILGA-Europe: unprecedented level of violence against LGBT+ persons in 2022
Minister Hoekstra expresses concern over fate of gay Chechen refugee
Constitution amendment festively signed
COC Netherlands signs Diversity Charter
COC launches voter guide for Provincial States
'Improve access to HIV prevention pill PrEP'
Renewed plea: offer American children a chance to adopt in the Netherlands
Chamber wants action on intersectional discrimination
Historic victory: Senate finally enshrines LGBT+ rights in the Constitution!
Embedding LGBT+ rights in Constitution within reach
Keep promises on addressing violence
Raise LGBT human rights issue in Qatar
'Offer adopted children from U.S. a chance at a family in the Netherlands'Â
Collector's coin honoring 50-year recognition of COC
Schoolchildren in action for safe schools on Coming Out Day
Support the new transgender law!
Plea for reimbursement of ivf surrogacy for all family forms
Advocacy organizations take action at Pride against expert testimony for transgender and intersex people
COC pleased with proposal for higher penalties on discriminatory violence
Together Less Suicide: new website live
Retain UN expert on LGBT human rights, 1117 organizations advocate
Regional COCs sign 90 local ballot agreements
Support ban on 'LGBT healing'
COC launches LGBT voting guide for municipal elections
'Everyone should be able to get an X in their passport'
75 Years of COC at NOS Journaal
Half a million schoolchildren participate in numerous Purple Friday activities
COC crowns new generation of activists and role models on 75th anniversary
Apologies for nearly 30 years of mandatory surgeries and sterilizations.
Action Green Light for people fleeing at EU border
Asylum requests from trans people handled negligently
COC places 5 more memorial stones for lesbian and gay war victims
Bankruptcy of Stepwork Transgender Care
COC Rotterdam building defaced
Amsterdam government also discriminated in last century for sexual orientation
'Maintain adoption opportunities from certain countries'
ANP moves to use gender-neutral pronouns
COC wants government to acknowledge decades of gay discrimination by government
COC calls for action against violence on day against LGBT phobia
Impressive death anniversary 2021
COC demonstrates on Saturday, March 6, in Krimpen aan den IJssel
SGP: open marriage should be abolished
Senate debates enshrining LGBT rights in Constitution
Presentation labor conditions rainbow families
House of Representatives invests in vulnerable LGBT people and safety
Launch #TotHere campaign against sexual violence
Change in plasma donation policy is disappointing
Vote for LGBT rights in the Constitution!
Homeless LGBT youth are triple vulnerable
Ask Minister Dekker for a multi-parent law today!
LGBT+ Support battles loneliness in corona era
Glimmer of hope for multi-parent families
It is certain: KID will also be reimbursed in the coming years!
Investigation into involuntary treatment of intersex children
'Do more for LGBT safety'
Netherlands back in top 10 LGBT rights
Transgender and intersex persons now legally protected from discrimination
Accessible guide for transgender persons with disabilities
Letter campaign for multi-parenthood launched - get involved!
Already more than 97,000 signatures for maintaining reimbursement for Artificial Insemination
Road is clear for multi-parenthood and surrogacy
Preliminary reimbursement KID is positive
Demonstrate for reimbursement KID!
COC and More Than Wanted want to retain reimbursement for artificial insemination for women
'Dekker, come up with multi-parent rule soon!'
Minister Van Engelshoven visits COC
Limburg now also Rainbow Province
Coming In: coming out of the closet is not always an option
'Gender registration no longer mandatory'
Dozens of municipalities consider 'gender neutral policy'
Pink Gesture celebrates 35th anniversary!
Amsterdam investigates homeless LGBT youths
CDA in favor of constitutional ban on LGBT discrimination
Desire parent meeting with state commission member
Rainbow professionals unite in DuRF
RTL News on Plural Parenthood and State Commission
State commission opinion is historic victory for multi-parent families
News Hour on multi-parenting
Wednesday clarity on multi-parenting
EenVandaag - 'Plural parenting should be regulated by law'
Nothing more stands in the way of reimbursement for HIV prevention pill PrEP
Come September 30 to the great PrEP debate!
Get your signature for multi-parenting today!
Edition.NL - Three parents is too many
Launch campaign for multi-parent families
Approval of HIV prevention pill should lead to immediate introduction in the Netherlands
Arnhem council votes for gender-neutral toilets
Sex-segregated toilets in Utrecht a thing of the past
European survey of PrEP needs
COC expresses sympathy after horrific Orlando attack
Call for participation in Workplace Pride Global Benchmark 2016
Compensation for rejected intern - fine for discriminatory company
Fifteen years of marriage is celebration of equality
Utrecht University examines impact of sex registration on human rights
Hague municipality allowed to fire refusal officer
No more required m/f on online forms municipality of Amsterdam
Report inconvenient gender registration!
HIV out of the closet: campaign to fight stigma around HIV
Hotline for sex registration problems
COC: Adjustment to blood donation policy hardly of practical importance to gay man
Pink Agenda for Groningen mayor
Good start limiting gender registration
Not Just Different Day for LGBT young people
Sexual and gender diversity toolbox for LGBT people with intellectual disabilities
Amsterdam abolition of municipal sex registration 'example to emulate'
'STD test mostly unreliable'
Children are more likely to have more parents - arrange that!
Today end of dismissal option for LHB teacher
GGD Amsterdam starts trial of PrEP in fight against HIV
Legal consultations on family and inheritance law in COCs Haaglanden and Leiden
Lashing out at lesbian parenthood incomprehensible
Message against Gay/Bi/Transphobia
Network Pink FNV presents CLA Rainbow Checklist
COC wants quick end to blood donation ban
Bicultural LGBT people: an invisible group
Thalys employee suspended for homophobia
COC welcomes possible end to blood donation ban
COC calls for changes to regulations on surrogacy
Refo handout room rental due to gay discrimination ruling
Youth sector does not help LGBT youth adequately
COC launches website for LGBT people with intellectual disabilities
Children's rights summit also about and with LGBT young people
IBM most LGBT-friendly company in the world
COC supports call for introduction of PrEP
Long-term care potentially more LGBT-friendly
CALL for LGBT youth: participation focus group on European rights
Coming Out Day 2014 marked by bisexuality
Inspirational evening for LBT women on Sept. 25
What do you think of the ban on blood donation?
Much ignorance and sensitivities surrounding intersex/DSD
Sexual and gender diversity in local health promotion
Book presentation on LGBT rights within the union
COC celebrates lesbian parenthood nationwide
Cabinet establishes state commission on reassessing parenthood
Pink Parenthood in Utrecht
'No discriminatory conditions for sperm donors'
UvA & COC Amsterdam launch AmsterdamPinkPanel
Poz&Proud on Tour - Kick Off 28 November Rotterdam
Senate Votes for Lesbian Parenthood Bill
Victory in Senate for lesbian families
Petition lesbian parenthood before Senate
Launching Network Pink FNV
COC wants more diversity policies at work
COMING OUT DAY 2013 - activities across the country
Increasing number of gay men with desire to have children
International marriage certificates for same-sex couples settled
COC: 'Law still discriminates against lesbians'
Call to lesbian families: ask the Senate for quick decision!
COC: big problems lie behind gay tolerance figure
COC: make tackling discrimination priority police
European Court ruling paves way for end to conscientious objector
First 'gay marriage' in Antilles
Schippers still does not want blood donation of gay men
Number of new HIV diagnoses remains high but not increasing
25 years of gay emancipation in the Dutch Armed Forces
Lower House approves lesbian parenthood bill
Large House majority in favor of lesbian parenthood
House debates lesbian parenthood
COMING OUT DAY 2012: overview of activities
"No gay discrimination in personnel policies Christian schools"
COMING OUT DAY 2012 all about sports
Give advice to LGBT youth!
A pink cloud - themed afternoon on LGBT parenthood in Nijmegen.
FNV and COC team up to work on LGBT acceptance in the workplace
COC welcomes proposed constitutional amendment
Election results offer pink opportunities
Historic Moment: List Leaders Sign Pink Ballot Agreement
Recognizing self-determination rights of transgender people big step closer
Lesbian parenthood law step closer
Deferring homosexuality education to minimum
'Delaying homosexuality education unacceptable'
PvdA and VVD want legal curtailment of refusal officials
COC calls on Schippers not to go to EC in Ukraine
COC: Council of State condones discrimination
COC: 'Minister delays advice on refusal officials'
COC concerned about additional space refusal officer
COC welcomes end to gay therapy reimbursement
Henk Krol list leader 50Plus
COC temporarily less accessible by phone
D66 and VVD neck-and-neck among gay voters
41 municipalities pick up local LGBT policy
PVV out of favor with pink voters
Van Bijsterveldt speaker at Commemoration of Gay Monument
Rejection of homosexuals in CU has 'something pagan'
Leiden municipality launches 'Being yourself at school' project
Council of State to Court of Justice over gay asylum seekers
Parliamentary questions on gay acceptance in soccer
Recognition for LGBT problems in asylum seekers' centers
Still no deportation halt LGBT asylum seekers to Iraq
Breakthrough in blood donation by gays
'Homophobic statements by deputy minister Albania unacceptable'
Lesbian parenting improved by 2013 at the latest
SGP's political wish list for delegate support
Liveable Rotterdam presents LGBT vision to COC
Protection for LGBT asylum seekers from Iraq remains inadequate
Parliament debate Iraqi LGBT asylum seekers gets follow-up
'Clarity on blood donation before summer'
COC wants immediate end to compensation for Different
Minister: 'Clarity on blood donation before summer'
Prime minister mistaken about blood donation
Opposition: Don't deport gay asylum seeker from Iraq
COC: No sending gay asylum seekers back to Iraq
Cabinet and municipalities discuss safety of LGBT people
Surrender your Gender - sense and nonsense of gender as a disorder
More recognition for transgender people
Boards council appeals to State Council
New law is milestone for transgender people
Member day of PvdA Gay Emancipation Network
Valentine's Day: Jolande Sap presents Pink Sweetheart award
Dolly Bellefleur wins Roze Lieverdje 2012
Regulation mandatory education victory youth
Cabinet moves to crack down on gay protests
House debate on bullying away gay couples
VOTE for your pink lover 2012
Schippers denies suppressing homosexuality Different
'Imams disapprove of anti-gay violence'
COC award for Boris Dittrich and Maria van Oosten
Address transgender equal treatment by law
Minister moves to address reimbursement of Different therapy
Nomination Pink Lieverdje 2012 is open
Amsterdam - Care for the health of LGBT people.
Labour Party Political Café on violence against LGBT people
Target grant for strengthening local LGBT policy COC Limburg
Hague refusal officer moves to challenge dismissal
Transgender discrimination ban possible in criminal law
Prosecution, police and COC join hands
Advice refusal officials under Donner a farce
COC president VERA BERGKAMP is GAY ICON 2011
Mandatory education voted gay event of 2011
Budget LGBT empowerment multicultural circle in jeopardy
Van Bijsterveldt supports European approach to LGBT hate violence
Sharia4Belgium disrupts debate with lesbian Muslim woman
Historic speech LGBT rights Hillary Clinton at UN
EO survey of refusal officers
'Gay movement not yet retired,' says COC president
Urk seeks support for vision of refusing officials
Mandatory education victory for LGBT youths
COC positive about marriage license for gay/lesbian couples
COC wants quick end to refusal officer now
Temporary marriage license for same-sex couples
VVD: stop subsidies that inhibit integration
COC presents 100 gay-friendly organizations
COC wants mandatory LGBT education soon
Cabinet chooses bizarre delaying tactic on refusal to appoint official
Former CU senator: 'Fighting gay marriage was intolerant'
COC: 'VVD and PVV break SGP hostage to refuse official'
Gay teacher wins first lawsuit
COC makes Leers suggestions for better asylum policy
Gay movement exhorts cabinet to refuse officer
LGBT movement exhorts cabinet to reject civil servant
Coalition talks with PVV and SGP about refusal of civil servants
Way clear for end of phenomenon of refusal to be a civil servant
VVD Senate president against conscientious objectors
Refusal officials 'recognizable point' SGP backing
MOVISIE handout for free municipal LGBT policy
Plea for inclusion of sexual diversity in core objectives for education
Cabinet: Refusal officer not fired
COC: Cabinet stance on refusal to employ officials incomprehensible
COC shocked over remarks by minister Van Bijsterveldt
Croatia and Serbia still have work to do before EU membership
Minister meets prominent Polish gay rights activist
DOORBREAKING for LESBISH DUOMOEDER
More municipalities leading the way for LGBT empowerment
Coming Out Day 2011 - Hang the poster in your workplace!
Minister Van Bijsterveldt unveils Coming Out Day poster
Arie Slob: 'Fierce gay debate only knows losers'
PvdA asks parliamentary questions about impending dismissal of gay teacher
Dismissal threatened for gay teacher at reformed school
PVV wants House debate on bullying of gay couples
Hague college answers to PVV questions Laakkwartier
Hague gay couple bullied out of Laakkwartier
'Unclear CU gay stance does damage'
D66 calls on cabinet: distance yourself from defense officers!
Donner refuses conversation on refusal to be a civil servant
State Secretary Teeven receives Transgender report
Caribbean first: minister visits Pink House
Asylum requests rejected on grounds of prejudice for gays
'Amsterdam's problem of refusal officials solved'
Wolfsen admits responsibility for gay couple lay with city
VWS extends funding for men's shelter pilot project
LOYALTY - COC ACTION IS RESPECTFUL AND SUBSTANTIVE
International Humanist Award for Sophie in 't Veld
COC satisfied with conversation with minister during Canal Parade
Air fleet completes COC action against government policies
Dutch government gets umbrella pink platform
Groningen refuses to refuse officials
COC starts protest action Amsterdam Gay Pride
AVRO and COC launch How did you learn? test
Help Dolly catch up with minister
Increase in anti-gay violence extremely disturbing
D66-Arnhem: 'Educate homosexuality in all schools'
COC wants no refusal officers in pink city of Groningen
House of Representatives members support LGBT education
Chamber brings mandatory LGBT education close
Westland gets LGBT empowerment policy
Heerenveen: refusal officials lose job
Green Left stands up for gay asylum seekers
Tuesday Action for Education and Against Refusal Officer
Virtually no room for refusal officials in Haaglanden region
Van Bijsterveldt welcomed at Amsterdam Gay Pride
Extra support for tackling discrimination European LGBT people
Motions LGBT empowerment - Tuesday, June 28 votes
D-Day for information and refusal officer
Debate: Rotterdam, the pink heart of the Randstad?
CDA alderman disagrees with minister over refusal of civil servants
Historic step for gay rights at UN
COC Nijmegen disapproves of conscientious objectors in region
Bergkamp chooses confrontation with Van Bijsterveldt
Croatia - Split Pride ends in chaos and violence
Governing Council conducts member poll on homosexuality
Minister persists in refusal to implement LGBT motion
House debate on LGBT empowerment
COC baffled by refusal to implement LGBT motion
Johannes Vermeer Prize 2011 to Erwin Olaf
Minister wants more 'pink' municipalities
Amsterdam wins 2011 Lantern Prize for best LGBT policy
Teeven replies to TNN on sterilization requirement
Amsterdam moves to resolve issue of refusal officials
Annual screening of refusal officials in Amsterdam
VVD no longer accepts refusal officer
D66 congress: not excluding gays as blood donors
'Minister leaves gay students out in the cold'
Two refusal officials in Amsterdam
COC: no haggling with SGP over gay rights
Violence suspect already in custody before trial
House of Representatives debates mandatory education
Churches present statement against anti-gay violence
Summer action against homophobia on vacation
COC honored with Jos Brink State Prize for Gay Emancipation
D66: 'Block death penalty for homosexuals Uganda'
Minister De Jager out of the closet
Complaints about transgender care waiting lists to Inspectorate
Letter to Rosenthal on worrisome developments Cameroon
'Westernization' not an asylum criterion for LGBT youths
Alternative Willem Arondéus Lecture
Willem Arondéus lecture Thomas von der Dunk denied
Minister Van Bijsterveldt in favor of refusal officer
AVRO and COC Netherlands join hands for Gay Pride
SGP regrets cabinet policy on gay empowerment
COC positive about intensifying gay policy
COC STARTS PETITION FOR EDUCATION IN EVERY SCHOOL
AIDS fight remains an international priority
Green Left demands action on LGBT empowerment
D66: 'Dutch leading role LGBT rights to hold'
'Milestone we in the Netherlands can be proud of'
COC: Equal rights for anniversary of marriage
European film premiere Teslimiyet (Other Angels)
The Movies that Matter Festival 2011
Dialogue Day Church and Sexual Diversity
Leers rejects COC criticism of his asylum policy
Leers: no better asylum policy for gays
Movement makes proposals for new LGBT policy
Gay couple flees North Holland village of De Rijp
Mayor marries same-sex couples on April 1
Political Cafe Leiden: Hennis-Plasschaert on LGBT policy
Male/Female: mandatory field?
'New wedding officiant must simply comply with law'
Refusal official continues to divide Rhenen
PvdA Gay Network hosts networking afternoon
