• Phenyq@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    More like “Map of gay travel according to baseless stereotipes or feelings”

    Like, seriously, Russia is “Deadly dangerous”? So, why Belarus is just “Dangerous”? :D And of course, Ukraine is “a little dangerous”. Just a little, you know.

    Maybe it’s map “Who are friends with the West”? Or “Who waves the rainbow flag the most?”

  • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    Amsterdam had to ban the use of rainbow flags in student homes because they became a target of arsonists. The same Amsterdam has incidents of violence against gay people just walking the street.

    There’s a lot of towns in The Netherlands that are dealing with reactionary violence against gay people and symbols.

    And then I haven’t even talked about the increase of fascist popularity.

    Just because we have a few gay bars and a pride doesn’t mean we are a gay heaven or something. Homophobia is very much still a problem in The Netherlands. So much that I didn’t see gay people openly walking hand in hand an kissing in public until I moved to Belgium. So much that I, wearing a bit more flamboyant clothing, get harassed and intimidated in my Dutch hometown. And I’m not even gay.