Although Amsterdam is still as safe as many other big cities in Europe, these incidents have proven that Amsterdam isn’t immune to gay bashers. Another negative development resulted when a few instances of violence towards gays occurred in 2010. Lenders also shut down many of the city’s old time favourites as a consequence of the financial crisis.

After the suicide of controversial gay entrepreneur, Sjoerd Kooistra, in June 2010 who owned half of Amsterdam’s gay venues, the local scene was plunged into a noticeable depression. Unfortunately, not everything is as bright as it seems at first glance. In addition to these two major events, the Amsterdam gay scene hosts all kinds of parties nearly every day of the week! Queen’s Day, the official birthday of Dutch Queen Beatrix has been adopted by local queens who have added Queens’ Night to the festivities the evening before the main event with street parties. Even gay politicians, policemen and other people with public professions sail along, although the cops were warned not to strip this year.Īnother major party for gays and straights alike is celebrated on April 30.

The cavalcade of colourful canal boats packed with hundreds of extravagantly costumed homosexuals is like nothing most people have ever seen. On the first Saturday in August, thousands of people line the Prinsengracht and Amstel River to watch the world’s only pride parade on water. The street parties, club events and exhibitions of Amsterdam Pride draw more than 350,000 participants and visitors each year. With four distinctive gay districts in the city centre, rainbow flags on nearly every other street and the annual Gay Pride celebration, Amsterdam is the place to be for gays worldwide. Amsterdam has a long and fierce reputation of tolerance and respect for the rights of minorities, including those of gays and lesbians and homosexual couples can openly show their feelings for one another in public without fear in the Dutch capital. Other countries like Belgium, South Africa, Argentina and most Scandinavian countries followed shortly after. In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to officially recognise same-sex marriages. It’s hard to imagine a more gay and lesbian friendly travel destination than Amsterdam.

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