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Bet van Beeren, champion of lesbians and gays, has been honoured with a bridge name close to her cafe on Zeedijk.
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Zizo, LGBT magazine from Belgium
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Anti gay marriage poster in Rome
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Guess what this ‘pissoir’ was used for – outside of just peeing from the 1850s?
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The first gay monument in the world, off Westerkerk.
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Homomonument, flowers to pay respect.
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For Friendship such a Boundless Longing. Quotation from a poem, by Jacob Israel De Haan, engraved in the gay monument.
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Cafe ‘t Mandje = The Basket, a lesbian/gay chapter in Amsterdam life. Original in the Amsterdam Museum.
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Cafe “Het Mandje” = The Basket. Two locations in the city.
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Hearts Day, Hartjesdag painting in Amsterdam Museum, Queens birthday with a license to do odd things.
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Hartjesdag explained
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Atria knowledge centre, with an image of Aletta Jacobs, hero of Women’s Rights movement