Full article: Organiser of Amsterdam’s Gay Pride boat parade victim of gay bashing

The organiser of Amsterdam's Gay Pride boat parade, which will take place next week, has become a victim of gay bashing -- along with his friend, who was bruised and wounded in the attack

Police have arrested four boys, and are still searching for a fifth criminal.

The attack occured just days before the weeklong Amsterdam Gay Pride celebration.

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Full article: Soldiers allowed to wear militairy uniforms at Amsterdam Gay Pride canal parade

Dutch soldiers are once again allowed to wear their military uniforms while participating in Amsterdam's Gay Pride canal parade, Deputy Defense Minister Jack de Vries has announced.

The deparment emphasizes that it will not officially take part in the parade by sponsoring a boat, as it does not believe the parade contributes to a more positive image of homosexuals.

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Full article: University of Amsterdam will not sponsor boat at Gay Pride canal parade

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) will not sponsor a boat during Amsterdam's Gay Pride canal parade.

Last January Laurens Buijs, a researcher and teacher at the university's College and Graduate School for Social Sciences, started a campaign encouraging the UvA to participate in the parade by sponsoring its own boat. Doing so is necessary, Buijs says, because according to him "homosexuality is still taboo among students."

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Full article: Amsterdam Gay Pride 2008: half a million visitors watch canal parade

In Amsterdam, 500,000 people turned out for the city's 13th annual Gay Pride canal parade.

A record eighty boats carried thousands of gays and lesbians clad in scanty or extravagant clothing through the city's historic centre.

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Full article: Amsterdam Gay Pride 2008

Amsterdam Gay Pride 2008 will take place from 31 July to 3 August 2008 under the slogan, ‘We are Amsterdam Pride’. The highlight of Amsterdam Pride will continue to be the illustrious Canal Parade.

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Full article: Amsterdam explodes with color as city celebrates Gay Pride festival

Gays, lesbians, bisexuals and a large contingent of heterosexuals put on their brightest plumage Saturday, and a rainbow fleet sailed through Amsterdam's historic canals, as the city celebrated its annual Gay Pride festival.

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Full article: Dutch teenagers join gay pride parade for first time

Dutch teenagers will be joining Amsterdam's Gay Pride parade for the first time on Saturday. The Netherlands is the first country to include homosexual minors - some as young as 11 - in the three-day gay festival taking place in Amsterdam this weekend.

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