Wed, 22 February 2012
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This does not surprise me in the least. The number of attacks on gay men minding their own business seems to have risen in the past years. Some reports state that it is just because more crimes are reported, but I believe the rise in actual crime is a certainty. Me and my partner don't bother with the gay scene much anyway - but this latest incident doesn't exactly make me want to go out and join scene again. Such a crying shame that in a city where quite some years ago men could walk around holding hands, that these days not even on the so called gay street can gay men be open about their sexuality. Until the government actually acknowledges the cause of the problem and takes serious action, nothing will change and Amsterdam will continue its sad decline.
This does not surprise me in the least. The number of attacks on gay men minding their own business seems to have risen in the past years. Some reports state that it is just because more crimes are reported, but I believe the rise in actual crime is a certainty. Me and my partner don't bother with the gay scene much anyway - but this latest incident doesn't exactly make me want to go out and join scene again. Such a crying shame that in a city where quite some years ago men could walk around holding hands, that these days not even on the so called gay street can gay men be open about their sexuality. Until the government actually acknowledges the cause of the problem and takes serious action, nothing will change and Amsterdam will continue its sad decline.
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