{"id":308345,"date":"2017-04-06T05:52:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T05:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=308345"},"modified":"2017-04-06T05:52:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T05:52:58","slug":"dutch-men-hold-hands-to-protest-against-homophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=308345","title":{"rendered":"Dutch men hold hands to protest against homophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dutch men are uploading pictures of themselves holding hands on to social media to stand against homophobia.<\/p>\n

The trend was sparked by an alleged attack on two gay men on a street in the Netherlands on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The images are being shared via the hashtags #handinhand and #allemannenhandinhand (all men hand in hand).<\/p>\n

Politicians, celebrities, football pundits and workers have joined in, throughout the Netherlands and beyond.<\/p>\n

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\"Danish
Danish radio and television host Mikael Bertelsen is one of the latest to take part on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

Jasper Vernes-Sewratan, 35, and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes, 31, say they were attacked by a group of men in the early hours of Sunday morning in Arnhem, in the country’s east.<\/p>\n

Their story was widely publicised and they appeared on Dutch talk show Pauw earlier this week, where they described being set upon after holding hands.<\/p>\n

The lawyer of one of the alleged attackers also appeared on the show, later in the week, claiming the pair threw the first punch.<\/p>\n

The couple have emphatically denied this.<\/p>\n

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\"Austrian
Austrian politician Andreas Schieder also published a picture on Wednesday, saying homophobia has no place in Austria or the Netherlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

Gay couples in Amsterdam and Eindhoven also reported being assaulted because of their sexuality over the weekend, according to Dutch media.<\/p>\n

In some parts of the world, including India and some African countries, men commonly hold hands, taking it as a sign of friendship and respect.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage in 2001.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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