1st Edition

Acceptance of Homosexuality in the Netherlands, 2011 International Comparison, Trends, and Current Situation SCP-Publication 2011-29

By Saskia Keuzenkamp Copyright 2011
    36 Pages
    by Netherlands Institute for Social Research

    The Dutch government wishes to promote the social acceptance of homosexuality. To gain an impression of the current status and the progress in achieving this objective, the government asked the Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP to carry out a study of the current statistics and trends in this regard. This report shows that the Netherlands is still the most gay-tolerant country in Europe. Nonetheless, there are limits to that tolerance and there are some groups in Dutch society that clearly have more difficulty with homosexuality than others (e.g., young people, members of orthodox religions, and non-Western migrants).

    Biography

    Saskia Keuzenkamp is a manager at MOVISIE, the Netherlands Centre for Social Development.