People around the world have challenged homophobia
Holding hands, people around the world oppose homophobia. This trend was prompted by reports of group attack on a gay couple, 35-year-old Jasper is Correct-Suratan and 31-year-old Ronnie Suratan Verna in Arnhem, a city in the Eastern Netherlands early on Sunday morning.
According to the police statement, the men were attacked by a group of young people armed with wire cutters. Two suspects were taken into custody, and four others later reported to the police station in connection with the attack.
Message Facebook-Vernes-Sewratan about this incident, which he describes as a crime of hate, was delivered to more than 7,500 times and received thousands of comments. Hashtag in support of this pair was inspired by Barbara Barend, founder of the Dutch magazine, who wrote Sunday: "Let this week all men (heterosexuals and homosexuals) just go hand in hand ..." Politicians, athletes, actors, police officers and businessmen have responded to the call.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Lodewijk Ascher posted a photo in which he held hands with another politician of the labour party Dzheroen Dijsselbloem. Since this campaign joined the staff of the Dutch embassies in London and Canberra and the United Nations in new York. The hashtag is still gaining momentum, and people of all nationalities to publish, share and placed pictures of people holding hands.
Although the Netherlands was the first country in the world that legalized same-sex marriage, in 2001, the activists said that is not free from homophobia.
|
