If today's youth is the hope for tomorrow, then
the Netherlands may be screwed.  According to a
new study by the COC, a gay rights lobby in Amsterdam,
gay bashing and homophobia are on the rise.

The Dutch government feels that a growing population
of Muslims is a fault, although the COC thinks the
problem is more widespread.  The government and
the COC are putting out a brochure on how to deal
with the discrimination as well as starting a program
to bring the issue out of the closet.

Of late, incidents of homophobic slurs and violence
toward gay students and teachers has increased.
"Many schools leave homosexual, bisexual, and lesbian
students and staff to fend for themselves," the
report stated.  "Bullying, name-calling,
discrimination
and even physical violence occur regularly in
schools."  The COC spoke to some 500 teachers and
students, many of whom complained about the mental
and physical abuse they've endured.

(Si le juventute contemporanee es le sperantia pro
deman, alora il es possibile que Hollanda essera
futuite.  Secundo un studio nove per COC, un
organisation advocante derectos gay in Amsterdam,
attaccos contra gays e homophobia nunc se augmenta.

(Le governamente nederlandese crede que le causa
es un crescente population de musulmanes, ben que
le COC crede que le problema es plus generalisate.
Le governamento e le COC ha publicate un brochure
sur como responder al discrimination.  Illos anque
comencia un programma pro exponer le problema al
publico in general.

(Recentemente, ha apparite crescente incidentes
de insultos homophobic e violentia contra students
e professores gay.  "Multe scholas ha abandonate
lor protection de lor studentes e professores
homosexual, bisexual, e lesbic", dice le reporto.
Insultos, discrimination, e mesmo violentia physic
occurre regularmente in le scholas de Hollanda."
Le COC parlava a unes 500 professores e studentes,
e multes ex illes se plangeva a causa del abuso
contra illes.)

(Los Angeles, California, "In", Vol. 6, Numero 15,
9-22 septembre, 2003)

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