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Netherlands set to get first-ever gay PM after far-right party suffers big losses (www.thepinknews.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Ghoelian@piefed.social 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We're not quite out of the woods yet. They did suffer big losses, but that just means they're tied now in number of seats. The left wing party is slightly ahead in votes though.

There's still the votes from emigrants to be counted, so that could still change.

[–] Ray3x10e8@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

And I don't see any easy viable coalition. Good old polderen.

[–] trinsec@piefed.social 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, he's gay? See, it's so much a non-issue here that I dunno why this is even a news headline.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's news because in American culture having a gay president would be incredibly progressive.

Edit: he's young and good looking too :)

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 8 points 3 weeks ago

To me, as an American, having a young president might even be more newsworthy.

We don't know what presidents do behind closed doors. What I do know is what some of that demographic that I know has done behind closed doors, and let's just say I'd be shocked if any future president was truly the first one to be gay (or at least not completely straight).

As far as NL goes, I love it there. Genuinely nobody I interacted with cared at all how you identify. They just want to get it right. I think the biggest issue I've seen there is regarding transgender people, but the scale isn't even on the same planet as it is in the US, and reaching that point would be a monumental milestone here worthy of a national holiday.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The fact that the far right candidate was standing up to LGBTQ+ rights speaks louder than anything to me. I already loved NL, and this just cements it.

Shame I'm an entire ocean away or I'd be there all the time.

[–] hyves@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're talking Wilders, he only cares about homophobia when it involves Muslims

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Still wildly different than here where people just campaign on hatred and get people to vote for them.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What do you mean standing up to LGBTQ+ rights?

[–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Standing up to, or standing up for?

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

What I'm trying to figure out because their other comment sounds like they are pro rights.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Defending. It says in the article what I'm referring to, since that's all the context I have on this.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 3 weeks ago

Love the Netherlands, spent quite some time working in Leeuwarden and I really enjoyed it.