{"id":4434,"date":"2026-02-08T06:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/4434\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:06:07","slug":"amsterdam-to-create-walking-route-celebrating-lgbtq-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/4434\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam to create walking route celebrating LGBTQ+ heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/dutch-cities\/amsterdam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">city of Amsterdam<\/a> has announced plans to create a walking route through the Dutch capital to honour international LGBTQ+ heroes. The first name tiles of the Walk of Pride will be unveiled in the summer during WorldPride, which will be held in Amsterdam this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amsterdam honours 52 LGBTQ+ heroes in Walk of Pride<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">Starting in Dam Square, the Walk of Pride will lead visitors through the Dutch capital to the Homomonument, which is the first memorial in the world for people persecuted because of their sexual orientation, opened in 1987. On the way, people on the route will see more than 50 name tiles, each honouring a different hero from the international LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">The names were carefully chosen by a committee of 17 Dutch LGBTQ+ organisations, from Brazilian Xica Manicongo in the 16th century, who is the earliest known transgender person, to Dutch Mikel Haman, who was one of the initiators of Pink Sunday (Roze Zondag) in the Netherlands. Another notable name is Jillis Bruggeman, the last person persecuted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/about-the-netherlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">the Netherlands<\/a> for sodomy back in 1803.<\/p>\n<p>Crowdfunding campaign launched for Amsterdam Walk of Pride<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/expat-info\/organisations-agencies\/municipalities-netherlands-gemeente\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">municipality<\/a>, the first 52 name tiles will be unveiled in August during WorldPride 2026. \u201c[The Walk of Pride] honours people who have made a significant contribution to equality, emancipation, art, activism, healthcare, culture, and the right to be themselves freely and without fear,\u201d wrote the municipality in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdam.nl\/nieuws\/nieuwsoverzicht\/walk-of-pride\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">news release<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">WorldPride is taking place in Amsterdam for the first time in history this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/expat-info\/dutch-news\/pride-month-a-guide-pride-events-lgbtq-rights-netherlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">Pride month<\/a> is already a huge celebration in the Netherlands, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/events-festivals-netherlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">events<\/a> and parades taking place throughout the country from June, sometimes spilling all the way into August.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">While the municipality will give the Gay Amsterdam Association Foundation (GALA) 50.000 euros to build the Walk of Pride, it is not enough to cover the full costs of maintenance. A <a href=\"https:\/\/walkofpride.amsterdam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">crowdfunding campaign<\/a> has been launched to raise a target of 25.000 euros to cover the additional costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Amsterdam has announced plans to create a walking route through the Dutch capital to honour&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,4329,4326,4332,4322,4328,4323,200,4330,4327,4321,4320,4331,4325,4324],"class_list":{"0":"post-4434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amsterdam","8":"tag-amsterdam","9":"tag-amsterdam-pride","10":"tag-amsterdam-walk-of-pride","11":"tag-homomonument-amsterdam","12":"tag-lgbtq","13":"tag-lgbtq-rights-netherlands","14":"tag-lgtbq-netherlands","15":"tag-netherlands","16":"tag-pride-2026","17":"tag-pride-amsterdam","18":"tag-pride-walk-amsterdam","19":"tag-walk-of-pride-amsterdam","20":"tag-walk-of-pride-dam-square","21":"tag-worldpride-2026","22":"tag-worldpride-2026-amsterdam"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}