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...

The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP reports every other year on trends in the acceptance of homosexuality in the Netherlands, and provides a snapshot of the current level of acceptance. In this latest edition, the institute also looks for the first time at the social acceptance of bisexuals and transgenders. Acceptance by the general public in the Netherlands is continuing to increase, though some groups (such as religious groups and migrants) lag behind this trend.

This report describes trends and differences in attitudes to homosexuality in Europe. Which are the countries where acceptance is increasing--or declining? Which countries can currently be described as tolerant, and in which countries are there clear limits to that tolerance? And which factors underlie these differences? SCP answers these questions by drawing on large European datasets.