Perhaps this sort of story explains the exodus of the Dutch from Holland...
Times Onlines - It may be Europe's most liberal city - but if you are gay, you had best beware

For the first time, the Amsterdam Tourist Board has issued a warning to gay visitors to be careful in the city. In the first country to legalise homosexual marriage, gays are increasingly fearful of holding hands in public. Some have been chased out of their houses and middle-class gays are moving to rural areas for safety.