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Politicians, writers and members of religious groups have signed an online manifesto in support of a Dutch author of Turkish origin who has received death threats for her work.
Lale Gül, a 23-year-old author, has writen a debut novel called
Ik ga leven (I’m going to live my life) describing her strict Islamic upbringing in Amsterdam West and criticising many of the Turkish and Islamic traditions there.
It has provoked an extreme reaction on social media, including death threats, but also now a wave of support from prominent Dutch people.
‘In the Netherlands we make our own choices. We determine how to live, and with whom. You don’t have to earn your freedom, it’s yours in this country regardless of your background, origin, or faith. That includes Lale Gül,’ the manifesto reads.
Petra De Sutter said non-binary people have been overlooked by Begium s existing gender-recognition laws. (HATIM KAGHAT/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)
Belgium will legally recognise non-binary people as part of reforms to gender recognition laws, deputy prime minister Petra De Sutter has confirmed.
De Sutter, a Green politician who was appointed last October, is the most senior transgender politician in Europe and Belgium’s first trans minister. She also serves as the minister for public administration and public enterprises in a seven-party coalition led by the Flemish liberal prime minister, Alexander De Croo.
Speaking at a parliamentary LGBT+ network event this week, De Sutter said that Belgium’s existing gender-recognition laws had “overlooked” non-binary people. The De Croo government has already said it will comply with a court ruling that found the existing law is exclusionary towards non-binary people.