Wij zijn er voor Amsterdam en omgeving.

1 april 2016: Amsterdam viert 15 jaar homohuwelijk met I Amsterdam in regenboogkleuren
2016: EuroPride in Amsterdam
2021: COC Amsterdam bestaat 75 jaar!
2013: COC Amsterdam e.o presenteert het RAINBOW-project: een nieuw lespakket voor voorlichting op scholen
2015: start Cocktail, maatjesproject voor LHBT asielzoekers in Amsterdam en Almere
30 augustus 2015: Amsterdam schaft verplichte geslachtsregistratie op gemeentelijke formulieren af
1 maart 2023: Op 1 maart ondertekenden 14 partijen het provinciaal regenboogstembus akkoord 2023.
2014: oprichting van AmsterdamPinkPanel, een onderzoekspanel voor veiligheid van LHBT Amsterdammers
2016; COC Amsterdam e.o. bestaat zeventig jaar!
5 december 2015: Amsterdam vangt LHBT-vluchtelingen die daaraan behoefte hebben apart op.
8 april 2013: groot protest in Amsterdam tijdens bezoek Poetin

Doe mee!

Op verschillende manieren kun jij helpen om onze activiteiten in Amsterdam en omgeving mogelijk te maken, voor nu en de toekomst.

Steun COC

Visit Cocktail Events COC Amsterdam!

7 November 2019 -

Cocktail Events organizes an activity every month in Amsterdam for LGBTI newcomers. This can be informative (such as a GGD talk about sex and drugs), or a fun event in the city where everyone can be themselves, often accompanied by a drink and a snack. Visitors not only come from Amsterdam, but from all parts of the country. The activities of Cocktail Events are the highlights of the month for many visitors. In particular, the social aspect, feeling yourself at home, being yourself, being seen and making friends is very important for visitors. “It is nice to see how we form a group together, in which everyone feels a bit freer and better at our activities,” thus team leader Anne Bakhuizen.    

All of this is organized by a very international and diverse team of enthusiastic volunteers who commit themselves with great enthusiasm: Nathan (Brazil), Louis (Luxembourg), Vladimir (Russia), Omar (Egypt), Janneke and Anne (NL).

Past events

Our Legal Event was held in September. A Cocktail Event is visited on average by 60 to 70 visitors, but no fewer than 90 visitors were present this evening! Every year such an evening is organized, but this time the demand turned out to be even larger. There are long waiting times at the IND, it is no exception that you have to wait a year to start the procedure at all. There is a lot unknown and uncertain about the asylum procedure within the group. Two lawyers were present: Joanne Nijland (Prakken d’Oliveira) and Erik Hagenaars (Jans & Hagenaars advocaten), and activist of LGBT Asylum Support Sandro Kortekaas.

After a brief introduction of the guests, a joint brainstorming session was held in the group to find out what the questions were and then they were divided into smaller groups so that they could ask questions as easily as possible. There were many questions, so they were very happy that they could ask them. In short, it was a very useful and much needed evening.

In addition, the Cocktail Events team, accompanied by Maxim and Prossy (two loyal visitors to our activities), attended the Open Day of AZC-Amsterdam. Cocktail Amsterdam is happy that the rainbow flag is waving here every day!

October 22 we went to watch a movie about the Gay Games ’98 in the Amsterdam Museum and have a drink at Café Sarein.

What else is on the schedule?

In November it’s the Tropenmuseum’s turn, we are going to visit the exhibition What a World Genderful and  grab a bite as well. Are you an LGBTI newcomer and would you like to participate in our activities? Go to www.cocktailevents.nl and become a member of the Facebook group!

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