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COC Nederland
Dutch LGBTQ+ rights group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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COC Nederland, also known as COC Netherlands, is a Dutch LGBTQ+ rights group founded in 1946.[1] COC originally stood for Cultuur en Ontspanningscentrum (Center for Culture and Leisure), which was intended as a "cover" name for its real purpose. It is the oldest existing LGBT organization in the world.[2]
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Since 2000 it has a federated structure of 24 local associations, united on national level in the "Federatie van Nederlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie van Homoseksualiteit COC Nederland" (Federation of Dutch Associations for Integration of Homosexuality COC Netherlands), or COC Nederland for short. All the local associations combined have about 7,000 members.