This thesis explores the increasing importance of LGBT+ rights in international relations. Through foreign policy analyses, this thesis successfully identified Dutch homonationalism within Dutch...Show moreThis thesis explores the increasing importance of LGBT+ rights in international relations. Through foreign policy analyses, this thesis successfully identified Dutch homonationalism within Dutch foreign policy, although the findings within the United Nations' Human Rights Council are inconclusive. Homonationalism thus plays a role in Dutch foreign policy choices and behaviour, however, its importance differs in different settings.Show less