Kamar yadda muke fada musu koyaushe, da Amsterdam birni shine babban birnin gay a duniya, kuma wannan ya kasance haka ne tun da daɗewa, kamar yadda babban birnin Dutch shine farkon wanda ya fara yanke hukunci akan liwadi dawo cikin 1811.
Game da kamfanoni don 'yan luwadi, Amsterdam ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu jagoranci a duniya, ƙaddamar da mashaya gay na farko a rikodin a cikin 1927. An kira mashaya 't Mandje na ɗaya daga cikin sanannun sanannun mashahurai a cikin tarihi, mai yiwuwa shahararriyar 'yan madigo a kowane lokaci, Bet van Beeren.
Abin takaici yakamata a kafa kamfanin a 1983, amma labarinsa ya ci gaba da burgewa da misaltawa har zuwa yau, tunda duk wanda yake son yaba shi zai iya samun da yawa daga ciki Tarihin Tarihi na Amsterdam, tunda yake wani yanki ne na al'adar mafi yawan al'adu da sassaucin ra'ayi na duniya.