Coos Huijsen, a gay rights activist and former member of the Dutch parliament, has died aged 87. He was the first openly gay parliamentarian in the world, according to a statement released by his family and husband on Monday.Huijsen served as an MP for the Christian Historical Union (CHU) for six months in 1972. He returned to parliament in 1976 as an independent, having split from the party, but left the following year to return to teaching history. He later became principal of the Gerrit van der Veen College in Amsterdam-Zuid, a position he held from 1986 to 1998.