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Added on: 05/11/2021

Poland’s left questions police textbook that lists LGBT as social pathology

05/10/2021

=The Left (Lewica), Poland’s left-wing opposition grouping alliance in parliament, has asked the police chief to explain why a new textbook for police officers titled “Social pathologies,…

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Added on: 04/30/2021

‘Laughing-stock’ Polish town revokes ‘LGBT-free’ status so it can keep lucrative EU grants

04/29/2021

The small community of Kraśnik in eastern Poland was among the first in the country to sign a public declaration against LGBT+ rights in May 2019. The…

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Added on: 04/28/2021

Anti-LGBT+ discrimination damages Eastern Europe’s economic growth

04/28/2021

Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people costs Eastern European countries almost 2% a year in economic growth, a coalition of dozens of global companies promoting…

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Added on: 04/25/2021

LGBTQ migration on the rise in Poland as homophobia deepens

4/24/21

For months, government ministers spewed vicious rhetoric about gay people. Trucks blasted anti-gay hate messages from loudspeakers on the streets of Poland’s cities. Finally fed up with…

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Added on: 04/11/2021

After Going ‘Free of L.G.B.T.,’ a Polish Town Pays a Price

4/10/21

When local councilors adopted a resolution two years ago declaring their small town in southeastern Poland “free of L.G.B.T.,” the mayor didn’t see much harm in what…

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Added on: 04/08/2021

Top Polish judge under fire for tweet about transgender kid

04/08/2021

Poland’s leading opposition party is asking prosecutors to investigate a constitutional court judge who it alleges has endangered a 10-year-old transgender child by identifying the child publicly….

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Added on: 03/17/2021

POLAND’S REPLACEMENT FOR ISTANBUL CONVENTION WOULD BAN ABORTION AND GAY MARRIAGE

03/15/2021

The Polish government’s alternative to the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, which it has asked other CEE governments to support, would…

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Added on: 03/16/2021

Polish MEP complains of ‘psychological warfare’ after Europe is declared an LGBT+ freedom zone

03/14/2021

Polish MEPs were up in arms after the European Union proclaimed itself an “LGBT+ freedom zone” in response to Poland‘s heinous “LGBT-free zones”. All 27 representatives from…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

Polish court acquits LGBT activists in rainbow Virgin Mary case

03/02/2021

A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who were accused of desecration and offending religious sentiment for altering, producing and distributing images of a revered Roman…

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Added on: 02/25/2021

Poland Breaches EU Obligations Over LGBT, Women’s Rights

02/24/2021

For 30 days, beginning January 17, European Union commissioners received daily Twitter notifications linking to personal stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Poles who have…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

Pandemic exposes LGBTI rights’ fragilty, report says

02/15/2021

The Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences have highlighted the fragility of the human rights of LGBTI people, according to the annual report by a leading rights NGO,…

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Added on: 01/31/2021

One of Poland’s LGBT-free zones becomes first in the country to strike down shameful homophobic ideology

1/30/21

As women’s rights advocates, LGBT+ activists, among other allies, poured onto the streets of Warsaw to battle the country’s near-total ban on abortion, a small town made…

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Added on: 01/28/2021

He Compared Gay Marriage to Bestiality. Now He’s in Charge of His Country’s Schools.

01/27/2021

Poland’s conservative ruling party is under fire for promoting an MP with a far-right background as the country’s new deputy minister for education. Tomasz Rzymkowski is known…

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Added on: 01/16/2021

What does the European Commission’s LGBTIQ Equality Strategy mean for CEE?

1/15/21

For most of emerging Europe, LGBTIQ rights and social inclusion remain contentious issues with no clear path forward. Poland and Hungary especially have seen a sharp rise…

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Added on: 01/14/2021

Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts illegal

01/14/2021

Polish government officials have denounced the deactivation of Donald Trump’s social media accounts, and said a draft law being readied in Poland will make it illegal for…

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Added on: 01/13/2021

Polish activists face jail for sticking up Virgin Mary posters with rainbow halo

01/11/2021

The trial of three Polish activists accused of “offending religious beliefs” will start on Wednesday, according to LGBT+ rights organisation ILGA-Europe, and could result in each one…

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Added on: 01/06/2021

Poland: Church cancels lease of liberal Catholic magazine

01/05/2021

WARSAW, Poland — A liberal Roman Catholic magazine in Poland that recently criticized some high-ranking church officials says local church authorities in Krakow have terminated the publication’s…

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Added on: 12/31/2020

Polish city funds LGBT shelter despite government hostility

12/31/2020

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Authorities in the Polish city of Krakow have become the first to include financial support for an LGBT shelter in a country where…

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Added on: 12/25/2020

Heroes of 2020: People Who Made a Difference

12/25/2020

In Poland, it was not one man or woman but an entire movement of women that has been a force for the better this year. Formed this…

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Added on: 12/24/2020

Polish homophobes shamelessly vandalise rainbow benches designed to ‘colour this grey reality’

12/23/2020

Rainbow benches in the Polish town of Kielce have been vandalised after widespread opposition to their installation. Fifteen benches were due to be installed throughout Kielce throughout…

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Added on: 12/09/2020

Gay French minister to visit ‘LGBT-free zone’ in Poland

12/08/2020

French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune told a magazine to be published Wednesday that he is gay and plans to visit a so-called LGBT-free zone in Poland…

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Added on: 12/06/2020

‘Highest ranks’ of Polish government are putting LGBT+ lives at risk, says top European human rights commissioner

12/4/2020

In a memorandum on the stigmatisation of LGBT+ people in Poland published Thursday (3 December), Council of Europe commissioner for human rights Dunja Mijatovic criticised authorities in…

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Added on: 11/16/2020

LGBT activists welcome rainbow light show in Poland, say more action needed

11/16/2020

LGBT rights have been a flashpoint in Poland over the last two years, with politicians tied to the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party and senior…

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Added on: 11/16/2020

Poles apart: the Polish activists in Scotland fighting for equality back home

11/15/2020

Remigiusz Jabłecki had never organised a protest before. During the four years he had lived in Scotland he had never felt much need to become involved in…

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Added on: 11/13/2020

EU launches LGBT protection strategy as homophobia rises in east

11/12/2020

The European Union’s executive Commission launched its first strategy to protect the rights of LGBT people on Thursday, a challenge to right-wing governments in Poland and Hungary…

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Added on: 11/12/2020

Poland to consider outright ban on LGBT+ Pride after bill backed by more than 200,000 homophobes

11/11/2020

Poland’s ugly war against LGBT+ people continues with a horrifying new bill that would ban Pride parades throughout the country. The proposed law, entitled “Stop LGBT”, was…

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Added on: 11/12/2020

Clashes at Poland’s Independence Day far-right march

11/11/2020

Polish police used tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with far-right supporters Wednesday during an annual Independence Day march attended by thousands in Warsaw that went…

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Added on: 10/30/2020

Poland’s ‘LGBT-free zones’ energize some activists, prompt others to leave

10/29/2020

When he took up a yearlong writing residency in Berlin earlier this year, novelist Jacek Dehnel judged the chances he’d return to Poland afterward as 50-50. His…

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Added on: 10/28/2020

Trump-linked groups spending millions campaigning against LGBT and women’s rights in Europe

10/27/2020

Right-wing US groups, some with links to Donald Trump, are spending millions of pounds campaigning against LGBT and women’s rights in Europe, it has been revealed An…

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Added on: 10/24/2020

Where homosexuality is still illegal, Pope Francis has thrown a lifeline to L.G.B.T. Catholics

10/23/2020

Janine Scott-dos Santos said she hesitated and prayed about the possibility of legalizing her relationship with her long-time partner. South Africa, where Ms. Scott-dos Santos lives with…