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Added on: 09/04/2020

LGBT+ activist behind ‘Polish Stonewall’ not afraid to die

09/03/2020

The LGBT+ activist whose arrest sparked protests that were dubbed the “Polish Stonewall” says she is not afraid to resume her hunger strike and die if that…

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Added on: 08/31/2020

Polish Bishops Propose Sending LGBTQ+ People to Conversion ‘Clinics’

08/31/2020

Polish Catholic bishops have called for “clinics” to be set up for LGBTQ+ people in efforts for them to “regain their natural sexual orientation. The bishops laid…

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Added on: 08/26/2020

Slava Melnyk – KPH: Campaign Against Homophobia

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

How did you become involved with LGBTI activism? I started back in 2011 when I was away from Poland studying in Slovenia and I found out there…

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Added on: 08/20/2020

Hungary’s Orban calls for central Europe to unite around Christian roots

08/19/2020

Central European nations should unite to preserve their Christian roots as western Europe experiments with same-sex families, immigration and atheism, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on…

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Added on: 08/18/2020

Czech Republic in danger of following in the homophobic, transphobic footsteps of Poland and Hungary, campaigner warns

08/17/2020

After years of progress towards equality across Europe, LGBT+ campaigners across the continent have faced a bruising few years – with politicians in Poland openly stoking anti-LGBT+…

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Added on: 08/17/2020

Poland: LGBT+ activists and nationalists face off

08/17/2020

Hundreds of Polish nationalists and defenders of gay rights faced off in central Warsaw on Sunday, amid a deteriorating situation for the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and…

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Added on: 08/13/2020

MASS ARREST OF LGBT PEOPLE MARKS TURNING POINT FOR POLAND

08/12/2020

As BIRN reveals harrowing testimony about the mass arrests in Warsaw on Friday and amid subsequent actions by the police, LGBT activists warn that Poland is at…

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Added on: 08/09/2020

Thousands protest in Poland demanding release of LGBT activist

08/08/2020

Several thousand people waving rainbow flags protested on Saturday in the centre of Warsaw to demand the release of an LGBT activist accused of hanging rainbow banners…

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Added on: 08/08/2020

Scuffles with police in Poland as protesters try to block arrest of LGBT activist

08/07/2020

Protesters in Poland scuffled with police as they tried to stop the arrest of a gay rights activist on Friday in the city of Warsaw. The activist,…

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Added on: 08/07/2020

Poland LGBT protests: Three charged with hanging rainbow flags off statues

08/06/2020

Three people accused of hanging LGBT rainbow flags off statues in Warsaw have been arrested and charged. Polish police charged them with desecrating monuments and offending religious…

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Added on: 08/06/2020

Polish minister says the entire country should become ‘an LGBT-free zone’

08/05/2020

As part of the LGBTQ+ community, I am petrified by what is happening in Poland right now. 2 hours and 25 minutes is the time it would…

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Added on: 08/03/2020

Edinburgh’s Lord Provost writes to Mayor of Krakow seeking clarification on LGBT+ rights

08/02/2020

THE Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Frank Ross, has written to the Mayor of Krakow asking him to clarify the Polish city’s opposition to homophobia and LGBT+ oppression….

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Added on: 08/01/2020

EU blocks funding for six towns that declared themselves ‘LGBT-Free Zones’

07/31/2020

The European Union has denied funding to six Polish towns that declared themselves to be “LGBT-Free Zones.” In announcing the decision on Thursday, the European Commission said…

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Added on: 07/27/2020

Poland to withdraw from European treaty aimed at preventing violence towards women

07/26/2020

Poland’s right-wing government says it will withdraw from a European treaty aimed at preventing violence against women. The Istanbul Convention is the world’s first binding instrument to…

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Added on: 07/19/2020

U.S. ambassador says EU criticism of Poland ‘overblown’

07/18/2020

The U.S. ambassador to Poland said the European Union’s criticism of Poland’s adherence to democracy is “overblown”, as Warsaw faces cuts to EU budget funds over its…

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Added on: 07/18/2020

Duda’s victory in Poland helps draw a ‘pink line’ through Europe

07/17/2020

Last Sunday, the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, was re-elected by a narrow margin with the help of an assault on what he styled “LGBT ideology”: he campaigned…

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Added on: 07/17/2020

Polish Court quashes ‘anti-LGBT’ resolution

07/16/2020

An administrative court in Gliwice, southern Poland, has annulled the resolution of the Istebna Commune Council contested by a Polish ombudsman on September 2 on the suppression…

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Added on: 07/15/2020

Poland’s LGBT community feels fear and anger after election

07/14/2020

Members of Poland’s LGBT community say they are angry and afraid after President Andrzej Duda won re-election in a divisive campaign that cast their movement for equal…

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Added on: 07/13/2020

Poland’s Duda narrowly beats Trzaskowski in presidential vote

07/12/2020

Poland’s incumbent President Andrzej Duda has narrowly beaten challenger Rafal Trzaskowski in Sunday’s presidential vote. The National Electoral Commission said Mr Duda had won 51.2% of the…

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Added on: 07/13/2020

Here’s Who Drives the Anti-LGBTQ Agenda in Poland Elections

07/12/2020

The final round of Poland’s presidential election held Sunday was dominated by incumbent President Andrzej Duda’s efforts to mobilize voters against the country’s LGBTQ people. It was…

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Added on: 07/12/2020

Duda vs Trzaskowski: The fight for Poland’s future

07/11/2020

Poland’s presidential election on Sunday will be crucial in shaping the country’s future and its strained relations with the EU for at least the next three years…

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Added on: 07/06/2020

Knife-edge Polish presidential race could slow the march of populism

07/05/2020

As liberal Rafał Trzaskowski gains on rightwing Andrzej Duda, LGBT rights are among issues at stake in Poland and beyond. When Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, goes up…

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Added on: 06/29/2020

Poland election: Duda forced into second round against liberal challenger

06/28/2020

The incumbent Andrzej Duda won the most votes in Sunday’s Polish presidential election, but fell short of the 50% he needed to win without a second round…

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Added on: 06/27/2020

Poland casts its vote as a nation divided. But can the election deliver true change?

06/25/2020

It’s been Poland’s strangest presidential election campaign in living memory. Granted, it’s the first that’s taken place during a pandemic, but in the last three months the…

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Added on: 06/25/2020

Trump to meet Polish president known for anti-LGBTQ rhetoric

06/24/2020

US President Donald Trump is facing criticism for hosting Poland’s president at the White House days before his visitor faces a tougher than expected fight for re-election….

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Added on: 06/21/2020

Poles run for LGBT equality ahead of presidential vote

06/20/2020

Around a hundred Poles took part in an “Equality Run” on Saturday, condemning discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community during a presidential election…

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Added on: 06/18/2020

Poland’s Jewish leaders deplore stigmatization of LGBTQ people

06/17/2020

Jewish community leaders in Warsaw on Tuesday voiced their opposition to the “dehumanizing” language they say is being used against LGBTQ (lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and queer)…

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Added on: 06/17/2020

How globalisation has transformed the fight for LGBTQ+ rights

06/16/2020

Much progress has been made in attitudes towards sexual equality and gender identity – but in many places a dramatic backlash by conservative forces has followed. On…

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Added on: 06/16/2020

LGBT activists protest at Polish president’s campaign rally

06/15/2020

About a hundred protesters held up banners at an election rally for the Polish president on Monday, after he said over the weekend that LGBT “ideology” was…

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Added on: 06/14/2020

Polish election: Andrzej Duda says LGBT ‘ideology’ worse than communism

06/13/2020

Polish President Andrzej Duda has called the promotion of LGBT rights an “ideology” more destructive than communism, in a campaign speech. He is an ally of the…