LGBTQ News Poland

12/03/2021

Today the European Parliament is debating a resolution to declared the EU an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone in response to over 100 so-called ‘LGBT-Free zones’ in Poland.

It marks two years since the first Polish municipality declared an ‘LGBT-free zone’ and over 100 other Polish municipalities have followed suit since then.

It’s a strong symbolic gesture, but clear action needs to follow to make this a reality.

Read more on our press release at ilga-europe.org/resources/news/latest-news/eu-lgbtiq-freedom-zone-ambition-right-reality-very-different-says-leading

12/03/2021

The European Union (EU) has been declared an "LGBTIQ freedom zone" in response to Poland's heinous 'LGBT-free zones'.

23/12/2020

In 2020, Poland’s right-wing government doubled down on their hardline agenda, targeting women and LGBTQ+ people. In response, artists and musicians inspired a new wave of resistance

15/11/2020

This August Linus Lewandowski was physically attacked by a group of strangers, simply for being gay. The 28-year-old software engineer and LGBTI+ rights activist was holding hands with his boyfriend Rafał as they made their way home to their downtown Warsaw apartment. “Then I heard someone say .....

31/10/2020

2020 ACE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS NOW OPEN

https://asexualcensus.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/the-2020-ace-community-survey-is-now-open

"It’s that time of year again – we are now recruiting participants for the Ace Community Survey!

The Ace Community Survey, run by the Ace Community Survey Team, collects valuable information on the demographics and experiences of members in the ace community, including asexual, demisexual, gray-asexual, and related identities. It is the largest survey of ace communities and creates a valuable pool of data for future ace community activists and researchers.

The survey is open to anyone: ace, non-ace, or still questioning. As long as you are 13 years of age or older, we want to hear from you! We want to get a wide variety of responses from as many parts of the community as possible, so we encourage you to share this link with any other potentially interested individuals you know or any ace communities you participate in.

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It’s that time of year again – we are now recruiting participants for the Ace Community Survey! The Ace Community Survey, run by the Ace Community Survey Team, collects valuable information o…

19/10/2020

Hundreds of regions across Poland have declared themselves “LGBT-free” — and those inside the zones fear for their safety.

31/08/2020

It is time to show Poland's homophobic ruling party that it isn't possible to erode human rights and our common European values without a price.

31/08/2020

Poland’s right-wing fundamentalist Catholic government has been brutally suppressing the LGBTQ community to strengthen the move to a broad authoritarian government. Boyan Stanislavski joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast. This is an excerpt from the transcript of The Analysis’ Paul Jay’s...

31/08/2020

Michal lives in a small market town in southern Poland that has declared itself an 'LGBT-free zone', sparking a furore that has sent shockwaves throughout Europe.

31/08/2020

About a thousand pro-LGBT+ demonstrators took to the streets of Warsaw to take a stance against hate and discrimination on Sunday. The demonstrators were | eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News | Breaking Travel News

31/08/2020

15/08/2020

According to our stats so far in 2020, LGBTQ people are experiencing more incidents of online harassment, attacks on their accounts, and censorship.

15/08/2020

15/08/2020

In the last week, a great deal of attention is focused on the situation of LGBTI people in Poland, with recent protests and arrests making international news and drawing response from human rights actors. To understand what is happening, it is vital to see the build-up to this moment, as on-going and relentless pressure has been placed on LGBTI people and organisations from the government, religious leaders, anti-rights actors, and the general public. With the help of our member Kampania Przeciw Homofobii we have created this clear and simple timeline – showing how the situation has reached a boiling point.

https://ilga-europe.org/sites/default/files/Poland-Anti-LGBT-Timeline.pdf

15/08/2020

Along with Polish LGBTI activists, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Parliament LGBTI Intergroup, we call for the immediate release of Margot Szutowicz, who remains in custody without access to a lawyer since Friday. Her detention appears arbitrary and potentially motivated by bias. It is a punishment inappropriate for offences for which she is accused, and inconsistent with precedent

15/08/2020

Na koniec dnia.... otrzymaliśmy w wiadomości (Y)

"Statue of pope Jan
Pavol II. Bratislava Slovakia 🇸🇰
Expression of solidarity with the Polish LGBT community"

15/08/2020

Poland’s ‘LGBT-free zones’ are a grim reminder that, even in Europe, the fight for human rights is far from over.

28/07/2020

"EU values and fundamental rights must be respected by Member States and state authorities.

This is why 6 town twinning applications involving Polish authorities that adopted 'LGBTI free zones' or 'family rights' resolutions were rejected."

-Helena Dalli

20/07/2020

Recommended international LGBTQ+ news groups:

LGBT News Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NewsLGBT/

LGBT Rights And Issues
https://www.facebook.com/groups/gayhaterscansuckit/

20/07/2020

"We will stand with the LGBTI community in Poland.

You are not an ideology. WE are not an ideology.

No matter what any president has said or might ever say.

You are human beings with fundamental rights that have to be protected.

This struggle is not over."

- Terry Reintke

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Full video: https://twitter.com/TerryReintke/status/1282742755702317058

19/07/2020

Andrzej Duda, a conservative who ran on an anti-LGBTQ platform, narrowly defeated Warsaw’s liberal mayor Sunday to win a second, five-year term.

19/07/2020

POLISH LGBTQ+ CRISIS
INFORMATION AND WAYS TO HELP
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General information and links:

https://lgbtqpl.carrd.co

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Petitions to sign:

Abolish current anti-LGBT laws and protect LGBT people in Poland, call the EU to intervene
https://change.org/p/mateusz-morawiecki-pass-laws-that-would-protect-lgbt-people-in-poland-and-abolish-current-anti-lgbt-laws

Help us reach the European Union!
https://change.org/p/mateusz-morawiecki-pass-laws-that-would-protect-lgbt-people-in-poland-and-abolish-current-anti-lgbt-laws/u/26959785?

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Videos about current situation in Poland:

Scare Tactics About ‘LGBTQ Ideology’ Helped Trump’s Ally Win the Polish Election [VICE News]
https://youtu.be/2g2IQoALZUA

Poland election: The fight for LGBT rights [BBC News]
https://youtu.be/VP5YTJVH4aY

'We are the most homophobic country in the EU': Poland’s election and the LGBT fightback [The Guardian]
https://youtu.be/w92V3CCIgpc

19/07/2020

In the middle of a pandemic and a projected Europe-wide recession, Poland’s presidential election has been all about gay rights, as the incumbent president h...

19/07/2020

Q***r billboards in the Polish city of Białystok, put up by the local LGBTQ+ organization Tęczowy Białystok almost exactly a year after the horrifying homophobic attack during their 2019 pride march.

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Approximate translations:

"There's always rainbow after the storm" (rainbow flag)

"We've been here, we are here, we'll keep on being here" (ace flag)

"Love standing against hate" (pan flag)

"Białystok for all" (trans flag)

"Here is our home" (bi flag)

"We want to be able to live life to the fullest" (le***an flag)

"We are at home" (nonbinary flag)

"Our bodies, our rights" (intersex flag)
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https://www.facebook.com/Miloscniewyklucza/photos/a.662631427090814/3511176852236243/
https://www.facebook.com/TeczowyBialystok/photos/a.2152648254981538/2697167663862925/

18/07/2020

Seit Montag steht fest: Sieger der Präsidentschaftswahl in Polen ist der Amtsinhaber Andrzej Duda, der mit LGBTI*-feindlichen Aussagen Wahlkampf machte. Mariusz Kurc, Chefredakteur von Replika, dem einzigen LGBTI*-Magazin Polens, kommentiert

17/07/2020

Surrounded by fields of roses and lavender in tranquil eastern Poland, some residents of the village of Konskowola feel the European Union may be trying to blackmail them.

17/07/2020

The country’s population have just re-elected a staunchly conservative leader who supports the oppression of q***r and trans folk. They need your support.

17/07/2020

Abolish current anti-LGBT laws and protect LGBT people in Poland, call the EU to intervene

17/07/2020

The president and his party ginned up fear of LGBTQ people—and rode that strategy to reelection.

17/07/2020

Polish courts have annulled two of the "zones free from LGBT ideology" that have been declared by many local authorities around Poland.

17/07/2020

The right-wing incumbent appears to have defeated his more socially progressive rival in Sunday's presidential vote, with 99 percent of polling stations having reported results.

17/07/2020

President Andrzej Duda won re-election in a divisive campaign that cast LGBT activists' movement for equal rights as a dangerous “ideology” that threatens families in the deeply Roman Catholic country.

17/07/2020

Do unijnej komisji nadużyć finansowych European Anti-Fraud Office OLAF złożyliśmy z adw. Grzegorz Kukowka wniosek o zbadanie nadużyć, które mogły dopuścić się samorządy które przyjęły stworzyły "strefy wolne od LGBT" oraz wprowadziły Karty Ordo Iuris. Najwyższy czas aby unijne instytucje przyjrzały się tym strefom. Jest to możliwie dzięki pomocy mecenasa, który pro bono przez kilka miesięcy przygotowywał ten wniosek. Wielkie dzięki!

Jeżeli OLAF przeprowadzi dochodzenie i uzna, że samorządy wydatkowały środki unijne z naruszeniem zasady niedyskryminacji to środki te mogą podlegać zwrotowi wraz z odsetkami.

We wniosku wskazujemy na:
👉wysokie prawdopodobieństwo wystąpienia szeregu nieprawidłowości indywidualnych polegających na wydatkowaniu środków unijnych bez przestrzegania zasady niedyskryminacji ze względu na orientację seksualną, płeć i wyznanie,
👉wysokie prawdopodobieństwo wystąpienia tzw. nieprawidłowości systemowej przy wdrażaniu systemu wydatkowania środków unijnych w Polsce, jako że nie istnieją mechanizmy kontroli wydatkowania funduszy unijnych przy zachowaniu zasady niedyskryminacji.

Dodatkowo, jeżeli potwierdzony zostałby brak odpowiedniego nadzoru przy wydatkowaniu funduszy unijnych, dalsze wypłaty środków w niektórych programach operacyjnych mogą zostać wstrzymane do czasu wdrożenia w Polsce efektywnego systemu kontroli nad wydatkowaniem środków przy zachowaniu zasady niedyskryminacji.

fot. Przemysław Stefaniak

17/07/2020

Podział geograficzny z pierwszej tury pozostał nienaruszony - zachód kraju dla Trzaskowskiego i wschód głosował na Dudę.

Moja mapa jasno pokazuje związek między strefami wolnymi od LGBT a województwami, w których Duda miał większość głosów.

17/07/2020

Polish courts have annulled two of the “zones free of LGBT+ ideology” in Poland, finding they violate the constitution which bans discrimination and requires equal treatment.

17/07/2020

Nigel Farage has had the worst possible reaction to Andrzej Duda's presidential election win in Poland – even by his standards.

17/07/2020

British prime minister Boris Johnson, suffered stinging criticism after congratulating Poland's re-elected homophobic president, Andrzej Duda.

17/07/2020

A research study has made clear the obstacles facing LGBTQIA+ people applying for asylum in Europe.