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Polish LGBTIQ activist Bart Staszewski: "There is a price that you have to pay for activism, and I’m willing to pay that"

Polish LGBTIQ activist Bart Staszewski: "There is a price that you have to pay for activism, and I’m willing to pay that" | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The EU has been declared an LGBTIQ 'Freedom Zone'. Sadly, however, the reality on the ground in places like Poland and Hungary involves a very differen

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Poland's LGBT Filmmakers Raise Their Voices

Poland's LGBT Filmmakers Raise Their Voices | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

After years of frustration with the course of the country’s politics, Poland’s labor minister has all but thrown in the towel. An idealist at heart, she’s ready to resign when an unexpected controv…

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Poland's LGBT community feels fear and anger after election

Poland's LGBT community feels fear and anger after election | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

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 rights as a dangerous “ideology” that threatens families in the deeply Roman Catholic country. Some activists say the homophobic rhetoric that emerged echoes policies in Russia under President Vladimir Putin, who signed a law in 2013 banning gay...

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For Gay Stars of Banned Condom Ad, No Let-Up in Poland's LGBT Rights Clampdown

For Gay Stars of Banned Condom Ad, No Let-Up in Poland's LGBT Rights Clampdown | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Gay married couple Dawid Mycek and Jakub Kwiecinski, who were featured in an advert for Durex condoms along with straight couples...

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Gay Couple Make the Gay Propaganda We Need With Rainbow Masks

Gay Couple Make the Gay Propaganda We Need With Rainbow Masks | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

A same-sex Polish pair took part in a charitable and ballsy act during the pandemic.

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What's it really like being LGBT in Poland?

What's it really like being LGBT in Poland? | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Following the violent abuse faced by many queer activists in Poland, under the country's right wing Law and Justice Party, we speak to seven young LGBT people in Poland to find out the reality.

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PiS Picks LGBT Battleground In Poland

PiS Picks LGBT Battleground In Poland | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Poland's conservative society may not appear to be a natural home for LGBT struggles. But things are changing as the Catholic Church comes under fire and the ruling party slips in the polls.
Poland's de facto ruler, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, is known to live at home with his cat.

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Poland’s Supreme Court Stands Up for LGBT Equality

Poland’s Supreme Court Stands Up for LGBT Equality | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Last week, Poland’s Supreme Court ruled that an employee of a print shop could not refuse to print a banner for an LGBT organization because he did not want, in his eyes, to “promote” the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people.
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Poland's Government Tightens Its Control Over Media : NPR

Poland's Government Tightens Its Control Over Media : NPR | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Journalist Mariusz Kowalewski quit his job at Poland's national public broadcaster TVP after editors asked him to follow an outspoken critic of the country's ruling party with a drone. "This was an intimidation method straight out of communism," he says.

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Some Polish LGBT people flee country as hostility grows

Some Polish LGBT people flee country as hostility grows | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Some lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are leaving Poland following the anti-LGBT campaign rhetoric the country's president used during his successful reelection campaign and other leaders promoted before that...

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Kontrola: the queer TV show breaking into Poland’s mainstream via YouTube

Kontrola: the queer TV show breaking into Poland’s mainstream via YouTube | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

As anti-LGBTQ rhetoric rises ahead of Poland’s elections, one show is trying to reach new audiences with a message of tolerance

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Polish president issues campaign pledge to fight 'LGBT ideology'

Polish president issues campaign pledge to fight 'LGBT ideology' | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Andrzej Duda launches ‘family charter’ to appeal to base as election race tightens

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More Than 80 Polish Towns Have Declared Themselves 'LGBTQ-Free Zones'

More Than 80 Polish Towns Have Declared Themselves 'LGBTQ-Free Zones' | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The European Parliament just voted to condemn the practice and demand the Polish government revoke the symbolic declarations.

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In Poland, simmering anti-LGBTQ sentiment boils over into violence

In Poland, simmering anti-LGBTQ sentiment boils over into violence | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

A mob of right-wing Poles has attacked a pride march in the town of Bialystok, one of several areas declaring themselves to be LGBTQ-free. The incident represents the realization of the fears of the U.S. ambassador to Poland, Georgette Mosbacher, who worried a conservative Polish newspaper's pledge to distribute anti-gay stickers would stoke violence. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.

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Mr Gay Europe 2018 crowned in Poland, despite protests

Mr Gay Europe 2018 crowned in Poland, despite protests | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The final of this year's edition of Mr Gay Europe took place on Saturday in the western city of Poznan in Poland, a conservative and devout Catholic country where many do not accept homosexuality.

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How Queer Poles Find Any Degree of Self-Embrace They Can

How Queer Poles Find Any Degree of Self-Embrace They Can | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
'OUT: LGBTQ Poland' features portraits and stories from queer Polish people that are as uplifting as they are chilling.
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