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Added on: 04/06/2022
A local authority in Poland has launched a legal action to make itself “free from LGBT ideology” again, after a resolution to that effect was invalided earlier…

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Added on: 03/17/2022
03/16/2022
When Edward Reese, a queer activist who works with Kyiv Pride, decided to flee Ukraine on March 8, he knew it was going to be a long…

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Added on: 03/15/2022
03/14/2022
The scenes of the more than two and a half million Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country have been brutally heart-wrenching. Eastern Europe is being overwhelmed right now,…

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Added on: 03/05/2022
3/4/22
Late on Thursday night, Viktória Radványi, communications director for Budapest Pride, drove with her girlfriend to the border between Hungary and Ukraine. They were picking up four…

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Added on: 03/04/2022
03/03/2022
Queer African people fleeing Ukraine are facing “intersecting violence”, campaigners have warned. More than one million people have fled Ukraine since Russia declared war. However, not all refugees are being treated…

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Added on: 02/24/2022
Rights activists, students, and educators in Poland wait anxiously this week as the country’s president Andrzej Duda decides whether to sign a dangerous bill that would increase…

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Added on: 02/12/2022
Across eastern Europe, it’s still very difficult to pass laws and policies designed to advance LGBT inclusion. With LGBT+ History Month underway, some Ukrainians are worried that…

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Added on: 01/28/2022
01/27/2022
Today (27 January) marks the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance, an occasion to commemorate the victims — especially European Jews, the main targets of Nazi oppression —…

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Added on: 01/20/2022
01/19/2022
A top Polish court adjourned on Wednesday a sitting on whether a continent-wide human rights court had the power to question local judges’ legitimacy in a case…

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Added on: 01/14/2022
WARSAW, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Poland’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a bill by the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party which will step…

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Added on: 12/24/2021
From physical attacks to online abuse and legislative setbacks, the LBGT community in Central and Eastern Europe had little to cheer about in 2021. Populist governments in Poland,…

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Added on: 12/12/2021
12/11/21
The bill has been pushed by the conservative Life and Family Foundation, which recently lobbied successfully for a restriction on abortion rights. It was introduced as a…

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Added on: 12/09/2021
12/08/2021
WARSAW, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The number of Polish LGBT people with depression rose by more than half between 2017 and 2020, according to a new study,…

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Added on: 11/25/2021
11/24/2021
PARIS/WARSAW, Nov 24 (Reuters) – France assured Poland on Wednesday of European Union support in its stand-off with Belarus, but reminded Warsaw it needed to resolve a…

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Added on: 11/11/2021
11/10/2021
Three activists cleared in Poland earlier this year over posters depicting the Virgin Mary with an LGBT halo are back in court today. They were acquitted of…

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Added on: 11/05/2021
A gay Polish politician is asking the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to reverse a street name change made seven years ago that saw a gay icon…

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Added on: 11/02/2021
11/01/2021
So-called ‘LGBT-free’ zones have made Poland the laughing stock of Europe. But it’s no joke for LGBTQ+ people who face physical attack and verbal abuse – even…

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Added on: 10/29/2021
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers held an emotional debate Thursday on proposed legislation dubbed “Stop LGBT,” which would ban pride parades and other public gatherings deemed…

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Added on: 10/11/2021
10/10/2021
On Thursday, the country’s constitutional tribunal ruled that the EU and some of its key treaty articles go against Poland’s own constitution. Back in March, the country’s…

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Added on: 10/07/2021
Last Monday, three Polish regional councils voted not to declare their provinces “LGBT-free zones” following the European Union’s threats to cut up to €126 million in funding…

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Added on: 10/01/2021
09/30/2021
After Swiss voters overwhelmingly backed same-sex marriage in a referendum on Sunday, LGBT groups in the country hailed a “historic day” for Switzerland. But the Swiss vote also…

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Added on: 09/30/2021
09/29/2021
Riding support from Poland’s right-wing populist Law and Justice Party and the local Roman Catholic clergy, nearly 100 provinces and municipalities in 2019 passed symbolic resolutions declaring…

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Added on: 09/28/2021
09/27/2021
WARSAW -Three Polish regional councils voted on Monday to repeal motions declaring their provinces “LGBT-free zones,” state-run news agency PAP reported, after the European Union threatened to…

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Added on: 09/23/2021
09/22/2021
A Polish province on Wednesday annulled a motion opposing “LGBT ideology” after the European Union threatened to pull funding, Polish state news agency PAP reported. Numerous local…

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Added on: 09/22/2021
09/21/2021
When conservative politicians started making anti-LGBT+ speeches on the campaign trail, Piotr Kalwaryjski, a gay man from western Poland, decided it was time to pack up and…

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Added on: 09/15/2021
09/14/2021
The European Union has a dismal track record when it comes to disciplining countries within its ranks. But this month it opened several new fronts in its…

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Added on: 09/06/2021
The Council in Malopolska, which includes Kraków, has voted to re-affirm its status as an “LGBT-free zone”, despite the European Union (EU) threatening to remove billions of…

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Added on: 09/04/2021
“Creating LGBTQ+ free zones is against Halacha,” Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich said at the kickoff for The Agudah – The Association for LGBTQ+ Equality in Israel’s…

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Added on: 09/02/2021
08/31/2021
Pride month ended this year with Europe divided. A rainbow curtain now cuts across the European Union, with Hungary’s anti-LGBT+ law just the latest sign of an…

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Added on: 08/26/2021
08/25/2021
Polish people living in Merseyside have revealed they are anxious about returning to their home country. Maciej, who lives in Southport, and Wiktoria, who lives in Liverpool,…