Polish LGBT activists protest at Warsaw church against Catholic archbishop

 | 
03/01/2020

Several dozen activists protested in front of a Warsaw church guarded by police on Sunday as a Catholic archbishop, criticized for his anti-LGBT language, celebrated mass. Last year, in a sermon, Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski said Poland was under siege from a “rainbow plague” of gay rights campaigners who he compared to Poland’s former Communist rulers. The church in Poland’s capital, full of worshippers, was surrounded by police in armored cars, while protesters carried banners reading: “I do not tolerate intolerance”, “Rainbow plague welcomes you” and “Archbishop Jedraszewski should resign”. “We are protesting against archbishop Jedraszewski,” said filmmaker Bartosz Staszewski, 29. “We are not a rainbow plague, as he has said. We are the citizens of this country and we want to look him in the face.”

Regions: ,

Share this:

Latest Global News

Added on: 04/25/2024
04/24/2024
A “radical feminist” group called the Women’s Liberation Front, that has helped shape anti-trans laws nationwide, has also played a role in a proposed …
Added on: 04/25/2024
04/24/2024
A UK minister has claimed that Rwanda is a “progressive” country where LGBTQ+ migrants will be safe, despite warnings from queer charities. Illegal migration minister Michael …
Added on: 04/25/2024
04/24/2024
Recent Afrobarometer survey data (Round 8, 2019-2021) paints a stark picture with 86% of Kenyans and 93% of Ghanaians expressing intolerance towards the LGBT community. This …

Explore LGBTQ+ Issues

Other News from ,

Added on: 04/25/2024
A UK minister has claimed that Rwanda is a “progressive” country where LGBTQ+ migrants will be safe, despite warnings from queer charities. Illegal migration minister Michael …
Added on: 04/24/2024
Wales has become the latest UK nation to pause the use of puberty blockers by under-18s. The physically reversible hormone blockers, which suppress unwanted …
Added on: 04/23/2024
Grindr faces the prospect of legal action by hundreds of users who will allege that the dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including …