Poland
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17 May 2013Interview: Anna Grodzka on life as Poland’s only openly trans MP 10 In an exclusive interview with PinkNews.co.uk, Anna Grodzka, currently the only serving openly transgender MP in Poland, and the world, talks of the struggles that the trans community face in her native country. -
22 April 2013World’s only transgender MP to give Kaleidoscope Trust lecture 5 Polish MP Anna Grodzka is to give the annual Kaleidoscope Trust lecture to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. -
13 March 2013Poland: Former president will not face hate crime charges for anti-gay comments 4 Prosecutors have confirmed that they will not press charges against the former Polish President for saying that gay MPs should sit "behind a wall" in parliament. -
11 March 2013Poland: New poll contradicts former President’s claims that 95% of people agree that gay MPs should ‘sit behind a wall’ 6 A new report has been published contradicting claims by the former Polish president that 95% of Polish people supported his view that gay MPs should sit "behind a wall" in parliament.
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6 March 2013Poland: First gay and trans MPs take front-bench seats protesting former president’s anti-gay remarks 2 Polands first openly gay and trans lawmakers took front bench seats of the Polish parliament on Wednesday to protest against remarks made by a former president who said gay members should sit "behind a wall" in parliament. -
6 March 2013Poland: Ex-president Lech Walesa defends anti-gay remarks by saying 95% agree with him 33 Lech Walesa, the former President of Poland continues to resist calls and petitions to apologise for his anti-gay comments, and says he has received supportive letters from Polish citizens.
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4 March 2013Former Polish President refuses to apologise for saying gay people should sit ‘behind a wall’ in parliament 28 The former President of Poland has refused to apologise for comments made in a TV interview, during which he said that gay people should sit "behind a wall" in parliament.
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4 March 2013Poland: Former president says the place for gay people in parliament is ‘behind a wall’ 39 Lech Walesa, a former Polish President famous for his human rights campaigns, caused outrage after he said that gay people should have a minor role in politics to reflect their minority status in a TV interview.
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1 March 2013Poland: Deputies strike down three civil partnership bills 7 Deputies in Warsaw have rejected three bills which could have begun the process of allowing civil partnerships for gay couples in Poland. -
18 February 2013Trans MP Anna Grodzka says homophobia and transphobia means people are leaving Poland 10 Polish Trans MP Anna Grodzka says homophobia and transphobia in Poland explains why many LGBT people end up leaving the country.
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8 February 2013Polish trans MP Anna Grodzka loses out on deputy speaker job in parliamentary vote 9 Anna Grodzka, the transgender MP who had been a contender for the position of deputy speaker, has lost out in a parliamentary vote that chose to keep the incumbent deputy speaker in the role.
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1 February 2013Polish MP opposes equal marriage because ‘gays are no use whatsoever to society’ 110 An Member of Parliament for the right-wing Polish opposition party has made homophobic remarks in a speech at a recent debate around the legalisation of equal marriage in the country. -
31 January 2013Update: Poland’s first trans MP officially nominated for deputy speaker job in Parliament 10 Poland's first trans MP has been nominated to fill the position of deputy speaker in the country's parliament.
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25 January 2013Polish Parliament rejects three bills to extend rights to gay couples 27 Three draft laws which would have recognised unmarried couples, including same-sex ones, and offered legal rights to inheritance, medical information and alimony, have been voted against in the Polish Sejm today. -
9 January 2013Poll: Support for marriage equality in Poland doubled over nine years, but remains low 23 According to a new poll, support for equal marriage in Poland has doubled since 2003, but still remains low.
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14 December 2012Polish journalist says he risks being deported from USA for being bisexual and not gay 13 Ivo Widlak, a bisexual Polish investigative journalist has said that he risks being deported from the United States because local immigration officials cannot understand the nature of his marriage to a bisexual woman. -
5 December 2012Poland: Gay man wins homophobia case against Danish supermarket Netto 13 A Polish gay man who was branded a ‘faggot’ by his former supermarket manager has won a discrimination case.
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13 September 2012Poland: HIV infections on the rise for gay men due to ‘risky’ sexual behavior 13 A study in Poland shows there were 992 new HIV infections reported in the country last year, and that two thirds of those who tested positive for the virus were in the gay community.
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3 September 2012Poland moves towards introducing civil partnerships 23 Poland’s ruling centre-right party, Platforma Obywatelska (PO), has announced that it will introduce legislation allowing gay couples to have civil unions.
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8 June 2012Poland: Teaching materials for nurses ‘calls gays socially dangerous’ 40 Anger has been expressed over teaching materials for nurses in Poland which reportedly describe homosexuality as a 'pathology'.
