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tgenerico

(109 posts)
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 01:37 PM Sep 2020

How the EU can stop Poland's 'LGBT-free zones'

How the EU can stop Poland's 'LGBT-free zones'
Deutsche Welle

Anyone walking past the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels earlier this week would have seen a dazzling light display above their heads, in all colors of the rainbow.

"More than 330,000 people say: EU — Turn your words into action. Stop 'LGBT-free zones' in Poland now" the projected message proclaimed, in letters several meters high.

The display was organized by LGBT+ rights advocacy group AllOut in collaboration with the Polish Campaign Against Homophobia. The group handed over a petition with more than 330,000 signatures to the European Union demanding the bloc take urgent action over homophobic and transphobic policies in Poland.

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Long but worth reading the whole thing.

Appears to be regional.

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