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The situation of the LGBTIQ community in Poland and Europe, the measures aimed at more effective defending their rights, the draft laws on LGBTIQ rights in the Polish parliament, and the approach of self-governments – those were the matters discussed at the EURACTIV.pl’s webinar “Union of Equality for LGBTIQ. European Commission’s Strategy on Combatting Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia”. The situation of LGBTIQ in Poland is the worst in the whole European Union. For the second yea...

Earlier this month, a broadcaster in Hungary came under fire for an advertisement the country’s media council deemed harmful to children. The ad in question, part of a campaign by an LGBT advocacy group, sympathetically depicted “rainbow families” and pushed back against anti-LGBT stereotypes. The media authority, run by members of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party, announced it would take legal action against the broadcaster RTL Hungary for airing the ad. The move was part of...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Parliament is scheduled to debate a resolution on Wednesday that would declare the entire 27-member European Union to be a “freedom zone” for LGBT...

European lawmakers are to debate a resolution declaring the European Union a 'freedom zone' for LGBTQ people, despite rising homophobia in some parts.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament overwhelmingly spoke out in favour of a resolution that would declare the entire 27-member European Union a freedom zone for LGBTQ2S+ people during a debate held on Wednesday.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament overwhelmingly have spoken out in favor of a resolution that would declare the entire 27-member European Union a "freedom

In Poland, many local communities have delcared themselves free of what conservative authorities have been calling

Late last year, Staszewski sent emails to Polish and Norwegian officials asking for clarification on funds intended for so-called "LGBTQ-free zones". In response, he was sent correspondence between Frode Dal Fjeldavli, the head of funds at Norway Grants, a financial mechanism funded by a consortium of European countries, and Izabela Barczyk-Olszewska, the fund operator of the regional funds for Ecorys Polska, which Staszewski published on his blog. In the letter, Norway Grants cancelled the gr...

Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein withdraw major grant to Polish region over LGBT-free zone resolution According to activist Bartosz Staszewskis investigation, a Polish tourist destination has lost a major grant for a culture and natural heritage project. Top News 3 February, 2021. Written by Oisin Kenny. Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein withdrew a major cultural and natural heritage grant to Carpathian Mountains over the Polish region’s resolution against ‘LGBT ideology’. According to ...

The red area shows the municipalities in Poland that have signed the LGBT-free pledge. (Atlas of Hate) The first thread of Poland’s patchwork of so-called “LGBT-free zones” was undone Thursday (28 January) as town councillors voted to withdraw its hateful legislation, activists said. Councillors in Nowa Dęba, a town with some 11,000 residents in the south-eastern county of Tarnobrzeg, voted to withdraw its anti-LGBT+ resolution, according to activists on the ground. Bartosz Staszewski, a...