Tag: poland
Poland's government has approved plans to expand its hate crime laws to include protections based on sexual orientation, gender, age, and disability. Offenders found guilty of such hate crimes could face prison sentences.
Existing Polish legislation already criminalises public insults based on national, ethnic, racial, or religious affiliation, with penalties...
Poland took a significant step towards legalising civil partnerships on Friday (18 October 2024) with the release of a draft law.
Equality Minister Katarzyna Kotula described the event as a "historic day" in a country where LGBTQ+ rights have long been a source of deep division. The move follows...
A year ago, it would have been unexpected for Poland to consider legislation that criminalises hate speech against LGBTQ+ individuals. However, recently, the nation's new government has introduced a proposal that could change this.
The Ministry of Justice has put forward draft amendments that would impose up to three...
Civic Platform (PO) leader Donald Tusk, has revealed two legislative plans to support the LGBTQ+ community in Poland.
Speaking In the northwest town of Pia, Tusk made the announcement in response to a high school senior question highlighting the discrimination faced by the LGBTQ+ community under the current administration.
The ruling...
Polish LGBTQ+ activists, who founded the "Atlas of Hate" project, have won a legal victory against Przasnysz county authorities after an appeals court in the Polish city of Białystok threw out a case against them.
The activists who have faced multiple lawsuits for drawing international attention to Poland's discriminatory...
The European Parliament has hit out at the recent rhetoric from the Italian government, likening Italy and its anti-LGBTQ+ stance to other nations such as Poland and Hungary.
In a recently adopted resolution, the Parliament condemned the dissemination of anti-rights, anti-gender, and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric by influential political leaders and governments...
Will.i.am has fired back at anti-LGBTQ+ backlash after his band Black Eyed Peas donned rainbow armbands during a New Year’s Eve concert broadcast on Polish television.
The band who headlined the TVP’s “New Year’s Eve of Dreams” show counting down to 2023 wore the armbands in support of Poland’s LGBTQ+...
Police have arrested a Polish teenager after writing a supportive message for the LGBTQ+ community in chalk on the pavement.
17-year-old Malwina Chmara reportable wrote “leave LGBTQ+ people alone” on the pavement outside a church in the city of Toru, Poland, after protesters gathered holding homophobic signs.
Chmara, who took offence...
