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# Krakow to fund LGBTQ+ shelter
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/krakow-to-fund-lgbtq-shelter/
- Published: 2021-01-21T17:01:50.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-21T10:28:06.000Z
- Description: Local authorities in the Polish city of Krakow have pledged to fund the building of the country’s first refuge hostel for LGBTQ+ people.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Sport, Krakow, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Poland, Warsaw

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/euro-games-1.jpg)

Local authorities in the Polish city of **Krakow** have pledged to fund the building of the country’s first refuge hostel for LGBTQ+ people, following backlash to the announcement that it would be hosting the 2023 **European Games**. Many [opposed the decision](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/2023-european-games-to-be-held-in-polish-lgbtq-free-zone/) to allow Krakow to host the sporting event, as it is located in the **Małopolska** region of **Poland**, which is one of 100 areas to have signed a pledge promising to ‘oppose acts of tolerance’ towards the LGBTQ+ community.

**Liz Barker**, a **UK** politician, said: *“The European Games is an Olympic event and as such it should uphold the values of excellence, respect and friendship”* and argued Krakow was not fit to host the games considering local authority’s stance on the LGBTQ+ community. The shelter is now being set up in an effort to make the city more LGBTQ+ friendly before the game.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/poland-lgbt-rights.jpg)

According to [**Inside the Games**](https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1103220/krakow-supporting-lgbt-hostel?ref=scenemag.co.uk), city councillor, **Alicja Szczepańska**, said: *“My initiative regarding this hostel has permanently entered the city budget.The authorities of Kraków were the first in the country to implement a very important postulate.”* They also said one shelter *“was not enough”*, and suggested another hostel could be built in **Warsaw**, the country’s capital.

The centre, which will feature twelve rooms complete with two bathrooms and a shared kitchen/dining room, is due to receive PLN184,000 (£36,000) in government funding. It aims to provide temporary accommodation to those who have been left homeless as a result of discrimination against their sexuality and/or gender identity. Residents are free to stay for as long as they require.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/poland-protests-lgbt-600400.jpg)

An LGBTQ+ rights protest in Poland