Three Polish regions reverse anti-LGBTQ+ legislation
Podkarpackie, Lubelskie and Malopolskie have repealed declarations to oppose LGBTQ+ equality after the EU threatened to axe funding.
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Hungary to hold referendum on anti-LGBTQ+ law
Viktor Orban, prime minister of Hungary, has announced that he intends to hold a referendum on a recently passed anti-LGBTQ+ law.
EU could withdraw Polish funding
The European Union has added a new clause to its funding rules, meaning Poland could face further financial restrictions if it continues to attack the country’s LGBTQ+ community.
Polish authorities deny persecuting LGBTQ+ people
Pawel Jablonski, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, has denied that the LGBTQ+ community are being persecuted in the country.
Thousands sign petition against Poland’s LGBTQ+ free zones
Nearly 350,000 have signed an All Out petition which demands action against the rise in ‘LGBTQ+ free’ zones in Poland.
UK’s legal recognition of trans people one of worst in Europe
A 2020 report by the European Commission has revealed that legal gender recognition in the UK is one of the lowest ranking in Europe.