Nobel laureate refuses Polish honour due to LGBTQ+ rights debate
2018 Nobel Prize-winning writer Olga Tokarczuk has turned down the offer of honorary citizenship from Lower Silesia due to anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes in the area.
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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.
LGBTQ+ free zone votes to continue its anti-queer policies
Local authorities in one of Poland’s infamous LGBTQ+ free zones, Kraśnik, have voted to uphold anti-LGBTQ+ policies despite global backlash.
Update: Biden condemns LGBTQ+ free towns
US presidential candidate Joe Biden has condemned the rise in LGBTQ+ free towns in Poland, saying they have ‘no place in the EU or in the world’.
EU official demands action against LGBTQ+ free towns
European Commission president Ursula Von Der Leyen has publicly condemned the creation of ‘LGBTQ+ free’ zones in Poland, saying they have no place in the EU.
Polish leaders criticised by EU parliament over LGBTQ+ rights
Poland’s anti-LGBTQ+ governmental policies were attacked by the European parliament as some called for the country to lose EU funding.
Poland: Bishops Demand Clinics to “cure” LGBTQ+
Marek Jędraszewski, Archbishop of Kraków in Poland told a conference he deemed it “necessary to create clinics (including with the assistance of the church) to help people who want to regain their sexual health and natural sexual orientation.”