The fiercely conservative Law and Justice Party — otherwise known as Prawo i Sprawiedliwość or PiS — came to power in late 2015 and won re-election last month, wooing rural voters with boosts to welfare spending while otherwise opposing LGBT rights. . Party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said in..…

But when the Law and Justice Party in Poland opposes LGBT ideology, they are fiercely denounced in the Western press as fascists, homophobes, and theocrats. ..…

Just look at how homosexual activists have reacted to the recent declaration by 30 towns in Poland that they are “free of LGBT ideology”. .  ..…

Critics fear that four more years for Law and Justice will reverse the democratic achievements of this Central European nation, citing the changes to the judiciary and the way the party has marginalized minorities, for instance with its campaign depicting LGBT rights movement as threat.. It's the..…

Critics have accused PiS of fomenting homophobia during the election campaign, with PiS officials branding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights an “invasive foreign influence” that threatens Poland’s national identity. . “We saved Poland. ... It is time to..…

Critics fear that four more years for Law and Justice will reverse the democratic achievements of this Central European nation, citing the changes to the judiciary and the way the party has marginalized minorities, for instance with its campaign depicting LGBT rights movement as threat.. It's the..…

The party has also targeted gays and lesbians, depicting them as a threat at a time that the LGBT movement has grown more visible and assertive. . Poland's President Andrzej Duda hails from the party and has given his support in subtle ways, even though as president he is required to be..…

Police Lublin, Poland took action to protect participants in pride march last Saturday from anti- LGBT protesters, , tried to stop the march and attack the marchers with eggs. Such action should stand as example of how Polish authorities need to defend free assembly rights as anti-..…

But for now, our hands are tied, since homophobia isn't illegal in Poland — they can say anything they like about us and we've no means to defend ourselves,' she said. . ... In July, Poland's main media chain, Empik, refused to stock a national newspaper, Gazeta Polska, after it..…

In late July, Gazeta Polska, a right-wing daily, planned to include “LGBT-free zone” stickers with its Sunday edition, and a court order was needed to cancel their printing. ..…

Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and violence has been on the rise in Poland this past year. ... But LGBTQ people in Poland haven’t accepted the aggressive rhetoric silently. ..…

The demonstration against Warsaw showed support of LGBT+ Poland and condemned the intolerance of the country's ruling Law and Justice party .. ... By more than thousand people, Warsaw was attended Poland's ruling party have been making the restriction of LGBT+ rights..…

Two weeks ago, the government-supported newspaper Gazeta Polska announced they will distribute “LGBT Free Zone” stickers. ... Biedron also proposed a plan to ensure LGBTQ equality on an national level in Poland earlier this year. . ..…

The violent clash Poland's tenth-largest city underscores the spread of anti- LGBT in the country. ..…

News Extremists pelt LGBT people with rocks in attack on Pride march in Poland . ..…

For example, the Polish Law and Justice Party has launched a new backlash against LGBT+ rights, which the party’s leader Jarosław Kaczyński called “a threat to civilisation, not just for Poland but for the entire Europe, for the entire civilisation that is based on Christianity.” ..…

The government has taken steps to silence media outlets and journalists, engages in abuses of migrants and refugees, demonizes and obstructs the work of human rights organizations dealing with topics at odds with its conservative, populist policies, including LGBT, refugee, and women's rights. ..…

Equality Parade rally in support of LGBT Warsaw, Poland, June 8, 2019. The parade, came gay, bisexual and transgender rights, saying opposition support for LGBT issues threatens Polish culture.. ..…

In July 2018, Brudzinski thanked police for preventing Equality March Czestochowa from reaching the shrine at Jasna Góra, calling the march obvious cultural and provocation by LGBT communities... February 2019 Human Rights Watch report documented attempts by Poland's government to roll..…

After the UK Conservative Party (18 seats), the second-largest component is the Law and Justice (PiS) party, the “national-conservative”, anti-abortion party which rules Poland, whose leaders oppose LGBT people being allowed to be school teachers and are the leading anti-immigrant force..…

In an apparent attempt to boost its popularity ahead of upcoming elections, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party is once again scapegoating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and sexual and reproductive health. ..…

Poland's ruling party picks LGBT rights as election battlefront . . . . . . . 5 Min Read . . . . . . . . . ... PiS has targeted LGBT rights as it strives to reverse a decline in popularity amid corruption allegations against financial regulators and questions about party chief..…

The poster calls clergy a “treasure in the fight against Nazism, communism, LGBT and Islamists,” according to The Guardian. . Poland is home to many clerical saints, including Pope St. John Paul II, who was Pope from 1978-2005 and was canonized by Pope Francis in 2013. . ..…