The victory of a gay ndidate amounts to a sea change nservative Poland, where the Catholic Church wields enormo polil power.
Contents:
- A GAY MAYOR POLAND? NO BIG DEAL
- A GAY MAYOR POLAND? NO BIG DEAL
- BERL ELECTS GAY MAYOR
- GAY BERL: LGBTIQ+ GUI FOR BERL
A GAY MAYOR POLAND? NO BIG DEAL
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2, 2014WARSAW — In the end, the fact that Robert Biedron is one of Poland’s most proment gay-rights activists seemed to play almost no role his electn as the new mayor of Slupsk, a nservative cy of 97, 000 near the Pomeranian ast. “There is a lot of nservatism and homophobia and prejudice. Biedron, 38, was the untry’s first openly gay member of Parliament and is now s send openly gay mayor.
He ns a relatively ty village of 1, 500 rints and, though not the closet, was not as openly gay his muny as Mr.
“Of urse they knew I am gay, bee everyone Poland knows that I’m gay, ” Mr. People, ” said Agata Chaber, print of the Campaign Agast Homophobia, referrg to lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenred people.
A GAY MAYOR POLAND? NO BIG DEAL
The victory of a gay ndidate amounts to a sea change nservative Poland, where the Catholic Church wields enormo polil power. * gay berlin mayor *
”Still, there are no laws Poland verg “even the most basic thgs” for gay cizens, Mr.
“It shows you nnot play the homophobic gam anymore, ” he said.
BERL ELECTS GAY MAYOR
Cy lawmakers elect Berl's first openly gay mayor, bolsterg the cy's crentials as one of the world's gay pals, a polil shift that also uld open the way for the former East German munists to enter the ernment. * gay berlin mayor *
8, 2014: An article on Wednday about the electn of a Polish gay rights activist, Robert Biedron, as the mayor of a nservative cy near the Pomeranian ast misstated the cy’s name. It was 2003, not last we handle rrectnsA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 6 of the New York edn wh the headle: A Gay Mayor Poland? BERLIN -- Cy lawmakers elected Berl's first openly gay mayor Saturday, bolsterg the cy's crentials as one of the world's gay pals, a polil shift that also uld open the way for the former East German munists to enter the Wowere, a Social Democrat, tak over on an terim basis after the aln that led the cy for a llapsed amid a bank sndal and mountg shift removed the nservative Christian Democrats, led by outgog Mayor Eberhard Diepgen, who had been the senr partners wh the center-left Social Democrats the aln formed soon after least until new electns this fall, Berl will be n by a aln of the Social Democrats and the Greens party mirrorg the ernment on the natnal level, led by Chancellor Gerhard Schroer.
''Wowere, 47, was a ltle-known polil figure before grabbg natnwi attentn last weekend when he me out as gay at a party nventn before his nomatn. ``I am gay, and that's a good thg, '' he said, later admtg that he ma the statement bee of mors that tabloids were planng a story on his then, he has emphasized terviews that he's a ``polician who's gay, but not a gay polician'' and that he hasn't foced on gay issu. Neverthels, Wowere's electn was greeted wh applse and some cheers when was announced Saturday at a street ftival Berl's Schoeneberg district, the heart of the cy's thrivg gay and lbian a booth for the lol branch of Germany's natnal Lbian and Gay Associatn, those attendg the ftival uld pay 65 cents for the chance to toss balls and knock over pictur of three nservative state ernors who oppose a new law givg greater legal stat to gay member Bodo Men, shoutg out to passers-by to take a crack at the lawmakers, said he hoped Wowere would take a leadg role phg the gay marriage law the upper hoe of parliament, where stat are symbolism is important Germany and the pal, also eastern Germany, '' Men said of Wowere's electn.
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''The choice of Wowere was a further sign that Europe is creasgly at ease wh homosexuals polics g three months after Paris voters elected an openly gay 's history as a gay metropolis go back as far as the 19th century, when some historians say was the birthplace of the gay rights, the vibrant baret and theater scene of the 1920s and 1930s fueled the muny's growth. That all me to a halt after the Nazis took power 1933, eventually nmng homosexuals along wh Jews and Gypsi to ncentratn the war, Wt Berl's stat as a closed-off enclave where rints were granted an exceptn om the draft also led to a prospero left-wg scene where homosexualy wasn't taboo.
The German pal has a progrsive populatn, an unrground vibe and a massive LGBTQ+ scene which has been thrivg for years, cludg Berl gay bars, gay clubs, gay mms, gay snas, gay-iendly hotels and hostels as well as untls gay events and ftivals.