Gay pri para returns to Warsaw

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Warsaw has held s gay pri para after a panmic-duced break — and amid a backlash Poland and Hungary agast LGBT rights.

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WARSAW GAY PRI

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Thoands marched through central Warsaw on Saturday an “equaly para”, amid what mpaigners say has been a risg ti of homophobia Poland recent rights have bee a central part of a wir stggle the untry between liberals, who strs the need for a more tolerant and clive society, and relig nservativ, who nounce what they say is an attempt to subvert tradnal valu the predomantly Catholic a sea of rabow flags, marchers gathered outsi the towerg neo-Gothic Palace of Culture and Science central Warsaw, as a DJ played dance mic om a stage before the start of the march. “Homophobia is a huge problem Poland … there are lots of people who n’t pe wh , they kill themselv.

Photograph: Wojtek Radwański/AFP/Getty ImagPolicians and clergy have been acced of stokg homophobia Poland.

Some nservativ say they have nothg agast gay people but oppose what they ll “LGBT iology”. Meanwhile, Hungary Viktor Orbán’s natnalist ernment, which is allied wh Poland’s erng Law and Jtice (PiS) party, has troduced a law banng the “display and promotn of homosexualy” among unr-18s.

WARSAW GAY PRI PARA BACK AFTER BACKLASH, PANMIC

Same-sex relatnships are not legally regnised Poland and gay upl nnot adopt children. * warsaw gay pride *

The Equaly Para, Warsaw's gay pri march, has been marchg through Poland's pal cy's streets sce 2001. Bishop Szymon Czekaj, former print of the Internatnal Associatn of Gays and Lbians for Culture Poland (ILGCN-Polska), and other activists. After a show anized one of Warsaw's now-funct gay clubs, a group of iends sprang up wh the ia of brgg a march agast discrimatn to Poland.

1 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021.

8 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021. 9 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday June 19, 2021.

WARSAW GAY PRI PARA BACK AFTER BACKLASH, PANMIC

The largt gay pri para central Europe took place aga Warsaw for the first time two years after a panmic-duced break — and amid a backlash Poland and Hungary agast LGBT rights. * warsaw gay pride *

10 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021.

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The largt pri para Central and Eastern Europe as a ernment mpaign picts the gay rights movement Poland as a threat to fai. * warsaw gay pride *

11 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021. 12 of 16 | A woman take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021. 13 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021.

14 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday June 19, 2021. 15 of 16 | People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021. 1 of 16People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021.

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WARSAW, Poland — The largt gay pri para central Europe took place aga Warsaw on Saturday for the first time two years after a panmic-duced break — and amid a backlash Poland and Hungary agast LGBT rights. * warsaw gay pride *

8 of 16People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021. 9 of 16People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday June 19, 2021. 10 of 16People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021.

11 of 16People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021.

12 of 16A woman take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021.

GAY PRI PARA RETURNS TO WARSAW

The largt gay pri para central Europe took place aga Warsaw for the first time two years after a panmic-duced break -- and amid a backlash Poland and Hungary agast LGBT rights. * warsaw gay pride *

13 of 16People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021. 14 of 16People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday June 19, 2021.

15 of 16People take part the Equaly Para, the largt gay pri para central and eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The largt gay pri para central Europe took place aga Warsaw on Saturday for the first time two years after a panmic-duced break — and amid a backlash Poland and Hungary agast LGBT year’s Equaly Para me 20 years sce the event was first held the Polish pal. It was banned twice s early years by a nservative mayor who feared would promote homosexualy and last year was nceled due to the ronavis Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski walked at the head of the para a sign of support for LGBT rights, jog thoands who were cheered on by others wavg rabow flags om apartment balni and siwalk f. The joyful and lorful celebratn was tged wh fear of what the future holds for the rights of gay men, lbians, bisexuals and transgenr people after setbacks first Rsia and now Hungary.

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” Among those who participated was Misza Czerniak, a 37-year-old mician who was born Rsia and emigrated to Poland 10 years ago part to flee the homophobia there. But at the same time, we are gog out the streets and we are sayg we are stronger and we are not gog to give up, ” said Miroslawa Makuchowska, vice director of Campaign Agast Homophobia. Image source, EPAImage ptn, Poland's LGBT muny is facg risg discrimatnThoands of people have marched Poland's biggt Pri equaly para was held Warsaw, amid a backdrop of risg discrimatn agast the untry's LGBT 's right-wg print Andrzej Duda has scribed what he lls "LGBT iology" as beg worse than munism, and has vowed to block gay marriage and source, Getty ImagWhile same-sex upl are barred om adoptg children as upl, some lol thori have historilly allowed applints to adopt as sgle earlier this year the untry's jtice mistry proposed that this loophole be closed, so that LGBT people are pletely prevented om source, EPAImage ptn, Dozens of small towns have passed rolutns agast what they ll "LGBT iology"And across Poland, dozens of small towns have passed rolutns clarg themselv "LGBT-ee zon".

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