Love is Love: A Gay & Gay-Friendly Gui to Kraków

Contents:

• LGBTQ+ KRAKóW | GAY & GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO KRAKóW
• GAY PRI CALENDAR
• A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH, 2023

LGBTQ+ KRAKóW | GAY & GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO KRAKóW

Although 's one of the few untri which homosexualy has never been directly punished by state law, you'll fd few folks of any sexual persuasn who would scribe Poland as 'gay-iendly. ' Centuri of hard-re Catholicism Poland have ensured a nservative society that isn't fortable speakg about sex of any kd, let alone homosexualy, which is roundly nsired 'wrong' and 'unnatural' by most lols. In fact, homosexualy was officially listed as a disease until 1991, before which the munist thori alt wh the 'problem' by nyg that existed PRL Poland; serly, acrdg to the thori, there was not a sgle gay person PL om 1947 to 1989.

GAY PRI CALENDAR

In the years sce mocracy returned to Poland, policians have been all too eager to go on rerd agast homosexualy, makg all kds of flammatory statements rangg om ignorant to sensive to hateful over the years. The current nservative lg party, Law & Jtice (PiS), has been particularly forceful s nmnatn of homosexualy recently, attemptg to ame gay rights and the equaly movement as a foreign vasn threateng the very soul of the natn (much like the immigratn crisis before ). " Puttg gay rights issu, and thereby the gay muny, directly the crosshairs, Kaczyński's party has gone so far as to anise and promote s own anti-LGBT events unr the guise of 'fay valu', leadg to vlent nflict when the two sis lli, as occured May 2019 Białystock.

Nohels, Kraków's primary gay pri event has grown each year and celebrated s 15th anniversary 2019. Surprisgly, the age of sexual nsent Poland is the same for homo- and heterosexual relatnships - 15. Gay Marriage is not regnised Poland, and same-sex adoptn is illegal.

As attus towards the LGBTQ+ muny have slowly improved recent s, so has the untry's gay scene, pecially the major ci. In terms of queer nightlife, the number of tly queer-first venu Kraków is still que small, and only got smaller the summer of 2019, when Con - Kraków's top gay club of over 18 years - closed down for good. Durg the day, head to Ldo - a straight-iendly gay fe/bar that opens early, or vis Spartak - Kraków's only gay sna (men-only).

A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH, 2023

Gay-Friendly venu Kraków. Although several municipali (particularly south-eastern PL) clared themselv ee of LGBT iology, a urt lg later banned the distributn of the hate stickers, and the outcry they created here Kraków only lead to many gay-iendly lol bs explicly claimg they were plac of tolerance via their own stickers, posters and flags.

For those lookg for a fun, safe environment to go out whout alienatg their straight iends, Barakah, Klub Kabaret and Ogniwo que often host events anised by or support of the queer muny; Lastriko, Movida and Kraa Szeptów (Land of Whispers) tgle the gay-dar at low equenci; while Eszeweria (owned and operated by a gay uple), Piękny Pi, Fom, Pza, Cafe Szafe and Klub Re n all generally be nsired safe spac for diversy and acceptance. For a gay-iendly night on the dancefloor, we'd remend Szpalna 1 and Społem Deluxe. Gay Cisg Kraków.