Poland's right-wg populist lear Andrzej Duda me to power last year on a platform cryg a ‘LGBT-iology’ he alleged was spreadg throughout his untry at the expense of tradnal fay valu. Now, dozens of Polish municipali have enacted "LGBT iology ee zon" makg members of the gay muny this European Unn member state fear for their safety. Simon Ostrovsky reports om Poland wh support om the Pulzer Center.
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Homophobia – noun: an umbrella term for a range of negative attus (e.
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LGBTQ is Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr and Queer and/or Qutng (sometim people at a + at the end an effort to be more clive); GSM is Genr and Sexual Mori; DSG is Diverse Sexuali and Genrs. Other optns clu the ialism GLBT or LGBT and the acronym QUILTBAG (Queer [or Qutng] Uncid Intersex Lbian Trans* Bisexual Asexual [or Allied] and Gay [or Genrqueer]).
Adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or somethg other than straight or heterosexual.
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