What You Need To Know:
✓ The election of the conservative Polish PiS Government in October of 2015 impacted minority rights in Poland.
✓ “I wouldn’t say that the public is following the rhetoric of the Government,” says Tabagari;
✓ Krakow recently had a record number of supporters at their Pride parade, and 250,000 people marched the streets in Warsaw to protest the actions of the PiS Government, which will be continued in June at the Equality March;
✓ “When there is no feeling of justice and fairness, people can do things to organizations like us.”
Rights defense organization ILGA, The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, released its Rainbow index this week, which ranks European nations by their advancement of gay rights, pointing at a disturbing trend in Central and Eastern Europe. According to Polish LGBT activist, Griorgi Tabagari, the election of the conservative Polish PiS Government in October of 2015 impacted minority rights in Poland: “The rhetoric about minority rights, LBGT rights, has shifted drastically which translated to not supporting bills which were already proposed in the parliament.”
“I wouldn’t say that the public is following the rhetoric of the Government,” he adds, highlighting the rising anger of Polish citizens towards their Government. Krakow recently had a record number of supporters at their Pride parade, and 250,000 people marched the streets in Warsaw to protest the actions of the PiS Government, which will be continued in June at the Equality March. “We cannot say that PiS has the general public’s support on having a homophobic stance.”
Poland’s Campaign Against Homophobia center, after 15 peaceful years of operation, recently suffered three attacks, says Tabagari.
Although there is no proof that the government was linked to these occurrences, Tabargari thinks that people are more inclined to marginalize a group under the PiS government, as they most likely will not be investigated: “when there is no feeling of justice and fairness, people can do things to organizations like us.”
Hromadske’s Maxim Eristavi spoke to Giorgi Tabagari, Polish LGBT activist via Skype in May, 2016.
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