Poland's first-ever LGBTQ+ museum opens: 'For you and about you'
QueerMuzeum opened in Warsaw Friday, becoming the first LGBTQ+ museum in Poland, the first in post-communist Europe, and the fifth in the entire world.
December 10, 2024
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QueerMuzeum opened in Warsaw Friday, becoming the first LGBTQ+ museum in Poland, the first in post-communist Europe, and the fifth in the entire world.
The British royal reportedly had a "great night" at the queer-friendly Butero Bistro.
Thousands of people marched Saturday in the Polish capital's annual gay rights parade, days after the education minister called for a ban on the ''propagation of homosexuality'' in Poland's schools.
Polish gays, joined by LGBT activists from around the world, held a successful "Equality Parade" Saturday, facing little resistance as they marched through downtown Warsaw.
"Right-wing organizations loathed me and my club. Le Madame was so popular that people stayed until the last possible moment. We waited until the police came with a warrant, and they had to drag us out."
The demonstration comes a week after a Bialystok event was met with violent counterprotests.
European Union commissioners on Monday said Poland could lose its E.U. voting rights if its newly elected president, Lech Kaczynski (pictured), continues to oppose gay rights.
More than 1,000 people marched in Lublin after a court struck down a ban and police dispersed anti-LGBTQ protesters.