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Walesa avoids hate crime charge for anti-gay remarks

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

WARSAW, Poland — Polish prosecutors say they will not charge former President Lech Walesa with hate crimes for recent remarks deemed offensive to gays. [ Read more → ]

Poland's first openly gay lawmaker, Robert Biedron (right), and first transsexual lawmaker, Anna Grodzka, center, took seats in the front bench of the parliament in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday to protest recent anti-gay remarks by former President Lech Walesa.Photo: Czarek Sokolowski, AP

Gay, transsexual Polish lawmakers protest Walesa’s anti-gay rant

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's first openly gay and transsexual lawmakers took seats on the front bench of Parliament Wednesday to protest hostile remarks by former President Lech Walesa. [ Read more → ]

Focus on gay, transgender lawmakers in Poland after Walesa’s anti-gay remarks

Monday, March 4, 2013

WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's first gay and transgender lawmakers will sit on the front bench in Parliament this week in reaction to hostile remarks by former president Lech Walesa. [ Read more → ]

Nobel peace prize winner Lech Walesa shocks Poland with anti-gay remarks

Sunday, March 3, 2013

WARSAW, Poland — Lech Walesa, the Polish democracy icon and Nobel peace prize winner, has sparked outrage in Poland by saying that gays have no right to a prominent role in politics and that as a minority they need to "adjust to smaller things." [ Read more → ]

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