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Gay, transsexual Polish lawmakers protest Walesa’s anti-gay rant
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.
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Focus on gay, transgender lawmakers in Poland after Walesa’s anti-gay remarks
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.
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Nobel peace prize winner Lech Walesa shocks Poland with anti-gay remarks
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.”
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Poland lawmakers reject efforts to grant legal rights to same-sex couples
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s lawmakers have rejected three separate draft laws that were intended to give legal rights to unmarried and same-sex couples.
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Poland’s ruling party plans legislation to legalize same-sex civil unions
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s ruling center-right party, Platforma Obywatelska (PO), has announced that it plans to introduce legislation to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples.
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First transgender person may serve in Poland’s Parliament
Anna Grodzka is looking at the possibility of being the first transgender person to win a seat in the Polish Sejm (Parliament), after a new anti-clerical party stormed the national parliamentary elections winning an unprecedented third place finish.