A gay couple fights prejudice and coronavirus in Poland by giving out rainbow masks to protect themselves from COVID-19 and raise awareness for LGBTQ rights in the country. - NBCOUT
Dawid Mycek and Jakub Kwiecinski wear rainbow-patterned face masks on a street in Gdansk, Poland on April 8, 2020.WARSAW — Married gay couple Dawid Mycek and Jakub Kwiecinski say they face frequent abuse in Poland for being part of a so-called “homosexual plague.”
“So we thought that if we are dealing right now with a real plague we could help protect people from this plague and do something good,” said 37-year-old Kwiecinski. He and his husband gave out 300 rainbow face masks on the streets of the northern Polish city of Gdansk this month to help people protect themselves from
and raise awareness of the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the country.Poland has reported 10,346 cases of the coronavirus and 435 deaths, and wearing a face mask is mandatory in public spaces.
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