WARSAW, April 23 - Married gay couple Dawid Mycek and Jakub Kwiecinski say they face frequent abuse in Poland for being part of a so-called “homosexual plague.
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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 COVID 19 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.
In Poland, which doesn’t recognize any form of same-sex union, parades to celebrate LGBT life became violent flash points last year in the buildup to October elections.“The situation of LGBT people in Poland is getting worse I would say day by day, we have the right-wing in power... the Law and Justice party and they are against LGBT,” Kwiecinski said.A spokeswoman for the ruling conservative Law and Justice party did not respond to requests for comment.
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