Poland has been ranked as one of the worst places in Europe for queer people to live
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he raised concerns about Poland’s record on LGBTQ rights with the country’s Prime Minister behind closed doors, after his public admonishment of Italy’s Prime Minister was ill-received on the sidelines of the Group of Seven meeting last month.
This year, the European chapter of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, known as ILGA, ranked Poland as one of the worst places in Europe to live for queer people. The organization ranked the country 42 out of 49 – behind Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, but ahead of Belarus, Russia and Turkey.
Kyle Knight, a senior LGBTQ researcher with Human Rights Watch, told The Globe and Mail on Friday that the Polish government has systemically attacked queer people and vilified them to gain traction with some voters. The effect is an “incredibly hostile environment” for LGBTQ people. Poland ranks behind Italy in its treatment of LGBTQ people but Mr. Trudeau made no similar comment at the top of his meeting with Mr. Morawiecki. Asked about his silence at a press conference on Friday, Mr. Trudeau said that he privately “raised concerns that we have around some of the reports coming out of Poland, around LGBT rights, around democracy.”
“Poland is ferociously going after LGBT people,” Mr. Knight said. When governments like Canada don’t proactively raise the issue, he said “it can send the signal that Poland is getting away with it.”
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