HATE SPEECH IN POLAND TOWARDS LGBT+ COMMUNITY

All the information are gathered by KPH Poland (Campaign Against Homophobia) and Lambda Warsaw.
THREATS
VIOLENT ATTACKS
AGAINST PEOPLE
ATTACKS AGAINST
PROPORTY
JAN 2015
Gay man was physically assaulted by his co-worker. After the 1st legal counseling, the contact discontinued.
A pro-LGBT mural by Klamra Foundation was covered with “zakaz pedałowania” (ban fagottry) slogan. Authors used the legal counseling offered by KPH.
20 years old lesbian woman has been repeatedly blackmailed, insulted and threatened by family members because of her same-sex relationship.
A transman was attacked by a group of neighbours with a knife and called names “perverted” and “dyke”.
Teenage gay came out at home and since then, his mother started bullying him. She continuously beats him and uses homophobic language towards him.
A 14-year old boy committed suicide after long-lasting harassment and physical abuse in his school.
A group of people tried to disturb LGBT equality march organized by LGBT organization Tolerado.
JUN 2015
Two lesbians were orally insulted with homophobic slurs and one of the girls was physically assaulted. The incidents was reported but the proceedings were discontinued because of the unknown offender.
After leaving a gay club, the man and his male friend got beaten up by 5 strangers. A friend of the man who reported the case got his belongings stolen by the perpetrators.
A gay man with Huntington Disease was physically assaulted and verbally abused in his neighbourhood by two unknown perpetrators. One man slapped him in the face, and another man called him “faggot”, “queer”, a “junkie” and “freaky”.
Teenage gay man has been continuously beaten by his brother after his coming-out. After the 1st legal counseling, the victim was referred to LGBT intervention hostel and used it’s services.
18-year-old man was beaten by his older brother in their family house after the perpetrator overheard the victim’s conversation with his boyfriend.
19-year-old man was attacked physically by his father after the perpetrator noticed the son’s social media conversation with his boyfriend. After that both parents threw the gay son out of the house.
A couple of gay men were attacked by two men in a street outside a night store. The assault started after one of the gay men asked the other “Honey, do you have change?”, which sparked a question “Are you faggots?” and subsequent severe physical assault of one of the victims.
A young Roma man was verbally abused with homophobic slurs by his family after he came out. The family damaged and burned down his clothes and shoes. According to the victim, they believed that it is impure or poisoned.
Two young men holding hands were called homophobic slurs (“fags”, “faggots”) and were beaten by a group of unknown perpetrators near the main door to the shopping centre. They tried to fight back. The incident was not reported to the police.
The incident took place outside the gay club, where a group of people were called names “you fucking faggots, dykes, bitches, cunts” and were beaten up by 3 perpetrators.
JAN 2016
A gay student was threatened via social media.
Threatening inscriptions were scrawled on the staircase outside a gay man's apartment after the victim was threatened and blackmailed.
The victim received a threatening homophobic message via social media.
Three men perceived as homosexual and a woman were insulted and subjected to death threats in a tramway.
The office of an LGBT rights organization was vandalized, racist and homophobic messages were inscribed on the door and the organization's name plate was torn and burnt.
A group shouting homophobic slogans tried to forcibly enter the office of an LGBT rights organization.
A boy was subjected to homophobic insults and threatened while travelling on public transport.
A stone was thrown through the office window of an LGBT organization.
A man was physically assaulted after intervening to defend a girl who had a rainbow flag taken away during an equality march. The perpetrator was arrested.
The office window of an LGBT rights organization was broken.
The office window of an LGBT rights organization was broken for the second time in ten days.
A gay man was subjected to homophobic insults and assaulted, during which he had a cobblestone thrown at him.
JUN 2016
A gay man was blackmailed because of his sexual orientation.
A group of activists was attacked and subjected to homophobic insults and nationalist slurs by a group.
A gay man was physically assaulted.
Two social activists were insulted and physically assaulted.
A man was subjected to homophobic slurs and threats.
Two men holding hands were subjected to homophobic insults, attacked and robbed by a group. The perpetrators were convicted.
A lesbian woman was subjected to homophobic slurs and spat at during a wediing.
The victim was subjected to homophobic insults and threats via social media.
On the night before the local equality march, all the rainbow flags displayed on the march route were taken down or stolen.
A woman was physically assaulted and repeatedly threatened after her sexual orientation was revealed.
A man was subjected to homophobic insults and assaulted by a group.
A gay couple was subjected to homophobic insults and attacked.
JAN 2017
A rainbow flag was stolen from two women and set on fire after the victims were insulted. The perpetrators sang an anti-LGBT song as the flag was burning.
A schoolboy was repeatedly intimidated, threatened and physically assaulted at school due to his perceived sexual orientation.
A young girl was repeatedly subjected to insults and physical assaults at home due to her sexual orientation.
A young man who was perceived as gay was insulted, physically assaulted and spat at by a group.
A small firework and insulting flyers, accompanied by shouted homophobic insults, were thrown into a room while screening an LGBTQI film.
An LGBT event at a university was disrupted when a firecracker with an anti-LGBT message was thrown inside the building.
Two gay men and a friend were subjected to homophobic insults and physically assaulted.
A gay man was subjected to homophobic insults and physically assaulted by two police officers after his sexual orientation was revealed.
A man was arrested by police officers after kissing another man in the street and was sexually assaulted while in police custody.
A man was subjected to homophobic insults, threatened and his home was invaded.
A man was arrested by police officers after kissing another man in the street and was sexually assaulted while in police custody.
A gay man was insulted and spat at during a public demonstration.
The windows of an LGBT rights organization were broken.
People participating in a picket against homophobia were physically assaulted by a group.
The office of an LGBT rights association were vandalized and its windows were broken.
A gay man was insulted and physically assaulted outside an LGBT-friendly club. The incident was investigated and ended in a court settlement in which the victim was compensated.
Two women walking with their arms around each other were insulted and threatened with physical assault.
A rainbow flag was stolen by a group from an event held by an LGBT organization.
JUN 2017
A gay man was threatened with expulsion from his home because of his sexual orientation.
Members of a political party talking about homosexuality were insulted and physically assaulted by a group. Bottles were then thrown at a cafe where they later took refuge.
A girl was physically assaulted by a group and had pins ripped from her while going home from a pride event.
Two lesbians were physically assaulted and one of them had her glasses broken.
An LGBT organization's office was vandalized and two rainbow flags were stolen.
A gay man was physically assaulted by a perpetrator who had previously subjected the victim to homophobic insults.
A gay teenager committed suicide after being repeatedly threatened and bullied due to his sexual orientation.
A gay man was subjected to death threats by a group who came to the victim's mother's home.
A person was physically assaulted by a group in front of an LGBT-friendly club.
University security guards were subjected to death threats by a hate group during the screening of a movie on marriage equality.
An LGBT friendly cafe was attacked, gas was sprayed in the stairway and a chair was thrown at the premises by a hate group during a pride event.
A girl was insulted and had a pin ripped from her jacket after leaving an LGBT event.
A gay couple was pelted with eggs and subjected to homophobic insults in their building's staircase.
Two women were insulted after sharing a kiss and one of the victims was physically assaulted.

THE BORDER
OF TOLERANCE
IN POLAND

LGBT+ rights and issues around this are a very sensitive topic in Poland. Most of the society has very conservative approach towards this matter and the present political situation in Poland does not help to improve the living conditions of homosexual and transgender people.

This timeline consists only of a few of the incidents that happened between January 2015 and December 2017.

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