Romania overtakes Poland as worst country in the EU for LGBTQ+ people

Romania has overtaken Poland arsenic nan worst state successful nan EU for LGBTQ+ people, according to a ranking published by nan Brussels-based non-governmental organisation ILGA-Europe.

Poland had occupied nan apical spot successful nan rankings since 2019, which are based connected a people that takes into relationship factors specified arsenic nan number of dislike crimes successful a fixed twelvemonth and nan authorities afforded by authorities to nan LGBTQ+ community.

Based connected caller information from 2024, Romania has now overtaken Poland, while Malta, Belgium and Iceland find themselves connected nan other broadside of nan spectrum.

In nan past, respective Polish governmental leaders, including nan president of nan Law and Justice (PiS) statement Jaroslaw Kaczyński, person campaigned against what they telephone "LGBTQ+ ideology."

Asked astir nan "threat of nan imposition of gender and LGBTQ+ ideology connected Poland" during a virtual gathering pinch nan editors of nan Gazeta Polska newspaper successful 2021, Kaczyński said that "all this madness- because it really is madness - is happening successful a world successful which location are reliable and beardown civilisations, some economically and militarily, which are weakening. This weakening of nan West will beryllium taken advantage of."

Poland's lowly ranking changed aft nan country's 2023 parliamentary elections, indicating that conditions for LGBTQ+ group person improved. However, nan caller authorities has not introduced immoderate caller reforms to amended LGBTQ+ rights, contempt having promised to do truthful during nan pre-election campaign.

Nevertheless, ILGA-Europe reports that successful nan "civil nine space" category, Poland has seen an improvement, referring to nan truth that location were less obstacles to "LGBT+ events" specified arsenic pridefulness marches.

"Last year, much than 35 marches were organised crossed Poland and almost each of them took spot peacefully," sounds nan latest ILGA-Europe report. "However, nan protection of these events is insufficient."

Poland precocious abolished its past "LGBT-free zone", six years aft nan first 1 was introduced. These zones, though chiefly symbolic, were an effort to exclude nan LGBTQ+community from nationalist life, according to activists.

"LGBT-free zones" person besides faced disapproval from nan European Union. In 2019, nan European Parliament voted pinch a mostly of 463 to 107 to condemn nan zones, of which location were much than 80 astatine nan time.

According to an Ipsos+ poll, 67% of Poles support same-sex matrimony aliases ineligible nickname of unions for LGBTQ+ couples. Although location were 2 motions successful spot for nan ruling conjugation to present bills connected civilian partnerships into parliament, some grounded owed to a deficiency of support by much blimpish members.