Polish Police Protect Pride March Amid Anti-LGBT Crackdown

Expand Thousands of people take part in the Equality March in Lublin city, Poland, September 28, 2019. © 2019 Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images Police in Lublin, Poland took action to protect participants in a pride march last Saturday from anti-LGBT protesters, who, according to a media report, tried to stop the march and attack the marchers with eggs. Such action should stand as an example of how Polish authorities need to defend free and assembly rights as anti-LGBT rhetoric reaches a fever pitch ahead of national elections. Much of the vitriol in recent months has been…

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