Poland’s ruling party plays the LGBTQ card

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Poland’s ruling party plays the LGBTQ card
Jan Cienski

WARSAW — Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has found an issue to fire up its right-wing backers ahead of this year’s European and national parliamentary elections — LGBTQ rights.

It’s a strategy that plays on some of the country’s deepest divisions, and could pay dividends by splitting the opposition.

The topic gained prominence thanks to last month’s signature by Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski of a 12-point LGBT+ rights declaration. It sets out the city’s policy on issues like finding shelter for children thrown out of their homes by homophobic parents, as well as bringing sexual and tolerance education into the Polish capital’s schools based on World Health Organization guidelines.

Read more at: https://www.politico.eu/article/polands-law-and-justice-plays-the-lgbt-card-ahead-of-elections/