LGBTQ+ and abortion rights advocates are thrilled Poland's ruling, right-wing Law and Justice party is unlikely to from Poland's next government. But they are skeptical of the commitment of who will.
Hubert Sobecki is a spokesperson for Love Does Not Exclude, an association that represents Poland's LGBTQ+ community. Sobecki says while he's encouraged that Polish voters have rejected the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party, he's not convinced that Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition represents a big change for the LGBTQ+ community in Poland.
During eight years in power, the Law and Justice party, known by its Polish abbreviation PiS, has established what it calls"LGBTQ-free zones" across the country. It has called homosexuals"animals,""emissaries of Satan" and worse.A few years ago, when retail giant Ikea fired a Polish employee for making homophobic remarks on the company's internal website, Poland's PiS-led government sued on behalf of the employee.
"Do not confuse happiness with cessation of pain," he says."Just because we can count on public television no longer calling us 'pedophiles' — maybe this is not the highest standards that we should aim for?"Polish abortion rights advocate Natalia Broniarczyk says a change of government may not accomplish what many of her fellow advocates are looking for when it comes to a woman's right to an abortion in Poland.
"We were breaking the law many times to save someone's life," says Broniarczyk."We were sending pills to hospitals, which is illegal. We were calling to hospitals and threatening doctors that we will send TV if they will not do a procedure."
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