After returning a stolen painting they unknowingly possessed, a gay couple got engaged in Warsaw as an act of solidarity with Poland's LGBTQ community.
Poland’s conservative ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, recently called the LGBTQ rights movement a foreign import that threatens Poland, a predominantly Roman Catholic nation where some see liberal Western values as eroding their own traditions. The National Museum has itself been a focus of the government’s conservative drive, with some officials seeking recently to remove erotic or feminist works.
Gilmore said they hoped with their gesture to “invite the Polish LGBTQ community to join in our joy. David and I are confident that very soon they will prevail in their struggles.
They also wanted to show a gesture of solidarity to the Jewish community in Warsaw and had meetings and made a donation to the education department of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews during their recent visit.
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