LGBT history in Poland

For the current rights of LGBT people in Poland, see LGBT rights in Poland.
Some opposition members of the Sejm formed a rainbow to protest the 2020 inauguration of President Andrzej Duda.

Homosexuality has been legal in Poland since 1932, though LGBT rights in Poland are among the most restricted in Europe.[1] Homosexuality has been a taboo subject for most of Poland's history; combined with a lack of legal discrimination, this has often led to a lack of historical sources on the subject. Homophobia has been a common public attitude in Poland because of the influence of Catholic Church in Polish public life and widespread social conservatism.[2] Homosexuality in Poland was decriminalized in 1932, but recriminalized by the German authorities following the Invasion of Poland in 1939.[3][4]

  1. ^ Szulc, Lukasz; Springer International Publishing AG (2018). Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland Cross-Border Flows in Gay and Lesbian Magazines. Springer. pp. 8, 97. ISBN 978-3-319-58901-5.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference glbtq was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Where is it illegal to be gay?". BBC News. 10 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ "LGBT Rights in Poland". Equaldex. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.