“We don’t feel safe here”. Many people from across Poland, all from the LGBT community, all with the same message. Some were too afraid to make their identities public.
All felt targeted by events this summer. In July, a conservative newspaper printed “LGBT Free Zone” stickers for its readers to publicly display.
Later that month the first-ever Pride rally in the city of Bialystok was attacked by counter-demonstrators. Police were forced to detain several right-wing activists.