Rafał Trzaskowski who secured 30.5 per cent, in what polls suggest will be a knife-edge election.While many issues are on the table for voters, this presidential election is particularly significant for the country’s LGBT+ community.
President Duda has led a campaign against LGBT+ rights; something liberal Trzaskowski, on the other hand, is opposing. But for a country that continues to make global headlines for its growing intolerance towards LGBT+ people, is Poland ready for a pro-LGBT+ president?President Duda has promised to “defend children from LGBT ideology” if he is re-elected and has proposed greater restrictions on LGBT+ people, including a new constitutional amendment to ban same-sex adoption.