The Polish government has appointed anti-LGBTQ+ university professor and MP Przemyslaw Czarnek as the new education minister.
Czarnek was presented as part of the new cabinet on Wednesday 30 September, triggering backlash from opposing politicians with former foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski branding him a ‘homophobe’.
During the 2020 summer election campaigns, Czarnek reportedly said “these people are not normal people” in reference to the LGBTQ+ community.According to The Washington Post, Czarnek awarded medals to anti-LGBTQ+ politicians in the province of Lublin, and openly supports the creation of ‘LGBTQ+ free zones’ in the country.