A judge in Poland said that a poster with the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus surrounded by the rainbow flag colours was not offensive. The three women in Poland stood trial for distributing posters of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus with a halo in the rainbow colours of the LGBT+ pride flag. Human rights activists Elzbieta Podlesna, Anna Prus and Joanna Gzyra-Iskandar faced two years in prison on charges of “offending religious beliefs” under article 196 of the Criminal Code.
The authorities first arrested and detained Elżbieta in a raid on her apartment in 2019 and officially charged all of the three activists in July 2020.