Andrzej Duda Rafal Trzaskowski Washington Poland city Warsaw Andrzej Duda Rafal Trzaskowski Washington Poland city Warsaw

Poland’s anti-LGBTQ president re-elected

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The anti-LGBTQ president of Poland won re-election on Sunday. The Associated Press reported Andrzej Duda defeated Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski by a 51.2-48.8 percent margin.

The two men ran against each other in a runoff because they didn’t receive a majority of the vote in the first-round of Poland’s presidential election that took place on June 28.

Activists have sharply criticized Duda — head of Poland’s conservative Law and Justice party — over his anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.

Duda last month said LGBTQ “ideology” is more harmful than communism. Justyna Nakielska of Kampania Przeciw Homofobii, a Polish LGBTQ advocacy group, told the Washington Blade last month noted the Law and Justice party ahead of last October’s parliamentary elections

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