Two separate Polish courts have annulled ‘LGBT-Free Zones’ ruling that they go against Poland’s constitution. The court victories come after Poland’s commissioner for human rights, Adam Bodnar, filed a series of complaints against the zones that have sprung up around the country.
The judgments overturn the ‘LGBT-Free Zones’ in Klwów, in east-central Poland, and in Istebna in the south. However, the local authorities can appeal in both cases.
Moreover, the zones remain in place in around a third of the country. And similar court cases against the anti-LGBT+ declarations have failed in five other courts including in Kraków, Kielce and Poznań. Judge: Poland also has ‘tradition of tolerance’ Poland has 16 voivodships – or provinces.