lose funding from the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union. The commission announced that six cities that recently declared themselves "LGBT-free" zones — effectively announcing hostility to queer denizens and visitors — would be denied the opportunity to "twin" with other E.U.
cities and obtain tens of thousands in euros that could pay for conferences and other generators of tax revenue.E.U. Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli tweeted that the anti-LGBTQ+ actions of the unnamed Polish cities conflict with E.U.