WARSAW: Hundreds of Polish nationalists and defenders of LGBT rights faced off against each other on opposite sides of a street in central Warsaw on Sunday (Aug 16).The nationalists burnt a rainbow flag, while the LGBT activists painted one on the street.
The groups shouted abuse at each other, separated by a line of several police vans and dozens of policemen.The nationalists' gathering was organised by a far-right movement All-Poland Youth, whose former leader, Krzysztof Bosak, won nearly 7 per cent in the first round of a presidential election in June."This is a toxic ideology, dangerous, revolutionary and radical," Bosak said in a speech during the gathering.Gay rights were part of the most recent election campaign in Poland, a.