Nowa Dęba, a town in the southeastern part of Poland has removed a resolution that set it up as an ‘LGBT-free zone’ after claiming the resolution had been “misunderstood” and “exploited” to harm the town’s image.
Parts of Poland have been declaring themselves as an ‘LGBT-free zone’ free from “LGBT ideology.” Local authorities are refraining from actions that could be seen as tolerant of the LGBTQ+ community, and are working to prevent financial aid for non-governmental organisations helping to promote equal rights.
A conservative newspaper also printed “LGBT-free zone” stickers for readers to publicly display in their homes. Nowa Dęba was one of those towns, and as such it lost access to certain EU funding when they adopted resolutions