The LGBTQ+ community in Poland has long advocated against the erosion of human rights after years of rule-of-law concerns. Euronews reporter Julian Lopez travels to Warsaw to speak with activists and community members about their hopes - and fears - for the future.
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00:02 This is kind of homeland that doesn't love you.
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01:56 I still don't feel safe wearing rainbow pins, rainbow bag,
02:08 because people were beaten up for that.
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02:13 What are you trying to say there?
02:17 That everyone are perfect and just the way they are.
02:22 They are beautiful.
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02:55 This is a box, secret box I can't open now,
03:17 because these are our wedding rings.
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03:24 We would prefer to get married in Poland, of course,
03:37 but it's still impossible.
03:39 We are in a relationship with each other about 30 years.
03:43 There are many straight marriages
03:47 that don't last so long.
03:49 And in Poland, it's impossible to recognize our relationship,
03:54 even as a real partnership.
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04:06 the video.
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05:11 You can tell whatever you want about the LGBTI community,
05:15 and you won't get punished.
05:17 If you say the exact same words, something
05:20 hateful against religion minorities, ethnic minorities,
05:24 national minorities, then it will be a crime.
05:26 What the government agreed on, actually,
05:29 is that we should definitely amend the criminal code
05:32 in order to make homophobic, transphobic hate speech
05:35 a crime.
05:36 And they prepared a bill that we know for sure,
05:39 but they are still processing it.
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06:55 Do you understand that for many people, this is hate speech?
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09:58 you