Polish nationalists and LGBT activists face off in Warsaw

A pro-LGBT demonstrator waves a rainbow flag as Polish nationalists gather to protest against what they call"LGBT aggression" on Polish society, in Warsaw, Poland, on Aug 16, 2020. 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 .

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 staunchly Catholic country, and the issue is still divisive. President Andrzej Duda, an ally of the ruling Law and Justice party, won re-election in July. During the campaign he had compared what he called LGBT"ideology" to communist doctrine, sparking criticism at home and abroad.

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