On Monday 17 March, on the Opole marketplace Square, the board was set up, showing photographs of the yearly urban equality marches. Activists from Rainbow Opole explained what motivated the plant's creators. "We want to show how we are and that acceptance of diversity is simply a natural part of surviving in society," they stressed.
LGBT exhibition in Opole
The exhibition described here was part of a larger run called “There are more of us! Bring equality to us.” The action led in the Opole Voivodeship encouraged LGBT people to share their history.
– We show our exhibition in Opole and mention to our equality marches, which attract a crowd of participants all year. We want to draw attention to the lives of people in our community. What difficulties we face – she explained behind the exhibition Maja Kopieć.
– We believe that we are warm and open to another man in Opole, so we anticipate a affirmative consequence to this campaign. The exhibition is besides meant to honor queer people who come to equality marches and fight with us for a better next day – she added.
Opole. MEP Braun destroys LGBT exhibition
Her optimism was rapidly tested. On the second day, the exhibition was destroyed by Euro MP Grzegorz Braun from the Confederation of the Polish Crown. The right-wing politician sprayed over the boards, writing letters on them, covering the slogan: “Stop propaganda of perverts”. His behaviour was recorded and published online.
On the same day in the Morning Talk Radio Opole Braun explained his action. – This is the propaganda of perversions, the propaganda of deviation, it is the vulnerability of outsiders, especially minors, which should awaken our concern, to contact with a message that is fundamentally contrary to good habits," he said.
The MEP besides notified the police, attributing the authors of the exhibition a violation of Article 140 of the Code of Offence. He states that “whoever commits an indecent act publically is subject to detention, restrictions on freedom, fines up to PLN 1500 or reprimands.”
The city did not leave Braun's prank unanswered. For the evening, politicians trying their forces in the presidential election had a scheduled gathering with residents in Opole. president Opole Arkadiusz Wiśniewski, however, stated that “in fear of destroying property, the Municipal Plant terminated an agreement with Grzegorz Braun to rent a area at the Exhibition and legislature Centre. Therefore, there will be no gathering with Mr Braun, the presidential candidate today."
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