Anna Liminowicz

Photographer

www.annaliminowicz.pl

LGBT POLAND - for NYTimes

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Nationality: Polish

Biography: Anna Liminowicz - graduate Press Photography at the Institute of Journalism at the University of Warsaw and Polish School of Reportage. Freelancer. Social issues are the main focus of her photographic interest. Winner of the Krzysztof... read on

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“No one told me that something like homosexuality exists,” said Maciej Gosniowski. “I didn’t know there was something like being a gay.”

Warsaw, Poland 2019

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Maciej Gosniowski in bookstore Wrzenie Świata
Warsaw, Poland 2019

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Mr. Gosniowski, left, preparing costumes for a performance. He decided to come out not long after he was beaten in high school and works as one of only a handful of drag performers in Poland.

Warsaw, 2019

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Hubert Sobecki, right, leads Love Does Not Exclude, a nonprofit that campaigns for the recognition of same-sex marriage.

Warsaw, Poland 2019

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The palace of Culture and Science, which hosts Warsaw’s City Council. The mayor introduced a declaration last month aimed at promoting tolerance for the L.G.B.T. community.

Warsaw, Poland 2019

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Pro and anti-L.G.B.T. activists arguing about the Warsaw declaration during a City Council meeting.

Warsaw, Poland 2019

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Solidarity with the L.G.B.T. community in Bialystok.
Warsaw, Poland 2019

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Bialystok, Poland 2019

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Fans of the local soccer team were among the far-right protesters who confronted L.G.B.T. marchers in Bialystok.
Poland 2019

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Most chilling, Katarzyna Sztop-Rutkowska said, was that the angry mob included faces familiar to her.

“What happened in Bialystok was the result of months of propaganda,” Ms. Sztop-Rutkowska said.

The anti-gay language has also been pushed by many figures in the Roman Catholic Church.

Bialystok, Poland 2019

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A “L.G.B.T.-Free” sticker promoted by a Polish publication.
Bialystok, Poland 2019

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Jakub Przybysz is well acquainted with the hatred directed at gay people in many parts of the country. It is why he hid his sexuality for years.

Even before the recent anti-L.G.B.T. campaign, it was not easy being gay in this conservative town. There are no gay-friendly clubs or coffeehouses. It would be crazy, he said, to walk hand-in-hand with a same-sex partner.

Bialystok, Poland 2019

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Organizers of an L.G.T.B march in Bialystok, Poland. “I don’t want to leave this country, but I wonder if there is a place in Poland where I can feel safe,” said one.

Bialystok, Poland 2019

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Solidarity with the L.G.B.T. community in Bialystok.
Warsaw, Poland 2019

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In a show of solidarity with the L.G.B.T. community in Bialystok, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Warsaw and other cities on Saturday.
Warsaw, Poland 2019

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