এলজিবিটি LGBT LHBT LGBT LGBT-free zone Strefy wolne od LGBT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT-free_zone https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66459606 Any of various municipalities and regions of Poland that have declared themselves unwelcoming of an alleged "LGBT ideology", in order to ban equality marches and other LGBT events. By June 2020, some 100 municipalities and five voivodships, encompassing a third of the country, had adopted resolutions which have been characterized as "LGBT-free zones". In September 2021, four of the voivodships withdrew the measures, after the EU threatened to withhold funding. Most of the adopted resolutions were lobbied for by an ultra-conservative Catholic organisation, Ordo Iuris. While unenforceable and primarily symbolic, the declarations represent an attempt to stigmatize LGBT people. The Economist considers the zones "a legally meaningless gimmick with the practical effect of declaring open season on gay people". In a December 2020 report, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights stated that "Far from being merely words on paper, these declarations and charters directly impact the lives of LGBTI people in Poland." LGBT-free zones LGBT-ideology free zone Strefy wolne od ideologii LGBT August 2020 Poland LGBTQ Protests