Town Declares Itself LGBT-Free Zone, Becomes Laughingstock of Europe
Kraśnick made headlines earlier this year when leaders of the LGBT-free town turned away a diplomatic visit from a gay French minister. April 13 2021 11:13 AM EDT
The mayor of Kraśnick said his Polish town his become a laughingstock of the world after declaring itself to be an LGBT-free zone. The councilors of the small, deeply religious, and conservative town voted to symbolically rid their town of queer people and their allegedly insidious ideologies in 2019, but Mayor Wojciech Wilk told the
New York Times the move has resulted in the loss of millions in much-needed financing for the town and made it a symbol for homophobia.