Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

I would like to draw your attention towards a very unsettling situation that every LGBTI person in Poland faces. Polish law does not protect LGBTI persons from violence driven by prejudice. The aggression that marred the participants of the first Equality March in Białystok, did not appear out of nowhere. The march was preceded by a several-month long campaign of hatred. Politicians, hierarchs of the Church, publicists and publicists among others, were voraciously engaged.

I would like to point out that permitting the language that is supposed to invoke hatred towards certain groups, portraying these groups as hostile forces, especially in public places, is an incentive towards persecution.

This is why I am trying to summon your help to take the necessary steps in order to introduce changes in the Penal Code, particularly art. 256 and 257, which adhere to responsibility for inciting hatred, insulting and violating the immunity, and art. 119 mentioning the use of physical violence and unlawful threats, to assert the premise of sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as other premises that are not taken into consideration so far.

Additionally, I demand:

• Active prevention of hate crimes, in particular, the initiation of universal anti-discrimination education;

• Thorough investigation and prosecution of hate crimes;

• Shaping public debate in such a way that there is no hatred or hate speech insinuated.

Sincerely,