Polish #LGBT rights activist @BartStaszewski met President Andrzej Duda earlier today, a few days after Duda's anti-LGBT remarks at a campaign rally that caused a storm in Poland and internationally. @oko_press interviewed Staszewski about how the meeting went. 1/4
From the interview, it transpires that Duda doesn't know much - if anything - about the real issues that the #LGBT people face in Poland. Instead, the president talked at length about the "LGBT ideology" that came to Poland from the West. 2/4
According to Staszewski, Duda did not even know/hear about the headline-making events, such as the attempt to bomb the #Equality March in Lublin last year or the attack on the Equality March in Białystok, also last year. 3/4
Staszewski also said he asked Duda to apologise for his anti-#LGBT remarks. The president reportedly refused, invoking freedom of speech. The interview in full (Polish): oko.press/nie-slyszal-ni… ENDS
