Anti-LGBT+ bill that could devastate a generation lands in Poland's parliament
On Wednesday (12 January), the lower house of Polands parliament, the Sejm, will debate a bill described as a power grab of the Polish education system.
The education reform is dubbed Lex Czarnek, or Czarneks Law, after minister of education Przemysław Czarnek, who thinks LGBT+ people arent equal to normal people and has compared the queer community to Nazis.
It would give the government excessive control through school superintendents, Polish government officials which oversee several schools each.
If Lex Czarnek is adopted, superintendents will have the power to veto any teaching materials provided by charities or outside organisations, and will be able to dismiss headteachers without notice if they do not comply.
Rémy Bonny, executive director of pan-EU LGBT+ rights organisation Forbidden Colours, told PinkNews that this power grab means teachers and schools will not longer be able to help LGBT+ pupils.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/12/poland-lgbt-lex-czarnek-education/