Polish Magazine’s ‘LGBT-Free Zone’ Stickers Stoke Boycott
Gazeta Polska magazine with "LGBT-free zone" sticker
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A pro-government newspaper is inflaming Poland’s election-year battle over gay rights by distributing “LGBT-free zone” stickers, even as some retailers boycott the publication.
The publicity stunt by Gazeta Polska -- which coincided with attacks by far-right groups on a LGBT pride march in eastern Poland last weekend -- has already triggered a litany of criticism and comparisons to Nazi-era propaganda calling for areas free from Jews.