Same-sex relationships are not legally recognised in Poland and gay couples cannot adopt children.
Tens of thousands of people marched in Warsaw's Pride parade on Saturday to demand equality for LGBT people ahead of Polish elections.
"We want to show that today diversity, minority rights means Europe that is open, Europe that is tolerant," he said at a press conference before the march. Activists expect that these issues will be used by the party to mobilise conservative voters in the predominantly Catholic country during this year's elections in October or November.
"But I am not very worried because we are a very strong community, and we will not be easy to stop from doing our prides because it's okay to be who we are."
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