Poland’s right-wing president says he can’t be homophobic  

In an unexpected move, Poland’s right-wing and historically anti-LGBT+ president has indicated that he would be willing to legalise same-sex civil partnerships in the country.

But according to Notes From Poland, president Andrzej Duda said in an interview with Wprost that he would  “seriously consider signing a bill” to introduce civil partnerships, “especially if it applied to all those living in informal relationships.”

He said that he wants couples in “informal relationships” to have some rights only afforded to married couples, such as accessing their partner’s medical information when they are in hospital.

Duda also said that he definitely isn’t homophobic because sometimes gay people visit him at the presidential palace.

“I assure you that in the presidential palace I am often visited by people who have a different sexual orientation than mine,” he said. “This is not the slightest problem for me.”