Dear friends –
When fascists turned the German people against their Jewish neighbors in the 1930s, one of the tactics used was to depict Jews as enemies of the state and to create "Jew-free Zones."
Shockingly, right-wing leaders in Poland are using very similar tactics TODAY to whip up hate against their fellow citizens.
LGBT+ people have been described as "a threat to Polish identity, our nation, and its existence." At least THIRTY Polish towns and villages have declared themselves "LGBT-free Zones."
A national newspaper distributed free anti-LGBT+ stickers to its readers. And an Archbishop called the LGBT+ community a "rainbow plague."
These tactics are straight out of the Nazi playbook and the results are terrifying...
In the past month, LGBT+ people have been attacked with firecrackers, rocks, rotten eggs, and bottles filled with urine. Pride flags have been burned. People have been taking their young children to anti-Pride rallies to teach them how to hate their fellow citizens.
This is an emergency. We know what happens when minority groups are scapegoated like this. We must never let fascism win again!
That's why we're doubling down here at All Out and FIGHTING BACK against the hateful wave of anti-LGBT+ fascism striking through Poland and other parts of Europe.
Your donation will go directly towards our work to:
- Run emergency advocacy campaigns for LGBT+ rights in Poland and the rest of Europe to resist neo-fascism;
- support LGBT+ people across Europe with crowdfunding campaigns for life-saving projects like shelters and counseling hotlines;
- supply activists with digital tools and strategies to run their own urgent campaigns for LGBT+ rights;
- amplify the voices of local LGBT+ rights groups with the help of our activist and media networks around the world.
Our opponents are on the rise. They are well funded and well organized. This is going to be a long fight.
We've got a lot of work ahead of us, but we aren't giving up. We've conquered this hate before. We can do it again.
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