Wednesday, September 8 | 17:30 | Warszawa Room
A family, or... On same-sex couples bringing up children. A meeting with the psychologist Anna Strzałkowska as well as a lawyer and the president of the Tolerado Society Jacek Jasionek after the film ALL TOGETHER, dir. Marco Simon Puccioni.
In Polish
Partner: Tolerado, Campaign Against Homophobia, rainbow4.love
In the Polish debate on families by choice, we are not capable of much more than the irony that a large proportion of Polish children is brought up by same-sex couples: mothers and grandmothers. In our country, same-sex couples who have children are demonized and presented as a threat to “traditional family”. However, the lack of rights does not make them disappear. The West has already done its tolerance homework. But is Poland ready to give all its citizens equal rights? Join us for the conversation about families as well as same-sax couples having and adopting children after the film “All Together”, which shows that there is a world close to Poland where men or women who do not avoid difficult questions can do a fantastic job bringing up their sons and daughters.
Guests:
Jacek Jasionek – Gdańsk lawyer and social activist. Since 2019, the president of Tolerado who is engaged in work for minority rights. He participated in the development of the Model for Equal Treatment – the first and only Polish document in the rank of a city council’s decision which describes specific activities which the city’s authorities may implement to provide equality for all the city’s inhabitants.
Anna Strzałkowska – a psychologist and sociologist by profession. Academic teacher and a human rights activist. Coordinator of the expert team for LGBT+ rights at the Consultative Council of the Women’s Strike. Co-head of the first term Gdańsk Council for Equal Treatment in the office of the Mayor of Gdańsk.
Host:
Małgorzata Muraszko – journalist and editor for “Gazeta Wyborcza”. She specializes in culture. Music, literature, film and visual arts are particularly close to her heart.
