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In today’s ruling, the Supreme Administrative Court confirmed the interpretation of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, indicating Poland’s obligation to comply with EU law. Campaign Against Homofobia – “This is an extremely important step, but not the last one” Today, March 20, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled that EU law requires Polish civil status registers to record same-sex marriages concluded abroad. Therefore, the only way to fulfill this obligation is to transcribe them, which is a requirement of every Civil Registry Office in Poland. Today’s ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court clearly demonstrates that Poland,...

Today, March 10, a meeting of the Special Committee for the draft law on the status of the next of kin and cohabitation agreements was held. On behalf of the KPH, the meeting was attended by Mateusz Trzaska, Advocacy Coordinator, and Przemek Walas, Advocacy Manager The Special Committee for the draft bill on the status of the next of kin and cohabitation agreements was established by the Sejm on February 13, 2026, after the first reading of the government’s bills (read more: The status of the next of kin has been referred to an extraordinary parliamentary committee. KPH: This is...

Poland has never been so close to recognizing our relationships. We looked at everything we did last year and compiled the most important socio-political changes that affected the rights of LGBT+ people in Poland Last year we contributed to numerous successes for LGBT+ persons in Poland, such as the Supreme Court ruling on gender recognition procedures and the European Court of Justice ruling on the transcription of foreign same-sex marriage certificates. At the same time it was a year of disappointments, such as when the President referred an amendment to the Criminal Code on hate crimes to the Constitutional Tribunal....

The ILGA-Europe Annual Review 2026 report (covering events in 2025) shows that the situation for LGBTI people in Poland remains very difficult. Although there have been some minor improvements compared to previous years, Poland still ranks among the countries with the lowest level of rights protection in the European Union What does the report say about Poland? According to the latest ILGA-Europe report, despite the changing political climate in Poland, key legal changes that would improve the situation of LGBT+ people have yet to be implemented. Poland still does not recognize same-sex unions – neither marriages nor civil partnerships –...

On Friday, February 13th, MPs decided to refer the bill for further consideration to a special parliamentary committee, appointed at the request of the Polish People’s Party (PSL). This is the first government bill recognizing the existence of same-sex relationships to gain the support of a parliamentary majority The bill submitted to the vote replaced the government’s earlier proposal for a law on civil partnerships. KPH, along with other organizations, repeatedly pointed out that the first proposal provided very little security for partners in same-sex relationships. Particularly disturbingly, the government completely ignored the issue of the approximately 50,000 children raised...

The year 2025 is slowly coming to an end. Thanks to your support, we were able to continue our work throughout this time in support of the rights of LGBTQ+ people. In the new year, we will keep moving forward with the same strong commitment. There will be time for summaries later — but already now, we want to say: THANK YOU! KPH Team