Waldemar Zboralski

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Waldemar Zboralski as an English nurse

Waldemar Zboralski (born June 4, 1960 in Nowa Sól ) is a Polish LGBT veteran activist, journalist and politician.

Life

Zboralski was born in Nowa Sól, where he grew up and graduated from high school. He became a victim of the secret operation Hyacinth , which the Polish communist police launched on November 15, 1985. The aim of the operation was to create a national database to register homosexuals and people who had any kind of contact with them. In 1987 he was the founder and the first chairman of the "Warszawski Ruch Homoseksualny" (Warsaw Movement for Homosexual Women and Men, or: Warsaw Homosexual Movement). Zboralski appeared - as the first publicly known gay man - since December 1987 in a three-part journalistic television program on Polish television. Zboralski was named by the Radio Free Europe Research Department in 1988 as a member of the "Independent Movements in Eastern Europe".

He lived in Hamburg from May 1988 to January 1990 .

According to Krzysztof Tomasik , author of the book “Gejerel. Mniejszości seksualne w PRL-u "(" Gayerel. Sexual minorities in Poland "), Zboralski was called" homosexual Wałęsa "and" the main force of the Warsaw gay movement ".

Zboralski has campaigned for the legalization of same-sex marriages in Poland and was the first journalist to publish an article on the subject in the Polish mainstream press.

In 2003 he was the first honorary member of the Polish LGBT organization Kampania Przeciw Homofobii (Campaign Against Homophobia). In 2004 he ran publicly as a homosexual for the European Parliament . He represented the anti-clerical party of progress "RACJA" and was unsuccessful. In 2005 he ran unsuccessfully as a public homosexual to the Polish parliament Sejm , as a member of the Union of the Left party .

Waldemar Zboralski during the Registered Partnership Ceremony in 2007

In 2007 he emigrated from Poland to Great Britain and there he married his partner Krzysztof Nowak on October 12, 2007. They were the first Polish homosexual couple to get married in England. He lives in England as a British citizen and works as a nurse .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Hari : Interview with David Cameron: "Let's talk about sex: Johann Hari grills David Cameron over gay rights". In: The Independent . February 4, 2010, accessed on December 15, 2013 (English): “ ... Poker-faced, Cameron refuses to address the contradiction in his position: he says he wouldn't ally with anti-gay politicians, yet here they are , making blatantly anti-gay statements. Whenever I raise it, he tries to change the subject. All the parties in Poland are equally bad on gay rights, he says. I tell him that's not what the Polish gay equality groups say. The veteran gay activist Waldemar Zboralski says: "The Law and Justice Party is by far the most homophobic party in Poland, and Mr Kaminski is the leading symbol of homophobia in this country. It's very strange for Mr Cameron to deny this; it is indisputable ... "
  2. ↑ a b Wolfgang Jöhling : Discrete passions, homosexuals prose from Poland. Foerster Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-922257-56-9 , pp. 9-19.
  3. ↑ Sergiusz Wróblewski: Pytaniami deptano najintymniejszą sfere człowieka. In: Inaczej . 1999, accessed December 15, 2013 (Polish).
  4. ↑ Joanna Gorzelińska: Różowe teczki. In: Przekrój . 2004, accessed December 15, 2013 (Polish).
  5. ^ A b Franz Werner: Pedal in Poland. In: Pink Lilac. 1988, accessed December 17, 2013 .
  6. ^ Jiri Pehe : "Independent Movements in Eastern Europe", p. 18, (RAD BR / 228). In: Open Society Archives. November 17, 1988, accessed December 15, 2013 : “ The Warsaw Homosexual Movement. Founded: Date unknown in Warsaw; has been told unofficially that it will be legalized this year as an independent association. Estimated membership: "A few hundred." Objectives: No aims stated. Leading personalities: Waldemar Zboralski. "
  7. ↑ Krzysztof Tomasik: Gejerel. Mniejszości seksualne w PRL-u. “Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej” publishing house, Warsaw 2012, ISBN 978-83-62467-54-9 , pp. 12, 39, 42–44, 46, 241–243, 318, 350–351 and 357.
  8. ↑ Amelia Panuszko: "Jak się chce być modnym to się choruje na AIDS" (interview with Krzysztof Tomasik). wprost.pl , 23 August 2012, accessed on 15 December 2013 (Polish): “ Jeśli chodzi o gejowskiego Wałęsę to była taka postać - nazywał się Waldemar Zboralski. To on był takim spiritus movens warszawskiego ruchu homoseksualistów. To on był pierwszym przewodniczącym i właściwie jako pierwszy zaczął pojawiać się w mediach jako przedstawiciel homoseksualistów. Starał się być wzorem na wzór zachodni. Wtedy też pojawiła się kwestia zachorowań na AIDS, więc Zboralski jako wzór do naśladowania dla innych zrobił sobie test i pokazał go publicznie. Pochodził z małego miasteczka, z rodziny robotniczej i nosił wąsy, więc niejako naturalnie został takim gejowskim Wałęsą. "
  9. ↑ a b c d Wybory 2005 (Elections 2005). Webpage Homiki.pl, July 3, 2009, accessed December 15, 2013 (Polish).
  10. ^ Waldemar Zboralski: Jak z tym jest u Niemców? (How is it done in Germany?). In: Wochenblatt: "Przegląd Tygodniowy". 1992, accessed December 15, 2013 (Polish).
  11. ↑ certificate of honorary member of the Campania Przeciw homofobia. Retrieved December 15, 2013 (Polish).
  12. ↑ Michał Iwanowski: Głosem mniejszości (With the voice of the minority). In: Gazeta Lubuska . March 30, 2004, accessed December 15, 2013 (Polish).
  13. ↑ Andrew Gilliver: Poles Apart - It's not easy to be gay in Poland. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the Lesbian and Gay Foundation in Manchester . June 26, 2009, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; accessed on December 15, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lgf.org.uk
  14. ↑ Pierwsi polscy geje, którzy wzięli ślub, mieszkają w Anglii. In: Gazeta Wyborcza . March 28, 2008, accessed December 15, 2013 (Polish).
  15. ↑ a b Andrew Gilliver: Poland's first married couple start action group. In: PinkPaper.com. July 3, 2009, archived from the original on July 12, 2009 ; accessed on December 15, 2013 .

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personal data
SURNAME Zboralski, Waldemar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish LGBT activist
DATE OF BIRTH June 4th 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Nowa Sól