The Palace of Culture is illuminated with rainbow colours in a gesture of solidarity with the LGBT community in Warsaw (Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto via Getty) Cities in Poland have illuminated buildings in rainbow colours in a powerful display of solidarity with the country’s embattled LGBT+ community. Parts of Poland have become harsh and unwelcoming places for
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Police officers remove LGBT+ activists from blocking the road to a police vehicle transporting detained queer-rights activist Margo in Warsaw, Poland. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images) A blanket of blue-uniformed police officers swept over the LGBT+ protesters, many crouched on the floor, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday (August 7) as hundreds packed the streets to demonstrate