Irish town cuts ties with Polish twin, due to homophobia

The Fermoy Twinning Committee in Co Cork has officially terminated its twinning relationship with Nowa Dęba in Poland which has been designated as an «LGBTQ-free zone».

The twinning relationship between Fermoy in Co Cork and Nowa Dęba in Poland has been terminated after 14 years.

«LGBTQ-free zone» refers to some regions of Poland which, from the beginning of 2019, began declaring themselves unwelcoming of an alleged «LGBTQ ideology». As of October 2020, some 100 municipalities (including Poland’s five out of 16 provinces), encompassing about a third of the country, have declared themselves «LGBT-free zones», wbj.pl reports.