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■ Brendan Fay and Tom Moulton at yesterday’s solidarity for Belarus concert in Warsaw. Photo courtesy KPH, Warsaw. |
WARSAW, Mar.31 -- Gay
Americans Brendan Fay and Tom Moulton found a media frenzy when they arrived at
Warsaw airport yesterday for a three-day visit.
The couple, who were married in Canada, hit the international headlines when
their wedding image was used in Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s televised
prime-time address to scare the Polish people against supporting the Lisbon
Treaty, arrived to Warsaw for a three-day visit.
The trip is sponsored by TVN Television.
Their first day in Poland was an opportunity to meet with Polish gay rights
leaders Tomasz Szypula and Greg Czarnecki from the Campaign Against Homophobia (Kampania
Przeciw Homofobii – KPH) as well as other members of the LGBT community.
Fay and Moulton were eager to get to know about the situation and issues of LGBT
people in the East European nation.
The Polish activists showed the couple from New York some major sites in the
city such as the former Jewish Ghetto and the Old Town and attended a Catholic
Mass in the afternoon.
They were also able to see a rock concert in solidarity of Belarus.
Later they had dinner together with one of Poland’s most prominent gay couples
Tomasz Raczek, film critic, and Marcin Szczygielski, writer.
“For us this is a journey of friendship and solidarity. It’s a most
unexpected opportunity to share our story and hear the stories of the courageous
lesbian and gay community in Poland”, say Fay and Moulton.
In a statement, KPH said: “We are very honoured to have Fay and Moulton
here in order to start a public dialog on domestic partnerships.
“We are happy that in fact the couple has received a lot of expressions of
support from Poles both within the country and abroad.”
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