Entry #5563: Serving openly in military in Poland

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Region	Poland
Issue	Serving openly in military
Status	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Start Date	Jan 1, 1991
End Date	(none)
Description	Legal for LGB people, but not transgender people.
Sources	https://www.insider.com/countries-that-let-transgender-soldiers-serve-2019-2

Revision History (24)

Aug 24, 2023

edited by aesper. Edit.

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Description	Legal for LGB people, but not transgenders. Mods without sources have changed this entry to something innacurate	Legal for LGB people, but not transgender people.
Description	Show Difference Legal for LGB people, but not transgenders. Mods without sources have changed this entry to something innacurate transgender people.

Aug 22, 2023

edited by Canadianstudent03. Mods without sources have changed this entry to something innacurate

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Description	Legal for everyone	Legal for LGB people, but not transgenders. Mods without sources have changed this entry to something innacurate
Description	Show Difference Legal for everyone LGB people, but not transgenders. Mods without sources have changed this entry to something innacurate

Aug 21, 2023

edited by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. added

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Value	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned	Legal
Description	LGB people can openly serve in military, Transgenders Cannot. Only 22 countries allow Trans Service, Poland is not one of them	Legal for everyone
Description	Show Difference LGB people can openly serve in military, Transgenders Cannot. Only 22 countries allow Trans Service, Poland is not one of them Legal for everyone

Aug 18, 2023

edited by Canadianstudent03. LGB people can openly serve in military, Transgenders Cannot. Only 22 countries allow Trans Service, Poland is not one of them

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Value	Legal	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Description	LGBT+ people can openly serve in military	LGB people can openly serve in military, Transgenders Cannot. Only 22 countries allow Trans Service, Poland is not one of them
Description	Show Difference LGBT+ people can openly serve in military LGB people can openly serve in military, Transgenders Cannot. Only 22 countries allow Trans Service, Poland is not one of them
Sources	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Poland	https://www.insider.com/countries-that-let-transgender-soldiers-serve-2019-2
Sources	Show Difference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Poland https://www.insider.com/countries-that-let-transgender-soldiers-serve-2019-2

Aug 16, 2023

edited by JuliaB. it's legal

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Value	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned	Legal
Description	Only 23 Countries Allow Trans Service, Poland is Not one of them. Given the polish government’s actions, this likely won’t change	LGBT+ people can openly serve in military
Description	Show Difference Only 23 Countries Allow Trans Service, Poland is Not one of them. Given the polish government’s actions, this likely won’t change LGBT+ people can openly serve in military

Aug 16, 2023

edited by Canadianstudent03. Highly incorrect status

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Description	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden.	Only 23 Countries Allow Trans Service, Poland is Not one of them. Given the polish government’s actions, this likely won’t change
Description	Show Difference Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Only 23 Countries Allow Trans Service, Poland is Not one of them. Given the polish government’s actions, this likely won’t change

Aug 12, 2023

edited by JuliaB. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender are not banned

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Value	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned	Legal

Aug 11, 2023

edited by aesper. status wrong.

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Don't Ask, Don't Tell	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned

Aug 11, 2023

edited by Andrei. Now is good

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal	Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Aug 10, 2023

edited by JuliaB. Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden.

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned	Legal
Description	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden.
Description	Show Difference Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service gay, bisexual and transgender are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden.
Sources	https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Poland
Sources	Show Difference https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Poland

Aug 10, 2023

edited by Canadianstudent03. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Description	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual (only formally) transgender people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service
Description	Show Difference Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual (only formally) transgender people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service
Sources	https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Poland	https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205
Sources	Show Difference https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Poland https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205

Reports (1)
Status is not correct "status says that LGBT people are banned, when the text below it clearly says its not"
Aug 10, 2023

Aug 9, 2023

edited by JuliaB. Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual (only formally) transgender people are not banned from military service

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned	Legal
Description	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual (only formally) people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual (only formally) transgender people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service
Description	Show Difference Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual (only formally) people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service transgender people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service

Aug 9, 2023

edited by Canadianstudent03. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Description	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (only formally) people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden.	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual (only formally) people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service
Description	Show Difference Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (only formally) people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. gay & bisexual (only formally) people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service

Aug 5, 2023

edited by JuliaB. there is no mention in the law of a ban on transgender people from serving in the military.

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned	Legal
Description	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. However, openly gay personnel would face social difficulty, especially for higher ranks, as for "commanding staff - officers and high-ranking NCOs - admitting to same-sex attraction would mean losing respect - qualities without which you simply cannot be a commander".	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (only formally) people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden.
Description	Show Difference Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. However, openly gay personnel would face social difficulty, especially for higher ranks, as for "commanding staff - officers and high-ranking NCOs - admitting to same-sex attraction would mean losing respect - qualities without which you simply cannot be a commander". gay, bisexual and transgender (only formally) people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden.

Aug 2, 2023

edited by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. added

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Value	Legal	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned

Nov 1, 2022

edited by _it4_

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End Date	Sep 14, 2018	(none)
Description	No laws restricting service.	Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. However, openly gay personnel would face social difficulty, especially for higher ranks, as for "commanding staff - officers and high-ranking NCOs - admitting to same-sex attraction would mean losing respect - qualities without which you simply cannot be a commander".
Description	Show Difference No laws restricting service. Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are not banned from military service and discrimination against them is officially forbidden. However, openly gay personnel would face social difficulty, especially for higher ranks, as for "commanding staff - officers and high-ranking NCOs - admitting to same-sex attraction would mean losing respect - qualities without which you simply cannot be a commander".
Sources		https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Poland

Reports (3)
Status is not correct "transgender people are banned from working in military, no matter the position."
Jun 12, 2023
Status is not correct "transgender people are banned from military i think"
Jun 12, 2023
Other "Openly transgender people, who have a diagnosis, can not serve in the millitary even during a war. Ass well as intersex people. I know that when you are 19 you are required to go to the millitary to get a ranking a, b, c, d… if you can serve in the millitary or do you have to serve during a war. People with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria get the worst category and are banned from serving even during a war"
Feb 28, 2023

Sep 17, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned	Legal
End Date	Jul 25, 2018	Sep 14, 2018
Description	No laws in place to protect transgender people.	No laws restricting service.
Sources	No

Aug 20, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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Value	Don't Ask, Don't Tell	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned

Aug 5, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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Value	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned	Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Jul 25, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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Value	Legal	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
End Date	Apr 19, 2018	Jul 25, 2018
Description	Only in Cyprus it is illegal to serve.	No laws in place to protect transgender people.

Apr 19, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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End Date	Oct 12, 2017	Apr 19, 2018
Description	No	Only in Cyprus it is illegal to serve.

Oct 12, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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Value	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned	Legal
End Date	Aug 28, 2017	Oct 12, 2017

Sep 6, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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Value	Legal	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned

Aug 28, 2017

created by Ausyk

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	Original entry
Status	Legal
Start Date	Jan 1, 1991
End Date	Aug 28, 2017
Description	No
Sources	No