Rainbow Humming Bird on the Butt

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Rainbow Humming Bird on the ButtOriginal title: Tczowy Koliber na Tyku

uthor: !zymon "iemiecTran#lator: $agoda !ochon%llu#trator: &u'eran(ubli#her: &)BT (re## *+,o-yright#: &)BT (re## *+ . /001%!B": 23454652/78285059(age#: //2


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Rainbow

Humming Bird

on the Butt

&ie and rt a# !een by !zymon "iemiec

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FORWARD

Thi# -ro'ect took two year# to com-leterom the conce-t in #ummer o /001 to their#t -ublication in (oli#h la#t #ummer ?which #old out 5 the *ngli#h tran#lationtook time and moti


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AhyI Becau#e nobody ha# the authority toecommunicate or eile another humanbeing rom #ociety 5 nobody@

% in#i#ted that !zymon contact hi# religiou#and a#k them to write o-en letter# i not inhi# deen#e in the deen#e o religiou#reedom# ? no % am not a belieiane ;i#herC# Jetro-olitan,ommunity ,hurchL on o !zymon#contact# wa# -re#ented@ !e


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con#idering the country i# 21N Roman,atholic would ha


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%n thi# e-erience % ha


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where mo#t o my childhood -a##ed and atermany year# % came back here to ind my #-ecial-lace on earth to remain@ >uring their

marriage my grand-arent# built a beautiulhou#e in which there wa# enough -lace orthem their -arent# my mother her #i#ter andwith time al#o or my ather and me@ Ae madeu- Duite a harmoniou# amily@ )randmade


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!adyba wa# changing with them@y mother met my ather in a high #chool@Both were attending a -re#tigiou# Aar#aw

!tean Batory High !chool@ ter high #choolinal# both #tarted ad


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thi# nice oreigner -ointing at my omC##tomach #aid it wa# round a# a ball@ He al#ohumorou#ly noticed that -robably not much

time ha# let to the deli


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#ide@ n ortho-edi#t who #aw me a ew day#later #tated that % wouldnCt de


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and #tudying ather wa# too granddad wa#working and my grandma wa# #-inningbetween the #urgery and the kitchen@

Out o nece##ity a nanny wa# hired to lookater me@ Though there wa# #omeone whohad already taken care o me@ y ir#t-rotector wa# "ua a 875year5old )erman!he-herd emale@

Ahen % a--eared in the hou#e thi# wonderul

animal acce-ted me a# a new -u- in her -ackand #he took lo


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incom-etent medical #tudent want# to kill thechild@ But they didnCt know either my ather orme@ gain in deiance o the a#toni#hed doctor

and all the -rediction# % #ur


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third zone in which during "uaC# -ermitted cat#to mo


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once #he #tarted to -retend that #he wa# allright and #he wa# ready to -lay@ !he wa# themo#t aithul -rotector that % e


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% donCt remember much rom that ir#t #tage omy lie but rom what my mother tell# me androm la#he# o my own memory % know that

there were two -lace# where they alway# couldlook or me and they ound me@ The gardenwa# the ir#t where % had my #ecret hiding-lace# and hideout#@ % #-ent mo#t time therewhich dro


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#hortcake@ nyway my lo


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machine a burning candle in the backgroundand my grandma who wa# trying to eed me@Belie


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Holy water@ )randma er


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,iechomin@ %t wa# there % got to know martialart# again#t chicken#@ e# ye#@ >onCt laugh atme@ n aggre##i


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wa#nCt too normal@ ;or eam-le not e


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nur#ery #chool# with an in#i-id -ul- with no#alt -e--er or garlic but with ried egg#@

% #tarted to like #-inach only when % wa##tudent at a college@ Howe


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Becau#e there were i


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nyway (haraoh ant# it i# a yet a dierent#tory@ *


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% know rom #torie# that right ater my birthmy grand-arent# began to arrange my ba-ti#m@Though the -ar#on wanted my ather ? already

known to be an athei#t 5 to


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nyway mum had alway# been #killul withhand# and #he made me many co#tume# ormany


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lady with a cello ga


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Ahen we ini#hed reading !chwambranien itturned out that % can read by my#el Duiteluently@ y ather threw me at the dee- end

gi


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rom the time# o the ;ir#t and the !econdAorld Aar u- to her la#t day#@ !he taught meecumeni#m by telling me #torie# about hiding

$ew# and an Orthodo icon #a


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)randdad wa# working mo#t o the time o hi#illne##@ Ahen #ucce##i


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my going


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that nearly our whole cla## #le-t in one our5man room@ %n the middle o that night aterrible #torm blew u-@ One o the thunder# hit

a tree net to our hou#e and broke a branchwhich broke the window5-ane and thru#t intothe bed in which % wa# #u--o#ed to #lee-@ %C


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*#-ecially % remember two tri-# to *gy-t andBulgaria@ To the ir#t o tho#e two countrie# wewent by -lane@ Tho#e #i hour# o light were

really #omething@ ;or a child o my age alltho#e -re##ure change# a wonder otechnology in the orm o an air-lane andner


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ice cream# on #tick# called Bambino and icecream block# a


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%n order to #-end two week# in that #ociali#thea


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melodie#@ % could #-end 1 hour# in ront o thecom-uter and -atiently line by line enter acode o a -rogram and the only ta#k o which

wa# to di#-lay the merican lag in the #creen@&etC# #ay that the lag wa# a billowingdelicately@ &etC# add to that a black5and white#creen and a 'oy#tick breaking downcontinuou#ly@ ,an you belie


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atherC# ault while granny $adzia wa# blamingmy mum@ % wa# torn between the two amilie#and % had almo#t -aid or it with #anity@

Though % managed to ind a way to work the-roblem through@ Theatre -ro


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way % ound a -lace which a--eared to be myhome or the net ten year#@ &ucky Thirteenwa# #omething amazing@ !te- by #te- a grou-

o local kid# wa# becoming a -roe##ional actor#grou- under a watchul and lo


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-roblem at once and a#ked me to call him byhi# ir#t name@

The #econd #tory related to the -rimary #choolwa# our cla## tri- to (rague in ,zecho#lo


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l#o in Bie#zczady % e-erienced ir#t tornadoin my lie@ That wa# a memorable night whenthe whirlwind a -henomenon


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and he ound a man in that


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%magine my great #ur-ri#e when rom #e


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nyway % became a #tudent o the 3/th High!chool on the Aar#aw (raga@ % entereda com-letely new world@ ;ir#t o all % met

riendly -eo-le in the teaching #ta@ The ir#t#hock wa# my (oli#h teacher an ine#timable-roe##or (iontkow#ki who managed toinculcate an idea o lo


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-regnancy@ ;or the ir#t year o our #tudyingwe were ob#er


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know many intere#ting #torie# rom the -ri


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+#ually % met there my ather hi# -artner her#i#ter and her child@ Becau#e my ather wa# aamou# in (oland gynecologi#t #ociety #oon %

became known among girl# a# the one whocould hel- them in tho#e matter#@ % became aconidant and an ad


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in thi# organization that % already mentionedbeore@

;or the our year# o high #chool the clo#e#t-er#on to me had been arzena@ That young-o##e##ed with the #-irit o a modern girl wa#the be#t riend to me@ % wa# her conidant@!he u#ed to come to me with e


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beginning we were -erorming in a hall rentedon the Aar#aw Old Town@ Aith time %managed to con


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walking to and rom the room@ One momentour emale tutor came to a halt net to me andwith her eye# ied u-on the ar end o the

cla##room #he a#ked me in theatrical whi#-er:o you *now anything on the 1I But "-mwriting on the third one, %rofessor,% an#wered@ But A/*a is writing on the firstone and she doesn-t +uite #o%e with it@ Whatshould " doI % a#ked #lightly #ur-ri#ed@ Aritedown what you know on a #heet o -a-er@ % did

#o@ % Duickly wrote a dozen or #o -oint# relatedto the ir#t to-ic@ % called the tutor to come tome under the -retence o a#king or a#andwich@ The tutor came leaned o


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% wa# -lanning that ater graduating high#chool % would try to a--ly to the !tate ,ollege

o Theatrical rt#@ Though knowing that therewere /0 -eo-le on one -lace at the #ame time% a--lied or Balkan >e-artment at the Aar#aw+ni


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no chat# ba#ed in $a


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wonder i % really wanted that@ The light# wento there wa# #ilence and darkne## ell@

The ir#t touch= the ir#t ki##= % didnCt e


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ter the academic year had #tarted % mo


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who ater a ew introductory word# a#ked u# togo to the ,ity >e-artment and look around toind anything to do there@ %mmediately the

manager o the >e-artment #ent u# to the citywith a command to acDuire maimuminormation on the ea#t alling on the ollowingday@ Ae were to e-artment % #tarted to write about e


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o the de-artment and with time the editor5in5chie@ Thank# to that during hal a year o-ubli#hing the #u--lement % learned not only a

#olid 'ournali#tC# crat but al#o the rule# omaking u- column# and -age# knowledge ogra-hic com-uter -rogram# and all what areader cannot #ee when he gra#-# a ini#hednew#-a-er@ %t #eemed to me that a run o goodluck would la#t or e


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The #u--lement went through -roo readingmaking u- column# and wa# acce-ted by themanaging editor o the editorial oice@

+nortunately colleague# rom the ,ulture>e-artment had #-otted it and they alarmedthe chie@ The late#t one bur#t into the editorialoice yelling at the managing editor that hewa# to remo


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and % will ne


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The man li


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ambitiou# -ro'ect@ %n that new 'u#t ari#ingreality it wa# etremely diicult to create aramework o democracy@ But $acek and >orota

$akubow#ki had accurately #en#ed that you hadto educate youth in the ir#t -lace@ oung-eo-le inected with the idea# o democracywere the -erect uture leader# a


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% remember my ir#t blunder@ %t wa# about mynick my %nternet alia#@ Beore that % wa# u#ingnick #haman e


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i the #ardine# with conetti -our #ome beerand kee- that in the cigarette #moke or #ometime@ Then -u#h that into one can@ ,lo#e the

can@ ake a little hole in the bottom@ (ut thecan o


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#oa which wa# dirty and #-otted and #tood ina corner o the tiny room@ That #oa made u-our em-ire@ That wa# the #oa % landed on

when % entered the gay club or the ir#t time@

%t wa# #till early and the club wa# Duite em-ty@+#ually the clima o the number o -eo-le ellon /6:00 #o at /0:00 when % came into theclub it wa# Duite de#erted@

% wa# #itting on the #oa in a com-any o [[and acie'ka 5 two -re-o##e##ing older thanme and % wa# ab#orbing the atmo#-here o theorbidden ruit with e


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the whole #ociety gathered in the )oat#@+#ually gathering o -eo-le more or le## to/6:00 when the crowd in the club wa# reaching

it# -eak and you couldnCt #tand in#ide@ Thenu#ually a -arole wa# #aid: OK the li#t ha#been #igned@

;or mo#t o u# that wa# a #ignal to march out@Ae were rede-loying in #maller and biggergrou-# into the direction o the Babka

roundabout where the #econd Aar#aw gay clubwa# located@ ykono# wa# a #-lendid imitationo a )reek ta


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eam-le during the whole -arty he u#ed towear hi# legendary ur #li--er# and #ungla##e#hiding hal o hi# ace@ Ahen the -arty wa#

coming to an end and Beki wa#nCt going to-rolong it he alway# u#ed to -lay one #ong@Ahen we heard A#iGX_ do -ociGgu byle'akiego rom the loud#-eaker# we all knewthat there wa# no ho-e or u#@ That wa# alway#the la#t #ong@ Beki had ne$#in the (aradi#e werenCt #o clo#e to u# a# heu#ed to be@

>e


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>uring one o #uch ob'ect5le##on# (accoa--eared on the channel and a#ked i anyoneelt like going with him or a walk@ %


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(acco became my


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t that time % u#ed to coo-erate with a youngand talented #tage5manager )rzegorz Re#zkorom the Ochota theatre@ Together with riend#

we were #taging (aul BartzC# -lay >inner(layed ;our Hand#@ %tC# a wonderul #toryabout a ictional dinner o ;riderick Handel and$ohann !eba#tian Bach@ % took -art in that-erormance a# o-erating -er#onnel@ %attended to the #ound@ One o the la#t-erormance# wa# held in the ba#ement o the

church at the (lac Qbawiciela in Aar#aw@ Therei# a inal #cene in the drama in which the mainrole -lay# one o the mo#t -o-ular mu#ic -iece#by Handel@ ccording to the #cenarioHallelu'ah rom e##iah wa# to be -layed onthe highe#t le


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Transition from a loset to the $olish"ithes #lub.

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home@ The net two week# were a nightmareor me@ % wa# calling her at lea#t twice a day tomake #ure i #he wa# all right@ % alway# heard

the #ame #ad


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with #e ha


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watching #ub#eDuent teenager# coming u- toour table and a#king i they could buy u# abeer@ o#t oten we agreed or who wouldnCt

ha


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The year 8223 wa# #lowly coming to end andmy contact# with +la and (acco were becomingclo#er and clo#er@ ,hri#tma# wa# coming near@

nd becau#e e


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a gay@ nd then he #la--ed him on the aceand a#ked him to get out@

% wa# terriied@ % imagined dam in hi# #ummer'acket #tanding in the center o Aar#aw andreezing@ % knew there wa# no chance to go tobring him to our home or at that time therewere no tai# and #uburban bu#e# didnCt go@ thome e


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>amn itV % thought@

% wa# a gay but out#ide my circle nobody

knew about that@ dmittedly % wa# the ir#t atthe college to di#cu## writing a -a-er orBachelorC# >egree about gay -re## but thatdidnCt mean that % wa# a homo#eual@ "obodyrom the editorial oice ha# e


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The net day % ound an i##ue o the )azetaAyborcza on my de#k@ %n the ir#t -age o the

ca-ital #u--lement there wa# a -icture o me@ ew minute# later the editor5in5chie a#kedme to come to hi# oice and inormed me that% couldnCt work or him any longer that% o


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Though % didnCt care about it too much or atmy home there wa# #till the (ublic outhcademyC# oice #o my more or le## regular

income made it -o##ible to make a li


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any ad


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(oznaE with me that we would go to the -artyand in the morning we would take the ir#t trainto (oznaE and go@ Becau#e it wa# a carni


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"ot only #imilar attitude# toward# aith unitedme and icha@ There wa# #omething more@ Aehad made Duite a #ucce##ul cou-le or 1

month#@ He wa# acce-ted by my riend# andmany time# he wa# coming to me rom Arocawwith bag# illed with ood@ He maintained thatmeat rom hi# -art# ta#ted com-letely dierent@He wa# an educated cook and a waiter@ nd %mu#t admit he cooked #u-erbly@ % learnedmany great di#he# rom him@ n


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managed to make e


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*+&mon iemie na(ed- Thats somethingnew...

%n the ykono# club another reunion o the]gay-l wa# to be held@ %t wa# to be a ir#t rate-arty@ Ahen % entered the club it wa# diicultto ind enough room to #tand there@ *


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o me@ But it didnCt hel-@ There were no


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ter we got dre##ed and went out it a--earedthat % won@ That wa# beginning o myacDuaintance with Krzy#iek )arwatow#ki rom

(ink(re## and my later coo-eration with that-ubli#hing hou#e@

%n tho#e day# % wa# #till


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could go back home@ !ince then myduodenum remind# me about it#el twice ayear@

"ehind the rainbow bar

# a bartender % u#ed to work in two -lace#@The ir#t wa# the migo an inamou# club nearthe (lac Trzech Krzy\y where % had worked ortwo month# making the %nternet #ite or the

clubC# owner# and working behind the bar@Though when the owner# incited by one o thebartender# wanted to decei$ % knew who -layed themu#ic at the reDue#t# o -atron# #o e


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only or a month@ % came there at the momentwhen a cloud wa# on the horizon or the owner#o the club@ The -rote#t# o the re#ident#

grou-# o drunken blocker# gathering near theclub and other -roblem# inluenced the owner#to clo#e the ykono# down@ Ae all elt #orryabout that@ ;or tho#e looking or un there wa#only the (aradi#e club remaining@

!oon the year two thou#and wa# to be another

turning -oint in lie o the homo#eual milieu in(oland@

Ambassador without underwear...

The bigge#t -ornogra-hic -ubli#hing hou#ewhich -ubli#hed "owy en and )e'zerdecided to organize a great e


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The -rogram wa# illed u- with meeting#concert# and conerence#@ %n total there were

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ece-t a #tandard dance without clothe#@ %came back home to change and in my wardrobe% ound my leather trou#er# military boot#

#ome leather acce##orie# and an old habit@ %al#o took with me my then a


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Ahen Bill !chiller got to know that % wa# atheatrical in#tructor and one o the ir#t-er#on# in (oland who -ublicly admitted their

#eual orientation he #tarted to -er#uade meto acce-t the title e


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award the Rainbow &aurel eclu#i


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cau#ed by that act@ The oicer# were grateulto me or making their 'ob ea#ier@ l#o the-arent# didnCt Duite ha


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Behind me % had many #eual aair#recollection# o which are di#gu#ting to me

today@ % mu#t admit that at a certain -oint %re-ent % u#ed to belie


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wa# hi# di#tincti


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when making -hoto# o a naked body whicha--eared to be u#eul later at my work or themodel#C agency and working a# a inde-endent

-hotogra-her@

Aith time the editor# #tarted to order me towrite re-ort# rom


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o my decoration


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hel- o a -iano #tring@ % didnCt want to belie


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and #aid that we had a -roblem becau#e therewa# no ma#ter o ceremonie#@ He a#ked me i% would agree to run the e


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country@ That wa# (oland rom the time# o!talin@

*#-ecially two thing# are im-rinted in mymemory@ The ir#t one wa# the manner theauthoritie# made #hort work o our e#ti


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wa# ready to make #e with me in the #treet@&uckily % managed to con


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% remember that ater the recording a youngboy dre##ed in black with a big #il


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turned out that there were not enough >rag[ueen arti#t# whoCd wanted to -erorm orree@ ter a moment o he#itation % agreed

and together with a ew other arti#t# % #tartedto -re-are a #how@

,ontrary to -o-ular o-inion a drag Dueendoe#nCt con#i#t 'u#t in dre##ing your#el a# awoman and entering the #tage@ man who i#taking u- that 'ob ha# to be not only a ma#ter

o actorC# techniDue but al#o a great #en#e o#tyle and humor@ O cour#e there are manydrag Dueen# who think dierently@ any gay#think that itC# enough to -ut on a dre## and abra #tued with #ock# a wig and #tiletto# tobecome a drag Dueen@ Ae #ee them on


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Kwa#niew#ki@ !he made an etremely -o#iti


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eO& who only when a--eared at ouragency at once he wanted to be a #tar@ He wa#terribly di#a--ointed that hi# -oor abilitie# didnCtind any o my under#tanding@ ter hi# #how inthe %dol inale TP % #ent him an e5mail withcom-liment#@ He didnCt an#wer but that didnCt#ur-ri#e me@ %Cm #ure that he doe#nCt ha


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ended with a #olemn -romi#e not to ha


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%n October /000 at the (aradi#e nightclub a#u#ual a grou- o riend# gathered to go##i-about the thing# that wa# who to whom or

what and why@ Time wa# -a##ing awaycheerully by beer and chi-# when #omebodyob#er


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organization to be created@ The uture -ro


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Though with a dierence becau#e theirrainbow had #e


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#olely homo#eual -er#on# but e


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O cour#e in the Aar#aw circle# there weredierent o-inion# on the -arade@ (racticallynobody belie


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The 8 ay wa# ine


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ew minute# beore 87:00 in ront o oureye# a car a--eared rom which 7 igure# indi#gui#e got out o the car@ %t turned out that

our riend# who -erormed a# drag Dueen#decided to #u--ort u#@ Thu# at the ir#t (aradewe were to ha


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onument where #our ace# o the ((!member# welcomed u#@ They were lookingthrough the window# to #ee their chairman

walking with homo#eual#@ t the #ound oThank ou ;or The u#ic we di#mi##ed thedemon#tration and came back home@ Butbeore that % a#ked the -olice how many o u#were there@ ccording to them there werearound 600 -er#on#@ How many o u# werearaid to 'oin the demon#tration and wa#

walking down the -a


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general a##embly o the a##ociation member# %wa# elected the -re#ident o the managingboard and Krzy#iek wa# elected the trea#urer@

Be#ide# Krzy#iek wa# #eeing to all thebureaucratic i##ue#@ He #ettled the PT %> andR*)O"@ "et we o-ened a bank account and#tarted to think about uture o-eration#@

The ir#t logo o our a##ociation wa# created byRadek Oliwa rom the %!@ nyway rom the


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Ae were #hocked watching the colla-#ingbuilding#@ t once we decided to react a#many other -eo-le in (oland@ Ae #ent a

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con#titutional law@ %n -ractice the #ituationdidnCt change to thi# day@

On the 9th o October /008 % celebrated notonly my birthday but al#o the ir#t anni


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teleuring all that me## my mum wa# trying tokee- a#ide@ % got to know how diicult her liewa# only a ew year# later rom an inter


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but at that moment % under#tood that #@Kry#tyna #im-ly wanted her #on# to grow intohone#t men@ Today ater ha


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Krzy#iek a# a drag Dueen@ arcin wa#di#gui#ed a# a cor-#e bride@ Ae were haziadowo % went to my mum anddam near Aar#aw@ Krzy#iek introduced a newtradition e


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nother year brought big change#@ ;ir#t o allthe %&),"5(oland #tarted to de


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#uch a##ociation# or a circle with a ew #tri-e#in the middle didnCt nece##arily ha


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;rom -re-aration# to the #econd (arade % #adlyrecall -roblem# with the organizationcommittee@ Both the &ambda Aar#zawa and

the ,am-aign gain#t Homo-hobia had alreadynoticed a medial -ower o that e


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there were around two thou#and o u#@ % wa##hocked@ Ae e-ected 900 -er#on# maybeone thou#and@ Aherea# -eo-le in#tructed by

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money on a common idea@ Taking ano--ortunity they attacked al#o u# anddemanded re


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to buy award# and to -re#ent them in a #uitablebinding@ On the /nd o October /00/ #@(roe##or recei


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woman 'ournali#t to gi


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-hotogra-hic agency and urther growing olong hair wa#nCt nece##ary@

One day in ugu#t % met Robert BiedroE at theocca#ion o di#cu##ing #ome Due#tion#@ ttho#e time# we u#ed to meet Duite oten inclub# and eDually oten we u#ed to talk about


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The -ro'ect mo


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% donCt remember eactly why $acek andarcin were remo


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ew day# ater the whole #candal eru-ted twoAeb -ortal# turned to u#@ The %nna !tronaa#ked me or an inter


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-re#ent the tet doe# more harm to them thanto me@

But beore that that tet rom the )e'owo wa#u#ed by a ew right wing and catholic Aeb-ortal# a# a -roo or their #ti-ulation thathomo#eual #ociety wa# bad and #-oiled to themarrow@ Today when %Cm looking back % can#ee that in #ome ca#e# tho#e homo-hobicarticle# were right@ %ndeed in our (oli#h

#ociety there ei#t# #ome -eculiar manner tode#troy e


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al#o among tho#e -eo-le there were manymalcontent# eternal grumbler# or de#troyer#but mo#t o the %nternet #ociety #howed a

greater #ocial and -olitical awarene## rom there#t o the homo#eual -er#on#@ %t wa# on the%nternet that new idea# and conce-t# wereborn under#tanding wa# initiated and #u--ortgrou-# were born ? #ometime# tran#orminginto grou-# o mutual adoration@ The third andthe mo#t numerou# grou- unctioning in the

homo#eual #ociety wa# a grou- o the clo#et@(eo-le who belonged to it were characterizedby li


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%n -ril /006 the -re-aration# or the *Duality(arade were already


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inormation reached u# that the #econd-latorm or the (arade wa# being -re-ared bythe !zczecin cha-ter o the !el5>een#e o the

Re-ublic o (oland@ Ae e


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de#orated %latform with the sound e+ui%ment!Behind it, the grou%s with &anners of variousorganizations followed@ "37N, .P4, )olerse$,

the 3reens and many others! )he #olumn,whi#h o##u%ied one line of the road, was a fewhundred meters long! Behind it, a huge%latform from Sz#ze#in followed, on whi#h%o%ular drag +ueenies were dan#ing to thesound of musi# and in #om%any of a singer,.rystyna Pro=*o! )here were also funny

elements! Dust &efore the mar#h out, the %oli#ese#uring the demonstration 'arrested; a drag+ueen aruma, who was dressed u% as a %oli#ewoman! After they too* away from her the'offi#ial uniform insignia,; she #ould #ontinueher travel together with the other disguised%eo%le in a white Ameri#an limo!)here were no re#ords of any %ertur&ations!8nly in the vi#inity of the Pla# )rze#h .rzyEy agrou% of a few youngsters from the fas#ist AllPolish (outh gathered! )heir %atheti#%rovo#ation was +ui#*ly ended &y the %oli#e!)he #rowds of %assers&y on the %avementswere loo*ing at the rain&ow %arade withinterest! 0any %eo%le were ta*ing %hotos or

reading the distri&uted leaflets! Also on the%avements, every now and again you #ould seegay #ou%les, who #learly didn-t have enough#ourage to >oin the mar#h! 0ay&e ne$t year?As Szymon Niemie# informed us, the %ermit forthe Parade was given &y the President ofWarsaw, e#h .a#zy=s*i in %erson! 4e did it at

the last moment, after having heard theo%inions of all the %u&li# servi#es engaged!Be#ause there was no &asis for a refusal to the%ermit for the demonstration, he had to %ut hissignature to it! "n the evening, in the Warsaw#lu&s %arties and entertainments &egan, whi#hattra#ted throngs of gays and les&ians who#oming from the whole Poland!;


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re-re#entati


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%n #-ite o the act that in the -reemocratic &et lliancementioned about the ight or the minority

right# in their electoral -latorm the authoritie#o that -arty were doing e


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which the reader# o the ;i could collect#ignature#@ eanwhile we were ob#er


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!zy#zkow#ka and my own amily % #aid ye#@Ahen % a#ked (iotr i he wa#nCt araid toentru#t the unction o the #-oke#-er#on to an

o-enly gay -er#on he #hrugged hi# #houlder#and #aid: "s it my &usiness, with whom youslee%? )he others shouldn-t #are a&out iteither@ nd in hi# way % became the ir#t-ublic gay in (oland who wa# in charge o anim-ortant unction in a -olitical -arty@

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The ollowing country council# and the -artymeeting# were a great occa#ion or me to meetmy women and men colleague# rom the -arty@

!lowly with a big #u--ort rom (iotr %managed to con


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made me decide to engage in the i##ue clo#er@Thank# to coo-eration with -roe##or!zy#zkow#ka we organized a meeting o #uch

-er#on#@ "ot many o them cameMne


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totally #hocked@ % didnCt know what % #hould#ay while Qo#ia ? becau#e that wa# her name ?#tarted to tell me that #he wa# mother o my

hal5#ibling brother 7 year# younger than me@t ir#t % didnCt want to belie


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#ame day in the e


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&ater me and my Krzy#iek were


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all right@ %t wa# getting wor#e and wor#ebetween u#@ % wa# taking #ucce##i


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There were no lucrati


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(olitical lie in (oland #tarted to get colored@ ew new -olitical -artie# aro#e@ reerendumconcerning acce## to *+ which wa# to be held

#oon a big number o debate# conerence# andmeeting# didnCt let me be worried about my-ri


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ace#@ They rightully #ay that you canCt #ee thewood or the tree#@

% remember when one night in /007 % came tothe ;antom ,aW which wa# located not arrom the !e'm building and % wa# #ur-ri#ed to#ee that e


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,ommittee to di#cu## what to do@ % #ugge#tedthat we #hould -o#t-one the -arade until $une@ou can imagine my #ur-ri#e when % heard

Robert BiedroE #ugge#ting that we #hould#im-ly cancel the -arade@ He wa# trying tocon


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with time % became con


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Though the organizer# were #till con


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and % wa# trying to hel- him to gra#- andcontrol the #ituation@ The day wa# #unny andwarm and our -ortable mega-hone# werenCt

able to


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orderly oicer to con


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Ae were #tanding o--o#ite each other or a ewminute#@ The -olicemen with dog# #hield# andthe whole antiterrori#t eDui-ment were trying to

make way or u# but in


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bang o the door #lamming and the a#ci#t#banging on the door@ ter a while% under#tood that KaXka KGdziela wa# dragging

me u- the #tair#@ %t turned out that we were inan editorial oice o the Tygodnik (ow#zechnya catholic magazine -ubli#hed in Krakw@;riendly ace# were looking at me@ !omeonea#ked me i % wa# all right and ga


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the ollowing amendment# were -ut to the @ nd there it tablede had cam-aigned #oliciting thegay community or their


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Regardle## o all our agreement# with the Town,ouncil the -olice and unici-al !er


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organization in (oland@ He wa# o--re##ed inthe ction Hyacinth and to thi# day he elt a#trong trauma concerning the way# o

eerci#ing -ower by the authoritie#@ Ae are


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KGdziela da#hed to hel- me@ !he hel-ed me towi-e u- rom the miture and #tarted to lookor a T5#hirt or me or a change@ % had on me

a black T5#hirt with a -ink triangle on the backand my national identiication@ t #omemoment my black 'acket wa# all in egg# andthe yolk wa# lowing down in the ront@ Ahen %reached the #tage Katarzyna atu#zew#karom the &abor +nion who wa# coordinating theorder o the #-eaker# ga


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intere#ted in hel-ing a gay@ "ot much ha#changed in thi# matter to thi# day@

+ntil the end o the year /007 we were tryingtogether with the (( R,$ to collect#ignature# under a motion or a reerendumconcerning recalling o KaczyE#ki rom theunction o the (re#ident o Aar#aw but wedidnCt manage to collect enough lo#t it# intere#t in hel-ingthe &)BT community the more that the-riority ar them became election# or the *uro5-arliament and the net year the -re#identialelection# o the (oli#h Re-ublic@

The re#ult wa# #uch that according to theo-inion -ool# their #u--ort wa# #ucce##iemocratic (arty o (olandJ!>(&L !&> wa#nCt intere#ted inim-lementation o the eDuality -olitic#@

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The march in (oznaE ha#nCt gone e


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there wa# nothing more tran#ient than humanmemory@

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cameM the mo#t critical year or me a# ar a#my lie and acti


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Time of 7uestions and the answers...

On the #econd o $anuary /009 % cut my hair@

+ltimately $anu#z !ztyber con


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eanwhile the %&),"5(oland wa# #lowlycolla-#ing@ *


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Becau#e the name o the (arade and the*Duality >ay# wa# regi#tered in the charter othe %&)," and thu# it wa# a #ub'ect to the law

-rotection #o we needed a -o#iti


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# well % #trongly deended bi5-arti#an#hi-which enabled many -er#on# to be a member othe +& without ha


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-re-ared that the unici-al ,ouncil had notrouble in inding an ecu#e to orbid thedemon#tration becau#e o ormal rea#on#@

The 'ournali#t# who were Due#tioning me i %wa# going to a--ear in Krakw werenCt#ur-ri#ed when % inormed them that % didnCt#u--ort that kind o contro


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le#bian# in (oland@ t #ome -oint % noticedthat Toma#z BGczkow#ki #to--ed talking aboutthe mu#ic #tar# and the #ub'ect o the -arade

wa# dying down #omehow@ The matter cameu- again 'u#t beore the oicial deadline o#ubmitting o the demon#tration to the cityauthoritie#@

The (re#ident o Aar#aw &ech KaczyE#ki whohad -ublicly declared hi# readine## to #tand or

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The whole conerence in #-ite o the -re#enceo many oreign gue#t# wa# dominated withthe -aneli#t# rom the K(H@ >uring the

conerence Robert BiedroE a--roached me andga


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loud #-eaker# you could hear nothing ece-t awild noi#e made by a huge crowd o -eo-le anda big grou- o the ll5(oli#h outh who were

chanting their #logan# under a monumento--o#ite the !e'm@ ter the incom-rehen#i


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o--onent# #aying that today my another greatdream wa# ulilled or the ir#t time the ll5(oli#h outh wa# walking at the head o the

*Duality (arade@ The -artici-antC# o the (aradebur#t out laughing while the o--onent# #tartedto #hout@ Ahen it all ended we came back toour home#@

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(arade it#el which wa# to be the mo#tim-ortant element o the ea#t there wa#nCte


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who knew in which ho#-ital % wa# wa# RobertBiedroE@ !o % didnCt ha


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% wa# bombard with tele-hone call# a#king mei % had to do anything with that thing@ % wa##hocked the more that two -olicemen entered

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(ublic (er#ecutorC# oice@ %n #-ite o a bigintere#t o media the #ecurity #er


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ter they clo#ed down the !ynkret % 'oined u-with the )aleria club and continued working orthe )aylie a# a -hoto'ournali#t and a

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That wa# the la#t dro- o bitterne## which illedthe cu- to the brim@ Becau#e in thi# way $acekbroke o an agreement between u# and he hurt

me with hi# #u#-icion# % inormed him that %no longer wa# going to work or him or ree@ %took the money rom the model % ga


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Ahen in o#cow the authoritie# orbade themarch o homo#eual# and the march wa# heldillegally o cour#e Toma#z BGczkow#ki and

Suka#z (aucki were -re#ent there@ One dayater all the (ortal# had -ubli#hed the co


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#ituation he #aid that he didnCt know anything@He de#cribed the whole thing in the )aylie@BGczkow#kiC# reaction to the tet wa# accu#ing

me o an attem-t o wangling ticket# or aconcert ater the (arade out o him@ % knewthat the mo#t im-ortant thing wa# an idea othe (arade #o % decided not to take the ca#e tocourt@ %n the meantime many intere#tingthing# were ha--ening@

Ha


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Ae -laced them in the )alleria nightclub whichaccommodated that crowd without diiculty@y riend# rom the coto and the )aylie took

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rom the ll5(oli#h outh and other right wingorganization# who were throwing egg# andbottle# with water at u# and were #houting out

#ome raci#t and homo-hobic #logan#@ t #omemoment it came to a #cule during which a#it turned out two -eo-le rom the )ermangrou- which % had in my care were in


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When the& sto1 tal(ing about &ou...

Aorking together with &ee ndrew % learnt to

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who were #tanding by me #u--orting me andha

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