In February 2019 the mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, signed a declaration entitled Warsaw Policy for the LGBT+ Community, commonly known as the LGBT+ charter. This could be thought of as a local event, but the media have ensured that news of it has reached nigh on two thirds of people in Poland (63%).

The most media excitement was generated by points under the heading of Education, concerned with introducing into schools the topics of gender identity and of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. We decided to find out what sort of reception the charter was likely to have. Polish people are in favour of sex education for children and teenagers. Moreover, they believe that knowledge about human sexuality should be imparted in schools. So although opinions about the Warsaw LGBT+ charter are mostly critical, belief in the necessity of sex education means that half of the people surveyed would allow the topics of anti-discrimination and gender identity to be introduced into schools.

More on this subject in the forthcoming CBOS report.