When Do Local Governments Discriminate? Lessons from the Diffusion of “LGBT Free Zones” in Poland
Published online on October 16, 2025
Abstract
Urban Affairs Review, Ahead of Print.
Between 2019 and 2020, amidst national-level democratic backsliding under the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, a wave of Polish municipal governments adopted a template of discriminatory policies, creating so-called “LGBT Free Zones” and ...
Between 2019 and 2020, amidst national-level democratic backsliding under the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, a wave of Polish municipal governments adopted a template of discriminatory policies, creating so-called “LGBT Free Zones” and ...