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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 |
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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. |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Mods without sources have changed this entry to something innacurate
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Sources | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Poland | https://www.insider.com/countries-that-let-transgender-soldiers-serve-2019-2 |
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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 |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Highly incorrect status
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| 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 |
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| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Legal |
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| Value | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
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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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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- Status is not correct "status says that LGBT people are banned, when the text below it clearly says its not"
edited by JuliaB. Since the 1990s, lesbian, gay & bisexual (only formally) transgender people are not banned from military service
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| 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 |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Poland is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service
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| 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 |
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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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| 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. |
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edited by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. added
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| Value | Legal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
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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". |
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| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Poland | |
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- Status is not correct "transgender people are banned from working in military, no matter the position."
- Status is not correct "transgender people are banned from military i think"
- 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"
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| 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 |
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| Value | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
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| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
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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. |
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| End Date | Oct 12, 2017 | Apr 19, 2018 |
| Description | No | Only in Cyprus it is illegal to serve. |
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| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Legal |
| End Date | Aug 28, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 |
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| Value | Legal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |