Polish woman fined for verbally abusing gay neighbor

[WillParkinson]

Polish woman fined for verbally abusing gay neighbor


(Poland) A Polish woman has been ordered by a judge to cease from calling her neighbor, Ryszard Giersz, gay slurs and was ordered to pay him the equivalent of more than $5,000.

Regarded as groundbreaking by Polish activists, the case was the first time a gay man or woman has so openly fought for their rights in a Polish court according to Robert Biedron from the Polish rights group Campaign Against Homophobia.

The woman, Anna S., 44, would call Giersz “pedal,” a Polish insult meaning “fag” or “queer” in English, and would repeatedly verbally harass the young man and his partner.

http://www.365gay.com/news/polish-woman-fined-for-verbally-abusing-gay-neighbor/

[izquierdista]

1. Hmm, he does look a little like Richard Gere

Maybe....if he didn't cut his hair so short. Link to artykul po polsku: http://www.emetro.pl/emetro/1,88817,6895071,_pedal__obraza_i_kosztuje_15_tys__zl.html

[Duncan Grant]

2. ?

:shrug:

[izquierdista]

3. If he were to emigrate to the US

He would probably get tired of Americans mangling his name and Americanize it to Richard Gere.

[Duncan Grant]

4. ah-ha, now I get it.

Without caffeine I have a little synaptic impairment...