For gay stars of banned condom ad, no let-up in Poland's LGBT rights clampdown


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  • Friday, 12 Jun 2020

Gay married couple Dawid Mycek (35) and Jakub Kwiecinski (38), who were featured in an advert for Durex condoms along with straight couples, embrace as they pose for a photograph in Hel, Poland June 11, 2020. Picture taken June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Matej Leskovsek

WARSAW (Reuters) - For Jakub Kwiecinski, a ban by Poland's public broadcaster on a condom advert featuring him and his husband has come as no surprise, but it does make him uneasy about what targets a government clampdown on LGBT rights will pick on next.

The advert features both gay and straight couples, and broadcaster TVP told Reuters its decision not to air the footage in the staunchly Catholic country followed "a large number of complaints ...about advertising clips with intimate content." It did not specify further.

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