Seldom, if ever have we opposed - publicly - a fellow gay organization that advocates human rights. However this is no ordinary affair. We are strongly of the opinion that the current officers of the Equality Foundation in Poland are neither deserving of our nor your support and nor should they receive it. We are unanimous in this opinion. After reading our lead-in plus the links to Poland's leading gay website and its expose about this story, read the excerpts form Szymon Niemiec's autobiography "Rainbow Hummingbird On My Behind" following the jump. As we see it the probability that Warsaw, Poland won't have a gay pride in 2009 just became greater today at least not coordinated by Equality Foundation. This developing story nor the setback in preparations isn't due to outside forces but to internal bleeding of the Equality Foundation which coordinates the annual event. Unscrupulous "professional homosexuals" - you know the type all out for me, me, me and not us -- have too long operated unchecked and unchallenged. This reminds us of a quote from 17th Century philosopher Edmund Burke who said, "All that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing." As we've reported here previously the officers of the foundation are under investigation for FRAUD in Poland. Read more here, and here (Use Google translator!) The court charges were filed by another gay association - not a conservative outside forces. Amazingly we've been sounding the alarms for sometime about the question behavior of Equality Foundation's officers. The situation has the attention of the national Polish government and police and we have no empathy for the alleged perpetrators of the crimes - none. The pending court case is based solely upon physical evidence. The brazen audacity of the officers to secretly remove gay activist and co-founder of foundation Mr. Szymon Niemiec from its board of directors, who also created the Equality Parade (gay pride) in 2001 and in 2005 was convinced to join alliances with Robert Biedron and Thomas Baczkowski to create the foundation to manage the parade. After which Szymon became ill and and was hospitalized for several months and was in convalescence for 1 year. During that time Robert Biedron and Thomas Baczkowski excluded from participation in executive board meetings legally chartered and recognized co-founder ILGCN Poland associations representatives nor did they make any attempt to inform Mr. Niemiec himself about their activities concerning foundation. The Polish authorities have just disclosed that the foundations officers completely ignored Polish laws since 2005 requiring a reporting of financial documents plus minutes from the meetings and list of voting board members. Apparently Robert Biedron and Thomas Baczkowski have some explaining to do not only to Polish gays but the international gay community. LMGTS's call for a a boycott of a gay festival is unprecedented - but we feel it necessary as we've investigated these allegations and spoken to the attorneys and reviewed documents. Robert for presenting false documents to alter foundations charter in court. Unlike most criminal or civil cases this one isn't based upon any rumors or gossip -testimony is not required required from defendants -- in fact we were informed yesterday by investigating police in Warsaw that the deposition by the defendants (officers of foundation) has been given this week and not to our surprise they DO NOT have the resignation letter of Szymon Niemiec from board of directors. (If they did it would be challenged as a forgery and when proved the imprisonment penalty is a lot more than the 5 years for the current alleged offense.) The officers told the police that they "assumed" Mr. Niemiec resigned - Bullshit - and apparently made a mistake. Which is too bad because regardless of misjudgment on their parts, they can only be declared GUILTY by judge when case reaches the judge. This case is interesting because we're involved in a manner of support for the victim Mr. Szymon Niemiec. In any case, we've been telling our readers for nearly 1 year that "something in Denmark smells rotten." With some of your support you have helped propel Mr. Niemiec's story and its finally emerging as to his betrayal by certain individuals especially Robert Biedron and Thomas Baczkowski. The two of whom have orchestrated a grand manipulation of the Polish gay community and Mr. Niemiec for their own purposes - follow the money - they almost succeed but a false archived court document from 2007 has exposed them. Therefore it does not matter one iota what they say from this point forward these gentlemen have confirmed as lairs. Our friend Szymon Niemiec explained in detail his association in his autobiography "Rainbow Hummingbird On My Behind" which LMGTS and our friends aided in publishing this past year. The limited Polish edition sold -out. See Amazon listing here and here. Order your English copies here. Also visit Szymon Niemiec's blog and offer your support - Yes, donate also if you can because he need all of us to support his mission. Persons wishing to may male tax deductible donations on "Friend's of Szymon Foundation." We're telling you, we're asking you to lend him and others your support.
Excerpts from the book after the jump...
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The following is an opinion editorial by Poland's largest gay web magazine and portal "GayLife" original article here. From the facts that we know, Robert Biedron and his associates are in legal and governmental troubles and Equality Foundation (Gay Pride 2009) may be absent in the Polish gay community this year. The latest developments in this unraveling story involves the national Ministry of Labor demanding accountability, see article with attached copy of letter sent to foundation. If you have a blog please help advance this story remember that this is an awesome year where people internationally, not just Americans, hunger for change. Stay Tuned.
THE CASE OF ROBERT B. - MINISTRY OF LABOR REQUESTS CLARIFICATIONS IMMEDIATELY
As mentioned previously - the police initiated an investigation into a criminal case concerning the submission of false statements by Robert Biedron - president of CAH (Campaign Against Homophobia). Joining others requested clarification of this case is the Ministry of Labor - the regulatory authority for Poland based associations and foundations. The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has joined with the Ministry of Justice and the President of Warsaw (Mayor of Warsaw) demanding evidence from representatives of the Equality Foundation. Robert Biedron (Campaign Against Homophobia), Tomasz Bączkowski (President of the board of the Equality) and Krzysztof Kliszczyński (Lambda Warsaw) shall have thirty days to present documents proving proper notification of ILGCN-Poland of meetings of the foundation, the recording of meetings and a list of all participants, a certified a copy of the resignation from the Council of the Foundation,(Board of directors) signed by Mr. Szymon Niemiec and reports from Niemiec and the foundations for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 (which under Polish laws must be made annually by the Foundation to the Ministry of Labor, which they haven't for 3 years). "This is great news for those of us who are fighting for equality in a society where elected and appointed state representatives to join us in demanding clarification of those who neglect or abuse their privileges." - Said new CEO ILGCN-Poland . The Association was created by Simon Niemiec in 2001 and is co-founder of Equality Foundation and the founder of Equality Parade. (Gay Pride) On these matters we talked about at the weekend with many observers of Polish gays and lesbians.
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