Krystian Legierski
Krystian Legierski (born 22 April 1978 in Koniaków) is a Polish LGBT activist, entrepreneur, member of the Greens. In local elections in 2010 he won a seat in the Warsaw City Council, thus becoming the first openly gay politician elected to a political office in Poland.[1]
Biography
He was born in Poland, to a Polish mother and a Mauritanian father who was in Poland as an international student.[2]
Legierski studied law at the
TOK FM
.
In 2003 he founded his first club called Le Madame in the
Stonewall".[3]
Along with Le Madame Legierski founded a gay club Tomba Tomba (later renamed Usta Mariana) as well as M25 - a nightclub and a theatre scene.
Legierski was among founding members of the Polish Green party
Greens 2004. In November 2010 he won a seat in Warsaw City Council. He ran on a Social Democratic ballot, following an official electoral agreement between the Greens and the Democratic Left Alliance.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Law and Justice under strain". thenews.pl, 24 November 2010.
- ^ a b Doug Ireland, Warsaw’s Black Gay Winner[permanent dead link]. Gay City News, 8 December 2010.[dead link]
- ^ a b Doug Ireland, "A Polish Stonewall". Gay City News, 6 April 2006.[dead link]
- ^ Poland gets first out gay elected official. PinkNews.com, 3 December 2010.
External links
- Krystian Legierski Facebook page
- Krystian Legierski at the website of Greens 2004 (in Polish)
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