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we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. the magic corner. concert for some chance and some great cultural memorials to boot. w. trouble off we go. in poland a bitter debate is raging over the issue of sexuality. because i will not allow aggressive sex education into our schools my back where each month a new motion no government can take away our right to sex education and our right to house the argument i was the sex education of young poles as at stake sexual minorities are under threat. of homosex so i use she does not change care
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almost sexual czar often involves any pedophile excesses but if you saw. that pride events there are increasing outbreaks of violence what we are experiencing is not only a fight for young people it's about the health and safety of all of us. foresaw the winter of 21900. between your question of i was about to finish school it's an era which is meant to prepare her for adult life. for victoria this also includes sex education they ever got there is practically no sex education in
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poland and the educational work done by n.g.o.s is about to be banned this is threatening young people because they simply don't get the knowledge that they need. yet. sit at. the top of your list together with her parents her 12 year old sister olivia and their dog in the north of warsaw. and victoria's mother was the one who told her the facts of life. sex education in school is optional in poland and is steeped in the views of the catholic church. there's an american girl we're going to come to that i remember how contraception methods were taught in school. guess what was the best method of contraception the menstrual calendar of course
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100 percent effective yes and look how many girls got pregnant in your class. don't ask in my high school. nobody showed us how to put on a condom either but thank god there were instructions and a packet of direct so you see the next yesterday. victorio sister olivia is in the 5th grade and attends the sex education classes organized by the state the optional subject is called preparation for family life and is offered from the 4th grade upwards. the school books which are officially allowed mostly concentrate on the teaching of catholic sexual values no masturbation no homosexuality had no sex outside of relationships usually when someone has driven only by their emotions and sexual desires then he or she is acting against their own happiness so that means if you have sex because you enjoy
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it you're automatically a bad person and acting against your own happiness unbelievable the teaching book is only about preparation for marriage and not having sex i think it's disgraceful it's not up to anyone else when i'm allowed to have sex. since the sex education classes didn't have the answers to her questions she asked for a book which has been creating a stir since it appeared in poland. sex ed p l offers teenagers information on sex that they can't find in the usual school books. but everything is described here from the structure of a penis to the female body and all types of contraceptions that see. it is one of the class i think it's good that i know these things. then when i
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know that age i will be prepared as are. since the end of $21000.00 a draft bill has been discussed in parliament which will defacto criminalize the sex education of minors. yet. the massive protest is building up against the draft bill. up to now schools have been able to act on their own initiative and invite engine goes in to get liberal sex education workshops. the law is threatening to overturn this. supermodel on your group it is on the front line of the demonstrations motion. i don't i think now that no government can take away our rights to sex education and all right to health that is not a line he is thinking about. for many youngsters the supermodel is an idol for
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others she's a trouble maker. model used ski started the legal initiative with a petition that's already been signed by over 260000 poles. when and whether the law will come into force is not clear. judge ski hopes for speedy success because it disturbs him that sex is spoken about so openly in the liberal sex education classes for poland schools. all. sex education has to take place in a safe environment. that's why parents are the best suited to it.
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such issues do not belong in school. come up the father of 3 set up the foundation pro right to life a group of radical anti-abortionist. for 20 years he has fought against anything that could endanger the catholic nuclear family his latest enemy is liberal sex education. he wants to outlaw the work of n.g.o.s offering sex education in accordance with w.h.o. standards there is one. of those on dogma. these so-called n.g.o.s send young people into our schools and claim that they are working on prevention. but in truth they are telling the children that masturbation is ok. and that sexual intercourse is fine irrespective of age as long as the partner agrees. that is like encouraging children to go into
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prostitution. you should go to both. jeff jobs his foundation often publishes leaflets condemning the sex education and other in you states. here. i have a guide for protecting children from pedophiles. we describe the sex education excesses of other countries. here we have some photos from a sex education book for 5 year olds in germany. there's a conflict for in our brochure we show the consequences of such sex education. it is that children are exposed to the danger of pedophilia. and this is the sex education the l.g.b. t.
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lobby wants to introduce in our schools. believes that the portrayal of sexual acts and teaching books will drive children into the hands of pedophiles equates with homosexuals. in a village of $1500.00 in the east of poland is one of the around $100.00 places which have declared themselves an elegy bt free zone since $21000.00. this is where elite sessions give each lives. on top of the line going to us for our local most of them for a while now i felt a kind of a version towards me that people don't want to talk to me that they look away or look at me strangely. when one of her former teachers in the village found out that i was gay
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a little started getting mail from her regularly. some of the so i think my teacher sent me all these links to radio maria studies about homosexuality they were always about how you can be healed that it's a sin and that you're not allowed to live like that. ignored her teacher's attempts to convert her. the 19 year old lives with her parents and 2 brothers they didn't want to be filmed or say anything about her coming out. of. one man's arms and bottles of. it walk out i remember that i cried a lot although i rarely cry i tried to tell myself that it's impossible that i will
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be straight and just have to wait until it's all over with that other cultures of touch us folks into. the 1st person she told was her mother and will e.c.s. closest to and who supports her in everything. unlike her father and right wing conservative brother. still love them the want only come and go we avoid the issue like the devil avoids holy water we can talk about everything but this part of my life is to be back in time the. elites here found support in the l.g.b. t.q. scene and learned to be open about her sexuality. this can be dangerous. at gay pride and bialystok last year she experienced homophobic hatred at close quarters. from them struggles i experienced awful
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trauma and be honest when i hear noises from back then tea has come into my eyes and i get a shiver down my spine that was in the. book it was the 1st time i experienced such physical violence offset. the. around $800.00 participants of the gay pride parade were bombarded with stones and fireworks. the police just barely managed to stop things from getting worse than. i am at the at the. climate of fear and it isn't just outraged hooligans and nationalists whipping it up but politicians in the church too. there are no legal consequences of
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him at leeds he is a village being in a so-called free zone but it does mean a targeted exclusion of sexual minorities. in the capital warsaw which has a gay deputy mayor this would still be unthinkable. victoria's on her way to upon talk group conference when invited into schools the ngo carries out sex education workshops but nobody knows how much longer this will still be possible. the tortilla has been asked to report from a teenager's perspective thank you you're welcome thing. think of this for the year activists and sex educators have come to the conference from all over poland. onstage explains why she wants to get involved. they have.
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the subject has interested me since i was in 4th grade and i was also shocked at how bad the sex education was at the moment so. some of them to be tory is great idol has also flown in from new york. the supermodel publish the book sex as an alternative to poland school books. on the day after the draft bill was 1st read in parliament the book was number one on the bestseller lists. the because you know you can tell people panicked because they thought the book would be banned. they ran into the shops and bought 567 called pace. it's better to have negative the nun that so. many many thanks to all of you.
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after the panel discussion the 2 women talk about their experiences. here from about the recent. on that i can learn a lot from victoria but. when she was speaking on the panel i was really amazed how smartly and confidently she speaks. in some believe will that she is still at school. sex education has a huge influence on our openness it helps us to understand ourselves and other people better and to stay healthy but i think without sex education a country cannot be equal and tolerance. in the sense and you can see sex want.
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ok so i think it was also. on your rubric offers victoria a job in the social media team of her campaign. but if the draft bill comes into force initiatives like on your rubik's sex ed will struggle in the future. also have to find new ways of campaigning for more sex education. was there. was one sex educator such as all our dual us and on your dick will be directly affected. the 2 have been offering progressive sex education in schools in poland's 3rd largest city for 10 years this could be over soon this law means that anyone who talks to minors about sexuality could be in danger because any conversation could be interpreted as persuading the minors to engage in sex.
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they're not the only ones affected by the law psychologists or doctors would be impacted to. issues that if this law comes into force in its current form or an even stricter version people like us could be threatened with up to 3 years in prison for me personally that means that i will no longer offer any more sex education to those under 18. both of the sex educators are getting fewer and fewer inquiries many head teachers are already uncertain. but their sex education is available online they regularly produce videos for their you tube channel that is good if you don't know. whether this is the heart of the school ok let's go. with a greeting writes. yes just say hello today we're going to answer
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all of your questions something like that ok. welcome to ed you 6 q. and a video with yeah and old. jim and unions in the me today is all about vibrators and orgasms. and we're going to talk about female ejaculate and want. and about love because since we know a lot about 6 you have your doubts about whether we understand love and right. great well done. a. lot of this is that. for their video the 2 of them also carry out a survey in the pedestrian zone of. the world hello can you tell us what is your definition of love you watched.
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it in you to love and sex always belong together. unfortunately not sex is an important part of our life and you can definitely separate the 2. but almost no didn't show me one hello can you tell us what is your definition of love this is love. i just tried to do is do you think that now of and sex always belong together . this is the most of us who are i think so sex is an important part of relationships. and it's better if both parts work well live aren't really here like nothing i've been here for you today or it's not about loving a man or a woman but about loving a person. with my daughter is very tolerant love is for everybody even when men love men or women love women to. the point that politicians tell us that we are from the back woods and we shouldn't
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talk about it or unsettled people with the issue of sexuality but the average person on the street falls in love starts a relationship and of course they have sex. and they want to have good sex and i think that we poles are much less afraid of the issue of sex than people thinking is that us which. is the majority of the polish population really more liberal in the way or the conservative people like madea's jet ski think. he and his fellow campaigners are driving around polish towns in this van rallying against sex education and the l.g.b. t.q. community. the only one of the bullies is the bus goes on the boardwalk. i have the impression that our campaign is having an effect. there's less and less resistance and more people are showing their support for difficulty on paper but. there are always some who don't like it. on the van it
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says what does the l g b t lobby want to teach our children. and the touches dollar. we want to show the parents the truth. what is being trivialized by the mass media this is only damaging our children from the acts of the g.g. various books i hear these quotations on the van show the standards of sex education in europe. 4 year olds are being encouraged to masturbate. and 6 year olds to agree to sex school 9 year olds are being encouraged to have sex. don't get through the polish people have no idea what is really happening. to him.
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this isn't in the w.h.o. guidelines for sex education that model years just he claims to be referring to. in early september alito travels to helm with other activists a small town in the so-called l g b t free zone. they want to put a stop to the prejudice which prevails there. but. they want to show people that the community is neither a threat nor abnormal but the mission is not without danger. until yesterday i was pretty calm because i didn't think there would be any particular groups who could hamas but then i spoke to
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a friend who knows the region well and he said that there is a right wing group of hooligans in the area who be sure to seek a sound they are ultra right wing hooligans we're always afraid with everything we do. motivates us to if i want to fraid i wouldn't be active. they reach down and their buses immediately accompanied by a police escort towards the marketplace. those are the guys. until they halt i don't know i can only see their noses. q friendly initiatives are an absolute exception here and only possible with massive police protection. around 60 police officers will protect and her group today. was.
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this is the best spot for the tables on the sort of. things that we always anticipate some kind of counter-demonstration or aggressive reactions. that's why we're in constant contact with the police. under the skeptical eyes of the local residents the 1st curious visitors approach the stand. by talking to the local citizens the group want to dispel the government's allegations that the l g b t q community is an attack on polish values. their message is that love is love. can we buy these bags. even take them with you and carry them with primates i will use them for shopping super we're really happy about that but. that
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was in my head there is always the thought and the sense of guilt that this person could get beat not just for carrying my rainbow bag these things do happen unfortunately. a lot of young people come to visit the stand. it's brave of them because especially in small towns the initiatives are under very close observation. 3 streets away their actions could be punished or used them coming up would you i really admire the fact that they have dared to come out and show themselves it was the week it was just looks like she was the only fish was meat loaf this year our stand was all set the loads l.g.b. t. people from these places often don't even know about each other that's why we come
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here to encourage them and to give them hope for a better future so they can have solidarity together we want to show them that we are everywhere and we are real people to. most of the residents avoid the camera to. meet the few who are willing to speak or in support of the initially. you're leaving feed your kids yet. it's ridiculous that there is such a thing as free zones. we should be ashamed that such a thing exists just look at the look what we've all heard about after around 4 hours they pack up their stand. she does man. you can see how important these campaigns are although we are tired we are motivated to carry on the what about.
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the tory has finished all her school leaving exams and moved into her own flat 2 months ago her 13 year old sister olivia visits her regularly. so are you already thinking about boys and relationships we're not yet ready. i'm still single rather. well let's i'm wishing for a perfect boy. perfect. looking course not just the 1st boy who comes along but one with prospects ok ok good. yes on this list and i'm still too young to have a boyfriend and be making out. some of the things. after her social media job and on your sex education campaign 18 year old victoria has new goals she wants to go into politics and bring about long term change in her
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country. i dream of a poland where everyone can feel safe. that every person who is growing up has given knowledge about their own body. that everyone knows how to use contraception . but with our government now that is not going to happen. things will only change when our generation comes to power. because we have quite different views from our parents and grandparents but often the most of. them are going. to get their special get called here whether the bill against liberal sex education will come into force is still uncertain. polish youth are hoping that their protests will be a success this time. because
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. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and the ball doesn't stray far from the goal posts. and any case talent often runs in the family famous buddhist leader crows and their successful times. a family style shown in chicago. 30 minutes w. . playing
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