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| - Campaign Against Homophobia (original name: Kampania Przeciw Homofobii, abbreviation: KPH) is a Polish LGBT organization, which aims to promote legal and social equality for people outside the heteronorm. It was founded in Warsaw in September 2001 and since it has grown to the biggest non-governmental organization of this kind in Poland. It has local branches in Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Tricity, Toruń and Silesia region. KPH and Lambda Association, which very often cooperate (for example within specially formed foundations that organize events like Warsaw Pride and Culture For Tolerance Festival in Kraków) are together are the largest organizations of this kind in Poland.
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| - Campaign Against Homophobia (original name: Kampania Przeciw Homofobii, abbreviation: KPH) is a Polish LGBT organization, which aims to promote legal and social equality for people outside the heteronorm. It was founded in Warsaw in September 2001 and since it has grown to the biggest non-governmental organization of this kind in Poland. It has local branches in Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Tricity, Toruń and Silesia region. KPH and Lambda Association, which very often cooperate (for example within specially formed foundations that organize events like Warsaw Pride and Culture For Tolerance Festival in Kraków) are together are the largest organizations of this kind in Poland. President: Robert Biedroń. KPH aims to contribute to establishing a tolerant society, in which gay, lesbian, transgender and other minorities feel comfortable in. It undertakes activities in numerous fields:
* conferences,
* exhibitions,
* demonstrations,
* intergation parties,
* workshops,
* meetings with politicians, academics,
* political lobbying
* providing legal and psychological counseling, inter alia at the internet portal www.mojeprawa.info
* publishing LGBT-rights quarterly Replika,
* publishing leaflets on various subjects,
* human rights law and practice monitoring,
* cooperation with similar organizations from other countries and international bodies etc. KPH cooperates with other LGBT organizations associated at ILGA. Currently two members of KPH are appointed to the ILGA-Europe executive board in Brussels: Lisette Campus [1], and Tomasz Szypuła [2].
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