This week, the Polish government approved a new cohabitation bill that will legally recognise same-sex couples for the first time.
It’s not marriage.
It’s not full equality.
But it is recognition.
For many #LGBTQ+ people in #Poland, this moment lands somewhere between relief and frustration. Relief that the state is finally acknowledging same-sex relationships. Frustration that equal rights are still being debated, delayed, and diluted.
Progress is rarely perfect. It often arrives late, cautiously, and wrapped in compromise. But it still matters. Legal recognition changes real lives. It affects housing, healthcare decisions, inheritance, and the everyday security most couples take for granted.
This step doesn’t erase the work still to be done. But it does move the line forward.
And sometimes, that matters more than headlines want to admit.
What does progress look like to you, when it comes in steps rather than leaps?
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