Yga Kostrzewa
Yga Kostrzewa | |
|---|---|
| Born | Inga Krystyna Kostrzewa September 12, 1973 |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Occupation(s) | economist, LGBTQ+ rights activist and writer |
| Employer | Inaczej |
| Organization | Lambda Warsaw |
Yga Kostrzewa (born 12 September 1973) is a Polish economist, LGBTQ+ rights activist and writer. When then Mayor of Warsaw, Lech Kaczyński refused allow gay pride in Warsaw in 2005, she was among the activists who challenged this decision at the European Court of Human Rights.
Biography
Kostrzewa was educated at the T. Baird State Music School. She graduated with a master's degree in management from the University of Warsaw in 1998.[1]
Kostrzewa has been an activist with Lambda Warsaw since 1998,[2][3] serving as chairwoman (2005-2007) and spokeswoman (2002-2022). She has campaigned for marriage equality,[4] volunteered as an editor of the Polish LGBT magazine Inaczej,[5] and has challenged homophobia in Poland.[6][7]
In 2005, then Mayor of Warsaw, Lech Kaczyński, refused to allow the gay pride parade in Warsaw, locally known as the Parada Równości (equality parade), to take place in the city.[8] Tomasz Bączkowski, Tomasz Szypuła and Kostrzewa challenged this decision at the European Court of Human Rights with support from the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. The court found that in the case of Bączkowski and Others v. Poland that the ban was an infringement of freedom of assembly under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.[9][10][11]
In 2024, Kostrzewa co-authored the publication How to write and talk about LGBTQIA+ persons.[12] She has also contributed to books regarding queer history and culture in Warsaw.[13]
References
- ^ Kostrzewa, Inga. (1998) Promocja a kształtowanie wyobraźni ekonomicznej. Wizerunki przesiębiorstw handlu zagranicznego w latach 1970–1998 Archived 9 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine. (in Polish). Masters thesis, University of Warsaw.
- ^ "Homofobia staje się bardziej widoczna. Musimy działać". ngo.pl (in Polish). 17 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Radni miasta honorują działacza LGBT. Dostanie odznakę Zasłużonego dla Warszawy". warszawa.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 29 November 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Jak nie ranić słowem osób LGBTQIAP+?". trojka.polskieradio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Kochać inaczej - Dwudzieste piąte urodziny miesięcznika "Inaczej" - Przemysław Górecki". queer.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 15 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ "wywiad z... Ygą Kostrzewą o wizerunku homoseksualistów w Polsce i Polski w oczach homoseksualistów". PRoto.pl (in Polish). 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ Graff, Agnieszka (2006). "We Are (Not All) Homophobes: A Report from Poland". Feminist Studies. 32 (2): 434–449. doi:10.2307/20459096. hdl:2027/spo.0499697.0032.213. ISSN 0046-3663. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "W coming oucie pomógł mi Lech Kaczyński". wyborcza.pl. 6 June 2008. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "CASE OF BĄCZKOWSKI AND OTHERS v. POLAND". European Court of Human Rights. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Warsaw Pride ban broke Euro convention". PinkNews. 3 May 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Polish gay activists win human rights case". Poland.pl. 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Jak mówić i pisać o osobach LGBT+? Powstał poradnik, który ułatwi posługiwanie się inkluzywnym językiem". queer.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "HomoWarszawa. Przewodnik kulturalno-historyczny – Yga Kostrzewa i inni". Blog o książkach (in Polish). 17 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2025.