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Theargumentswerealsoputforwardthatthe2015Actmadeitpossiblefor
atranssexualpersontogetmarriedwithanindividualofthesamebiologicalsex
thatthepetitionerpossessedbeforethesexchange.Furthermore,fearswerevoiced
thatsuchmarriedcouplescouldalsoadoptchildren.Itisimportanttorealize,
though,thatthelast-mentionedfearsandreservationsareequallyapplicablewith
regardtotheexistingcourtpractice,whichhasprevailedinPolandformorethan
50yearsnow.
ThepresidentialvetowasnotoverturnedbytheParliament(althoughthe
Constitutionallowsforit)sincethelegislativeworksconcerningthevetowerenot
completedbeforetheendofparliamentaryterminNovember2015.Thenewly
electedParliament,inwhichconservativeforcesprevail,hasnottaken,sofar,any
initiativeinthediscussedarea.Itisveryunlikely,too,thatsuchinitiativeswill
comeupintheforeseeablefuture.
9.Gaysandlesbiansmovementsandthesituationoftranssexuals
IthastobenotedthatPolandhaspreservedatraditional(conservative)
modeloffamilylaw.Thecornerstoneofthesystemismonogamous,heterosexual
marriage.Asitwasalreadymentioned,nosame-sexmarriagesareallowed.There
arenoregisteredpartnerships,either,nomatterifhomo-orheterosexual.Repeated
campaignsofgayandlesbianmovements,supportedbyamoreliberalpartofthe
Polishsociety,neverresultedinanychangeoflaw.45
Inefect,thereisaninterestingcontrastbetweenthesituationoftranspersons,
whichformanyyears-duetothejudicialactivism-haveenjoyedthepossibility
ofthesexchange,andthesituationofhomosexualswhoneversucceededin
gettinganylegalconcessions.Inthelightofthelaw,samesexrelationshipsare
treatedasinformal,factualunionsthat-withsomeveryminorexceptions-are
completelyirrelevantfromthelegalpointofview.
Still,afterthefailureofthe2015Act,thegayandlesbianmovements
continuetoacthandinhandwithtranssexuals.Themissionofvariousnon-
governmentalorganizationsactiveinthisarea,suchastheassociation“Kampania
PrzeciwHomofobii”(“CampaignAgainstHomophobia”),oftencombinethe
promotionofinterestsofbothtransgenderandhomosexualpersons.They
concentrateoncombatingdiscriminationandprejudicebasedonsexidentity
andsexorientation.Theyalsokeeponfightingforappropriatelegalregulations
inthisfield.
45Still,itisnotuncommonforthePolishnationalstoenterintovariousinstitutional
homosexualrelationsabroad(e.g.samesexmarriagesorregisteredpartnerships).