Jacek Żalek (born 13 January 1973 in

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...

) is a Polish politician. He is a member of the VI, VII, VIII and IX Sejm. He is also a member of the Agreement political party. During the

2020 Polish presidential election Presidential elections were held in Poland on 28 June 2020. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 12 July, in which incumbent president Andrzej Duda, running with the support of Law and Justice, faced off ag ...

campaign Żalek has stated in a live television broadcast that "LGBT are not people, it's an ideology". He then said that there were homosexuals before the LGBT movement, after which he was kicked from the studio. He later stated that making it seem that he said "LGBT aren't people" was a manipulation on the part of the journalist.

References

1973 births Living people Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019 Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Politicians from Białystok {{Poland-politician-stub