a random reminder for the westerners still frowning about the undeveloped social mores in eastern europe: the second republic of poland granted all its citizens voting rights at the time of its creation in 1918, and the homosexuality has been decriminalised since 1932.

this is doubly relevant if you're an anglo.

(with the obvious caveat that legislating things does not equal to ending discrimination.)

[edited to add: this is not an unqualified praise for the second republic, frankly, it's not even a praise.]