On Tuesday, May 18, at 5:45 p.m., Łukasz will tell us about moving to Germany, how he developed his business there, and which beauty treatments German men and women prefer. We will also ask him how he remembers Bolesławiec, what he thinks about the rights of LGBT+ people in Poland and Germany, and about his marriage.

Łukasz owns LC Kosmetik und Nagelstudio in Damme and is the author of the campaign for entrepreneurs during the pandemic, “We must stick together.” Łukasz Reinert sits on the Damme Entrepreneurs’ Council.

Łukasz Reinert:

In Germany, there is no problem with attitudes toward LGBT people or with homophobia.

I went to Germany for my husband.

I remember Bolesławiec very fondly. I had acquaintances and friends who accepted me.

In Germany, we go together to friends’ homes and restaurants. No one has a problem with it.

I was recently in Wrocław, where I conducted training. It is an open city. It is worse in smaller towns.

I am a determined person; I pursue my goals. I have had my salon in Germany for seven years now.

I get up at 5 a.m., go for a short jog, shower, and am at work from 7. I finish the day at 9 p.m.

I work in innovative cosmetology.

I discovered my orientation during adolescence, when people become open to their sexuality.

There was no problem with my orientation or my family accepting it.

My marriage lasted eight years. I have been divorced for seven weeks.

Our wedding looked just like a heterosexual couple’s wedding. There was a registry office, a reception in a hall, and music.

It was an intimate wedding, with 60 people. Our families were invited.

We lived in a large house. The assets were divided by notaries.

During the pandemic, I kept my salon open. I also work as a podiatrist.

I made a film with other entrepreneurs in which we ask people from our town to stay in Damme after the pandemic, buy products, and support us.

My clients are split equally between women and men.

I would like Poland to finally become normal, so that people would start looking more with their hearts than their heads.

Recently, two friends of mine got married in an Evangelical church; I attended the wedding. The Vatican blocks this in the Catholic Church.

Thank you for this interview. Thank you for watching and for your kind words.

On May 17, International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Kultura Równości launched the “All you need to know!” campaign. The campaign includes a video and a website where we use science to debunk myths and lies about LGBT+ people. On this day, we celebrate diversity, the victory of knowledge over prejudice, and the community of people experiencing exclusion. Why May 17? Because on that day in 1990, the WHO removed homosexuality from its list of diseases. Saying that homosexuality is a disorder or a deviation contradicts science. We challenge prejudice by focusing on facts!

The istotne.pl portal is an ally of LGBT+ people