Thousands of people have marched in Poland’s Pride event in Warsaw. 

The parade was held because of rising discrimination against the country's LGBTQI+ community.

Poland's right-wing president Andrzej Duda has described what he calls quote "LGBT ideology" as being worse than communism and has vowed to block gay marriage and adoption.

Same-sex couples are barred from adopting children as couples, while some local authorities have allowed applicants to adopt as single parents.

Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski expressed his support for the community at the parade.