Anna Laszuk

Anna Laszuk
Born (1969-11-09)November 9, 1969.
Warsaw
Died October 12, 2012(2012-10-12) (aged 42)
Warsaw
Occupation Radio journalist, columnist and lesbian movement activist

Anna Laszuk (born 9 November 1969 in Warsaw, d. 12 October 2012 ibid) was a Polish radio journalist, columnist and lesbian movement activist.[1][2]

From 2000 Laszuk worked for Radio TOK FM,[3] and became lead for the radio program Komentarze. Laszuk was the chief editor for Furia, a Polish feminist-lesbian irregular magazine.[4] In addition to this, she also directed an amateur theatre group and led sociotherapeutic activities for children.

She died on 12 October 2012 due to cancer.[5]

TOK FM established the annual award Anny Laszuk from 2013, given for "courageous, unconventional, unusual activities, work or expression, which had a significant impact on public awareness and change to Polish life."[6]


Anna Laszuk's grave in Warsaw at the Northern Community Graveyard

Publications

  • Laszuk, Anna (2006), Dziewczyny, wyjdźcie z szafy! [Girls, come out of the closet!] (in Polish), Fundacja Lorga, ISBN 978-83-923554-1-0, OCLC 654898151
  • Laszuk, Anna; Sosnowska, Beata (2010), Mała książka o homofobii [A little book of homophobia] (in Polish), Wydawnictwo Czarna Owca, ISBN 978-83-7554-241-7

References

  1. ↑ "Anna Laszuk nie żyje". 13 October 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ↑ http://lewica24.pl/polska/1793-zmarla-redaktor-anna-laszuk-wielka-postac-na-mapie-warszawskiej-lewicy.html
  3. ↑ "Wiadomości z kraju i ze świata - Portal Informacyjny - Tokfm.pl". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Furia! (Magazine) former Furii Pierwszej (Magazine, 1997-2001) - grassrootsfeminism.net". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Anna Laszuk nie żyje". TVN24.pl. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Nominacje do Nagrody Radia Tok FM im. Anny Laszuk". Retrieved 26 April 2017.


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