Voters in Czechia will go to the polls on October 3 and 4 to elect a new parliament.

Several opinion polls suggest that the election will be won by the right-wing populist Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO) party led by former prime minister and oligarch Andrej Babis. At the moment, most polls put the center-right alliance SPOLU led by incumbent Prime Minister Petr Fiala in second place.

This is causing anxiety and uncertainty within the country's LGBTQ+ community, which fears that a right-wing government would push Czechia onto the populist path of neighboring Hungary and Slovakia, where queer communities face discrimination and threats.

This year, the Pride Parade in the Czech capital, Prague, centered on the theme "Where is my home?" — a cry for solidarity at a time when LGBTQ+ communities across Central and Eastern Europe are facing increasing political hostility and disinformation campaigns.

Queer rights activists called this year's Pride Parade not just a celebration but an urgent act of resistance.

Adela Kucera, a transgender politician from Prague, says that queer Czechs will have to mobilize and take to the streets to defend their rights if right-wing parties form the next government in Czechia.