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In August 2020, dozens of writers, filmmakers and actors from various countries around the world signed an open letter decrying the oppression Margot and other activists had suffered.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53818948|title=Stars sign open letter supporting Polish LGBT rights|date=18 August 2020|publisher=BBC News|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208060550/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53818948|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Margot's activism has met with criticism from the vice-president of The Left's parliamentary club, Monika Pawłowska,<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 August 2020|title=Monika Jaruzelska ostro o Margot: to ideologiczny Kalibabka|url=https://www.msn.com/pl-pl/wiadomosci/polska/monika-jaruzelska-ostro-o-margot-to-ideologiczny-kalibabka/ar-BB18B5tR|access-date=1 September 2020|website=msn.com|language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808091254/https://www.msn.com/pl-pl/wiadomosci/polska/monika-jaruzelska-ostro-o-margot-to-ideologiczny-kalibabka/ar-BB18B5tR|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> as well as commentators generally viewed as liberals or leftists, including philosopher Jan Hartman and editor-in-chief of ''Newsweek Polska'', Tomasz Lis.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Margot, nie spieprz tego!|url=https://hartman.blog.polityka.pl/2020/08/29/margot-nie-spieprz-tego/|date=29 August 2020|website=Loose Blues (hartman.blog.polityka.pl)|language=pl-PL|access-date=8 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203050352/https://hartman.blog.polityka.pl/2020/08/29/margot-nie-spieprz-tego/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Czajka-Kominiarczuk|first=Katarzyna|date=31 August 2020|title=Spór o środkowy palec Margot. Sypią się gromy i dobre rady|url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/1969566,1,spor-o-srodkowy-palec-margot-sypia-sie-gromy-i-dobre-rady.read|access-date=1 September 2020|website=www.polityka.pl|language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708225056/https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/1969566,1,spor-o-srodkowy-palec-margot-sypia-sie-gromy-i-dobre-rady.read|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Margot was misgendered by Polish police, right-wing journalists, and right-wing politicians.<ref>https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/1966786,1,margot-w-areszcie-komisarz-praw-czlowieka-re-mrozacy-sygnal.read Margot w areszcie. Komisarz praw człowieka RE: Mrożący sygnał [https://web.archive.org/web/20230331053751/https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/1966786,1,margot-w-areszcie-komisarz-praw-czlowieka-re-mrozacy-sygnal.read Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,26197165,psycholog-o-sprawie-margot-nazywanie-jej-mezczyzna-to-przemoc.html |title=Psycholog o Margot: Nazywanie jej mężczyzną to przemoc. Stąd się biorą zachowania samobójcze osób LGBT |date=15 August 2020 |website=wyborcza.pl |language=pl |access-date=7 September 2020 |url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331075142/http://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,26197165,psycholog-o-sprawie-margot-nazywanie-jej-mezczyzna-to-przemoc.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | In August 2020, dozens of writers, filmmakers and actors from various countries around the world signed an open letter decrying the oppression Margot and other activists had suffered.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53818948|title=Stars sign open letter supporting Polish LGBT rights|date=18 August 2020|publisher=BBC News|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208060550/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53818948|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Margot's activism has met with criticism from the vice-president of The Left's parliamentary club, Monika Pawłowska,<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 August 2020|title=Monika Jaruzelska ostro o Margot: to ideologiczny Kalibabka|url=https://www.msn.com/pl-pl/wiadomosci/polska/monika-jaruzelska-ostro-o-margot-to-ideologiczny-kalibabka/ar-BB18B5tR|access-date=1 September 2020|website=msn.com|language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808091254/https://www.msn.com/pl-pl/wiadomosci/polska/monika-jaruzelska-ostro-o-margot-to-ideologiczny-kalibabka/ar-BB18B5tR|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> as well as commentators generally viewed as liberals or leftists, including philosopher Jan Hartman and editor-in-chief of ''Newsweek Polska'', Tomasz Lis.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Margot, nie spieprz tego!|url=https://hartman.blog.polityka.pl/2020/08/29/margot-nie-spieprz-tego/|date=29 August 2020|website=Loose Blues (hartman.blog.polityka.pl)|language=pl-PL|access-date=8 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203050352/https://hartman.blog.polityka.pl/2020/08/29/margot-nie-spieprz-tego/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Czajka-Kominiarczuk|first=Katarzyna|date=31 August 2020|title=Spór o środkowy palec Margot. Sypią się gromy i dobre rady|url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/1969566,1,spor-o-srodkowy-palec-margot-sypia-sie-gromy-i-dobre-rady.read|access-date=1 September 2020|website=www.polityka.pl|language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708225056/https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/1969566,1,spor-o-srodkowy-palec-margot-sypia-sie-gromy-i-dobre-rady.read|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Margot was misgendered by Polish police, right-wing journalists, and right-wing politicians.<ref>https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/1966786,1,margot-w-areszcie-komisarz-praw-czlowieka-re-mrozacy-sygnal.read Margot w areszcie. Komisarz praw człowieka RE: Mrożący sygnał [https://web.archive.org/web/20230331053751/https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/1966786,1,margot-w-areszcie-komisarz-praw-czlowieka-re-mrozacy-sygnal.read Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,26197165,psycholog-o-sprawie-margot-nazywanie-jej-mezczyzna-to-przemoc.html |title=Psycholog o Margot: Nazywanie jej mężczyzną to przemoc. Stąd się biorą zachowania samobójcze osób LGBT |date=15 August 2020 |website=wyborcza.pl |language=pl |access-date=7 September 2020 |url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331075142/http://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,26197165,psycholog-o-sprawie-margot-nazywanie-jej-mezczyzna-to-przemoc.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
On 4 September 2020, Margot was released from imprisonment after a successful legal appeal. Following her release, she posted a photograph holding up her middle finger and holding a scrabble sign saying "Poland, you preek [sic], stop arresting my Margot".<ref>{{cite web|author1=Claudia Ciobanu|author2=Edit Inotai|author3=Miroslava German Sirotnikova|author4=Tim Gosling|date=4 September 2020|title=Democracy Digest: A JFK Moment in Taiwan and an Acquittal in Slovakia|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/09/04/democracy-digest-a-jfk-moment-in-taiwan-and-an-acquittal-in-slovakia|website=Balkan Insight|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808091254/https://balkaninsight.com/2020/09/04/democracy-digest-a-jfk-moment-in-taiwan-and-an-acquittal-in-slovakia/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Margot, whose hunger strike in prison was suppressed by the authorities, stated she was willing to resume her hunger strike and die if it could counter Polish homophobia.<ref>{{cite news|last=Savage|first=Rachel|date=3 September 2020|title=LGBT+ activist behind 'Polish Stonewall' not afraid to die|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-lgbt-rights/lgbt-activist-behind-polish-stonewall-not-afraid-to-die-idUSKBN25U2IN|publisher=Reuters|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808091257/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-lgbt-rights/lgbt-activist-behind-polish-stonewall-not-afraid-to-die-idUSKBN25U2IN|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> On 7 September 2020, a protest in support of Margot was held in front of the martyrdom monument at Old Market square, Bydgoszcz.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bydgoszcz.wyborcza.pl/bydgoszcz/7,48722,26279389,kolorowym-tancem-poparli-margot-happening-lgbt-na-starym-rynku.html |title=Kolorowym tańcem poparli Margot. Happening LGBT na Starym Rynku |date=8 September 2020 |website=wyborcza.pl |language=pl |access-date=8 September 2020 |archive-url= | On 4 September 2020, Margot was released from imprisonment after a successful legal appeal. Following her release, she posted a photograph holding up her middle finger and holding a scrabble sign saying "Poland, you preek [sic], stop arresting my Margot".<ref>{{cite web|author1=Claudia Ciobanu|author2=Edit Inotai|author3=Miroslava German Sirotnikova|author4=Tim Gosling|date=4 September 2020|title=Democracy Digest: A JFK Moment in Taiwan and an Acquittal in Slovakia|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/09/04/democracy-digest-a-jfk-moment-in-taiwan-and-an-acquittal-in-slovakia|website=Balkan Insight|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808091254/https://balkaninsight.com/2020/09/04/democracy-digest-a-jfk-moment-in-taiwan-and-an-acquittal-in-slovakia/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Margot, whose hunger strike in prison was suppressed by the authorities, stated she was willing to resume her hunger strike and die if it could counter Polish homophobia.<ref>{{cite news|last=Savage|first=Rachel|date=3 September 2020|title=LGBT+ activist behind 'Polish Stonewall' not afraid to die|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-lgbt-rights/lgbt-activist-behind-polish-stonewall-not-afraid-to-die-idUSKBN25U2IN|publisher=Reuters|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808091257/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-lgbt-rights/lgbt-activist-behind-polish-stonewall-not-afraid-to-die-idUSKBN25U2IN|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> On 7 September 2020, a protest in support of Margot was held in front of the martyrdom monument at Old Market square, Bydgoszcz.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bydgoszcz.wyborcza.pl/bydgoszcz/7,48722,26279389,kolorowym-tancem-poparli-margot-happening-lgbt-na-starym-rynku.html |title=Kolorowym tańcem poparli Margot. Happening LGBT na Starym Rynku |date=8 September 2020 |website=wyborcza.pl |language=pl |access-date=8 September 2020|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
In a BBC interview in September 2020, Margot explained: "I want to show my community that we no longer have to live in fear [...] For years we've been asking for minimal provisions and legislation that would protect us - if not from discrimination, then at least from physical violence." Regarding whether violence was a valid method of resistance, she answered: "People who have not lived the lives of the LGBT community in this country shouldn't judge us [...] And nobody should be surprised if we are eventually forced to take things into our own hands."<ref name=":2"/> | In a BBC interview in September 2020, Margot explained: "I want to show my community that we no longer have to live in fear [...] For years we've been asking for minimal provisions and legislation that would protect us - if not from discrimination, then at least from physical violence." Regarding whether violence was a valid method of resistance, she answered: "People who have not lived the lives of the LGBT community in this country shouldn't judge us [...] And nobody should be surprised if we are eventually forced to take things into our own hands."<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Ash|first=Lucy|date=20 September 2020|title=Inside Poland’s 'LGBT-free zones'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54191344|url-status=live|access-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628195444/https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54191344|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== |