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Stop Bzdurom,<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 August 2020|title=Poland: Stop Bzdurom, Queer struggle and the events of yesterday in Warsaw|url=https://freedomnews.org.uk/poland-stop-bzdurom-queer-struggle-and-the-events-of-yesterday/|access-date=24 August 2020|website=Freedom News|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=9 August 2020|title=We get messages saying: "What are you doing, they're going to hate us because of you"|url=https://oko.press/what-are-you-doing-theyre-going-to-hate-us-because-of-you/|access-date=24 August 2020|website=oko.press|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bukłaha|first=Zuzanna|date=5 August 2020|title=LGBTQ activists arrested over hanging rainbow flags on statues in Warsaw. They might be facing charges for offending religious feelings|url=https://wyborcza.pl/7,173236,26185017,lgbtq-activists-arrested-over-hanging-rainbow-flags-on-statues.html|website=wyborcza.pl|language=en|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref> which she runs, is "a radical, queer collective". It was named in reaction to a proposed "Stop Paedophilia" bill that they viewed as being in large part against the LGBT community.<ref name="Preiss" /><ref name="Roache"/> | Stop Bzdurom,<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 August 2020|title=Poland: Stop Bzdurom, Queer struggle and the events of yesterday in Warsaw|url=https://freedomnews.org.uk/poland-stop-bzdurom-queer-struggle-and-the-events-of-yesterday/|access-date=24 August 2020|website=Freedom News|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=9 August 2020|title=We get messages saying: "What are you doing, they're going to hate us because of you"|url=https://oko.press/what-are-you-doing-theyre-going-to-hate-us-because-of-you/|access-date=24 August 2020|website=oko.press|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bukłaha|first=Zuzanna|date=5 August 2020|title=LGBTQ activists arrested over hanging rainbow flags on statues in Warsaw. They might be facing charges for offending religious feelings|url=https://wyborcza.pl/7,173236,26185017,lgbtq-activists-arrested-over-hanging-rainbow-flags-on-statues.html|website=wyborcza.pl|language=en|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref> which she runs, is "a radical, queer collective". It was named in reaction to a proposed "Stop Paedophilia" bill that they viewed as being in large part against the LGBT community.<ref name="Preiss" /><ref name="Roache"/> | ||
On 27 June 2020,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Knight|first1=Kyle|last2=Dam|first2=Philippe|date=12 August 2020|title=Poland Punishes LGBT Rights Activist with Pretrial Detention|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/12/poland-punishes-lgbt-rights-activist-pretrial-detention|publisher=Human Rights Watch|access-date= | On 27 June 2020,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Knight|first1=Kyle|last2=Dam|first2=Philippe|date=12 August 2020|title=Poland Punishes LGBT Rights Activist with Pretrial Detention|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/12/poland-punishes-lgbt-rights-activist-pretrial-detention|publisher=Human Rights Watch|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref> a truck belonging to an anti-abortion foundation, Fundacja Pro, emblazoned with homophobic and anti-abortion slogans, equipped with loudspeakers, was confronted by a group of activists who slashed the tyres, damaged a mirror, stole the number plate and physically assaulted the driver.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aktywiści LGBT utrudniają policji działania ws. zatrzymania "Margot"|url=http://www.tvp.info/49320151/aktywisci-lgbt-utrudniaja-policji-dzialania-ws-zatrzymania-margot|date=7 August 2020|publisher=TVP Info|language=pl|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Metcalfe|first=Percy|date=12 August 2020|title="No apologies, no shame": the rise of Poland's guerrilla LGBT activists|url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/08/12/no-apologies-no-shame-the-rise-of-polands-guerrilla-lgbt-activists/|access-date=22 August 2020|website=Notes From Poland|language=en-US}}</ref> Margot was arrested for battery on 7 August 2020 and placed in police custody for a period of two months.<ref>https://time.com/5878424/poland-lgbt-protests-police-brutality/</ref><ref>https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/12/poland-punishes-lgbt-rights-activist-pretrial-detention</ref> Following the arrest, various groups of people protested her incarceration, claiming it was politically motivated. As a result, 48 more people were arrested in an event referred to as Polish Stonewall.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Nowak|first=Marta K.|date=7 August 2020|title=Zatrzymanie Margo. Trwa łapanka obrońców aktywistki LGBT|url=https://oko.press/trwa-lapanka-obroncow-aktywistke-lgbt/|website=oko.press|language=pl|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref> She had been held in a detention facility in Płock, central Poland<ref name="Roache"/> and was released on 28 August.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sąd zwolnił Margot z aresztu |url=https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/sad-zwolnil-margot-z-aresztu/j1w73tt,79cfc278 |date=28 August 2020 |website=Onet.pl |language=pl |access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> Margot told the BBC that she only attempted to stop the truck driver from filming her with his mobile phone and did not assault him: "I wish I could have beat him up - but he was three or four times larger than me."<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}}</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}}</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}}</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}}</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}}</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</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}}</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}}</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}}</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}}</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}}</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</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}}</ref> | ||