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'''Małgorzata Szutowicz''' (born '''Michał Szutowicz''';<ref name=wyborcza20200812/> 1995<ref>{{Cite web|last=Żelazińska|first=Agata Szczerbiak, Aleksandra|date=10 September 2020|title=Nie-Boska Margot. Kim chce teraz być?|url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/1970476,1,kim-chce-byc-margot.read|access-date=17 September 2020|website=www.polityka.pl|language=pl}}</ref>), widely referred to as '''Margot''' or '''Margo''', is a [[Poland|Polish]] [[non-binary]] [[LGBTQIA]] [[activist]] and co-founder of the Stop Bzdurom [[collective]].<ref name=Time20200811>{{Cite web|last1=Roache|first1=Madeline|last2=Haynes|first2=Suyin|date=11 August 2020|title=#PolishStonewall: LGBTQ Activists Are Rallying Together After Police Violence at Protests in Warsaw|url=https://time.com/5878424/poland-lgbt-protests-police-brutality/|work=Time|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref> The organization is dedicated to saving [[queer]] kids from the consequences of disinformation about [[LGBT]] community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stop Bzdurom - edukacja seksualna walczy z seksualizacją i pedofilią|url=https://stopbzdurom.pl/|access-date=8 September 2020|website=Stop Bzdurom|language=pl-PL}}</ref> Margot is mostly known for being arrested and accused by the police of slashing the tyres of a truck used by {{ill|Fundacja Pro|pl}}, covering the truck with paint, physically confronting an activist, and joining other activists in decorating statues across [[Warsaw]], including one of [[Jesus]], with [[Rainbow flag (LGBT)|rainbow flags]] and pink masks.<ref name=":0" />
'''Małgorzata Szutowicz''' (born 1995<ref>{{Cite web|last=Żelazińska|first=Agata Szczerbiak, Aleksandra|date=10 September 2020|title=Nie-Boska Margot. Kim chce teraz być?|url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/1970476,1,kim-chce-byc-margot.read|access-date=17 September 2020|website=www.polityka.pl|language=pl}}</ref>), widely referred to as '''Margot''' or '''Margo''', is a [[Poland|Polish]] [[non-binary]] [[LGBTQIA]] [[activist]] and co-founder of the Stop Bzdurom [[collective]].<ref name=Time20200811>{{Cite web|last1=Roache|first1=Madeline|last2=Haynes|first2=Suyin|date=11 August 2020|title=#PolishStonewall: LGBTQ Activists Are Rallying Together After Police Violence at Protests in Warsaw|url=https://time.com/5878424/poland-lgbt-protests-police-brutality/|work=Time|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref> The organization is dedicated to saving [[queer]] kids from the consequences of disinformation about [[LGBT]] community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stop Bzdurom - edukacja seksualna walczy z seksualizacją i pedofilią|url=https://stopbzdurom.pl/|access-date=8 September 2020|website=Stop Bzdurom|language=pl-PL}}</ref> Margot is mostly known for being arrested and accused by the police of slashing the tyres of a truck used by {{ill|Fundacja Pro|pl}}, covering the truck with paint, physically confronting an activist, and joining other activists in decorating statues across [[Warsaw]], including one of [[Jesus]], with [[Rainbow flag (LGBT)|rainbow flags]] and pink masks.<ref name=":0" />


==Activities==
==Activities==
According to ''[[Wprost]]'' [[Investigative journalism|investigation]], in July 2018 Margot was involved in spray-painting the ''[[Sejm]]'' (lower chamber of the Polish parliament) and in November 2019 protested against giving an award to [[Roman Polanski|Roman Polański]] at a film festival which was taking place at the [[National Film School in Łódź]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dobski|first=Marcin|date=13 August 2020|title=Czego nie mówi się o Margot? Udział w akcji pomazania ściany Sejmu, protest przeciwko Polańskiemu|url=https://premium.wprost.pl/10352676/czego-nie-mowi-sie-o-margot-udzial-w-akcji-pomazania-sciany-sejmu-protest-przeciwko-polanskiemu.html|access-date=5 September 2020|website=Wprost Premium|language=pl}}</ref>
According to ''[[Wprost]]'' [[Investigative journalism|investigation]], in July 2018 Margot was involved in spray-painting the ''[[Sejm]]'' (lower chamber of the Polish parliament) and in November 2019 protested against giving an award to [[Roman Polanski|Roman Polański]] at a film festival which was taking place at the [[National Film School in Łódź]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dobski|first=Marcin|date=13 August 2020|title=Czego nie mówi się o Margot? Udział w akcji pomazania ściany Sejmu, protest przeciwko Polańskiemu|url=https://premium.wprost.pl/10352676/czego-nie-mowi-sie-o-margot-udzial-w-akcji-pomazania-sciany-sejmu-protest-przeciwko-polanskiemu.html|access-date=5 September 2020|website=Wprost Premium|language=pl}}</ref>


{{ill|Stop Bzdurom|pl}} (which in Polish means "''Stop Nonsense''", or "''Stop Bullshit''" as adopted by the organisation's English language website),<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>{{Cite web|last=Preiss|first=Danielle|date=19 August 2020|title=Polish activists fight against anti-LGBT movement|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-08-19/polish-activists-fight-against-anti-lgbt-movement|website=The World from PRX|language=en|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref><ref name=Time20200811/>
{{ill|Stop Bzdurom|pl}}, or '''Stop Bullshit''' in English, is a feminist feminist LGBT+ campaign group.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-lgbt-rights-trfn-idUSKCN2522YV Polish activist faces jail for hanging rainbow flag on Jesus statue</ref> It was named in reaction to a proposed "Stop Paedophilia" bill that they viewed as being in large part against the LGBT community.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Preiss|first=Danielle|date=19 August 2020|title=Polish activists fight against anti-LGBT movement|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-08-19/polish-activists-fight-against-anti-lgbt-movement|website=The World from PRX|language=en|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref><ref name=Time20200811/>


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=7 September 2020}}</ref> a truck belonging to an [[Anti-abortion movement|anti-abortion]] and [[Pro-life movement|pro-life]] foundation, {{ill|Fundacja Pro|pl}}, emblazoned with [[Homophobia|homophobic]] and anti-abortion slogans, equipped with loudspeakers, was confronted by a group of [[Left-wing politics|left wing]] activists, who slashed the tyres, damaged a mirror, stole the number plate and [[Assault|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 name="onet">{{Cite web|title=Za co aresztowano Michała Sz. ps. "Margot"|url=https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwarszawa/za-co-aresztowano-michala-sz-ps-margot/lsj52zg,79cfc278|date=7 August 2020|website=onet.pl|language=pl|access-date=8 September 2020}}</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=Time20200811/> 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>
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=7 September 2020}}</ref> a truck belonging to an [[Anti-abortion movement|anti-abortion]] and [[Pro-life movement|pro-life]] foundation, {{ill|Fundacja Pro|pl}}, emblazoned with [[Homophobia|homophobic]] and anti-abortion slogans, equipped with loudspeakers, was confronted by a group of [[Left-wing politics|left wing]] activists, who slashed the tyres, damaged a mirror, stole the number plate and [[Assault|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 name="onet">{{Cite web|title=Za co aresztowano Michała Sz. ps. "Margot"|url=https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwarszawa/za-co-aresztowano-michala-sz-ps-margot/lsj52zg,79cfc278|date=7 August 2020|website=onet.pl|language=pl|access-date=8 September 2020}}</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=Time20200811/> 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>
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Margot lives with Łania Madej and is in a [[Polyamory|polyamorous]] relationship with her and a [[trans man]] Lu.<ref name=wyborcza20200812>{{cite web |url=https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,26204578,przed-aresztowaniem-poprosila-o-biblie-kim-jest-slynna-margot.html |title=Przed aresztowaniem poprosiła o Biblię. Kim jest słynna Margot? |last=Krawczyk |first=David |date=12 August 2020 |language=pl |website=wyborcza.pl |publisher= |access-date=8 September 2020 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/1969864,1,margot-nie-bede-grzeczna-nie-chce-byc-symbolem.read |title=Margot: Nie będę grzeczna, nie chcę być symbolem |quote=A teraz mam dwie takie osoby – Łanię i Lu, mojego partnera. |date=2 September 2020 |website=polityka.pl |language=pl | access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref> While detained, she went on a hunger strike and requested a [[New Testament]], later stating that [[Christianity]] is too serious of a matter to be left in [[Polish Catholicism|Polish Catholics]]' hands. Margot also stated that she is a Christian.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Margot: To także mój Chrystus|url=https://magazynkontakt.pl/margot-to-takze-moj-chrystus/|access-date=18 September 2020|website=magazynkontakt.pl|language=pl}}</ref>
Margot lives with Łania Madej and is in a [[Polyamory|polyamorous]] relationship with her and a [[trans man]] Lu.<ref name=wyborcza20200812>{{cite web |url=https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,26204578,przed-aresztowaniem-poprosila-o-biblie-kim-jest-slynna-margot.html |title=Przed aresztowaniem poprosiła o Biblię. Kim jest słynna Margot? |last=Krawczyk |first=David |date=12 August 2020 |language=pl |website=wyborcza.pl |publisher= |access-date=8 September 2020 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/spoleczenstwo/1969864,1,margot-nie-bede-grzeczna-nie-chce-byc-symbolem.read |title=Margot: Nie będę grzeczna, nie chcę być symbolem |quote=A teraz mam dwie takie osoby – Łanię i Lu, mojego partnera. |date=2 September 2020 |website=polityka.pl |language=pl | access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref> While detained, she went on a hunger strike and requested a [[New Testament]], later stating that [[Christianity]] is too serious of a matter to be left in [[Polish Catholicism|Polish Catholics]]' hands. Margot also stated that she is a Christian.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Margot: To także mój Chrystus|url=https://magazynkontakt.pl/margot-to-takze-moj-chrystus/|access-date=18 September 2020|website=magazynkontakt.pl|language=pl}}</ref>


== Discrimination ==
==Naming controversies==
The [[Campaign Against Homophobia]] stated: "Yesterday's events in the capital will forever be remembered by the Polish LGBTQIA movement. Shocking images of police abuse will always remain in our heads. The sense of pride, strength and solidarity that we experienced and experienced during yesterday's riots will remain in our hearts. Cannons have been launched against the rainbow and there is no turning back from it".<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>
Some controversies have arisen around Szutowicz's [[given name]]. Polish [[Policja (Poland)|police]] and some media such as [[Telewizja Polska|Polish Television]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvp.info/49327162/aktywista-lgbt-aresztowany-w-cieniu-protestow-mamy-stanowisko-prokuratury |title=Aktywista LGBT aresztowany w cieniu protestów. Mamy stanowisko prokuratury |date=8 August 2020 |publisher=TVP Info |language=pl |access-date=8 September 2020 }}</ref> [[Onet.pl]],<ref name="onet" /> or {{ill|Radio Nowy Świat|pl}}<ref>{{cite web|date=10 August 2020|title=Po krytyce Radio Nowy Świat zaczęło określać Michała Sz. "Margot" jako kobietę, udziałowcy odcięli się od założyciela stacji|url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/margot-michal-sz-aresztowany-aktywista-lgbt-radio-nowy-swiat-okresla-go-jako-kobiete-udzialowcy-odcieli-sie-od-zalozyciela-stacji|access-date=27 August 2020|website=wirtualnemedia.pl|language=pl}}</ref> use Szutowicz's masculine name [[Michał]] in their statements. Liberal media outlets however, such as [[Gazeta Wyborcza]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,26196179,margot-przebywa-w-zakladzie-karnym-w-plocku-odwiedzila-ja-przedstawicielka.html | title=Margot przebywa w Zakładzie Karnym w Płocku. Odwiedziła ją przedstawicielka RPO | date=9 August 2020 |website=gazeta.pl |language=pl |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> [[TVN (Polish TV channel)|TVN]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvn24.pl/tvnwarszawa/najnowsze/warszawa-policja-zatrzymala-aktywistke-lgbt-za-uszkodzenie-antyaborcyjnej-furgonetki-4638661 |title="Wyciągnięta z mieszkania bez butów". Zarzuty dla aktywistki LGBT za uszkodzenie antyaborcyjnej furgonetki |date=15 July 2020 |publisher=[[TVN24]] |language=pl |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> or [[OKO.press]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oko.press/zatrzymano-dzialaczke-kolektywu-stop-bzdurom-zalozyli-kajdanki-butow-zalozyc-nie-pozwolili/ |title=Zatrzymano działaczkę kolektywu "Stop Bzdurom". "Założyli kajdanki, butów założyć nie pozwolili" | date=14 July 2020 |website=oko.press |language=pl | access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> prefer to use Szutowicz's feminine name Małgorzata, while conservative media outlets like [[Najwyższy Czas!]],<ref name="nczas">{{cite web |url=https://nczas.com/2020/08/13/nie-tylko-atak-na-kierowce-furgonetki-znamy-powody-aresztowania-michala-sz-pseud-margot/ |title=Nie tylko atak na kierowcę furgonetki. Znamy powody aresztowania Michała Sz. pseud. "Margot" |date=13 August 2020 |website=nczas.com |language=pl |access-date=27 August 2020 }}</ref> [[Radio Maryja]]<ref name="radiomaryja">{{cite web |url=https://www.radiomaryja.pl/informacje/komendant-glowny-policji-murem-za-policjantami-ktorzy-zatrzymali-agresywnego-aktywiste-michala-sz/ |title=Komendant główny policji murem za policjantami, którzy zatrzymali agresywnego aktywistę Michała Sz. |date=13 August 2020 |website=radiomaryja.pl |language=pl |access-date=27 August 2020 }}</ref> use her masculine name Michał.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nczas.com/2020/08/13/same-fakty-o-margot-michal-sz-tylko-bywa-kobieta-na-co-dzien-jest-mezczyzna-i-nawet-ma-dziewczyne-video/ |title=Same fakty o Margot. Michał Sz. tylko bywa "kobietą". Na co dzień jest mężczyzną i nawet ma dziewczynę |date=13 August 2020 |website=nczas.com |language=pl |access-date=27 August 2020 }}</ref> Politicians of the [[Law and Justice]] party such as [[Beata Mazurek]] or Piotr Uściński, also use Szutowicz's masculine name.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvp.info/49713359/mazurek-margot-to-glab-i-zulik-opozycja-to-wie |title=Mazurek: „Margot” to głąb i żulik. Opozycja to wie |date=4 September 2020 |language=pl |publisher=TVP Info |access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rp.pl/LGBT/200909574-Posel-PiS-Margot-to-po-prostu-jakis-rozrabiaka-przestepca.html |title=Poseł PiS: Margot to po prostu jakiś rozrabiaka, przestępca |date=7 September 2020 |work=[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]] |language=pl |access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref> According to psychologists Kamil Gulik and Dominik Haak, this [[misgendering]] is a form of violence against LGBT people that can cause [[suicidal thoughts]].<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><ref>{{cite web |url=https://noizz.pl/lgbt/psycholog-nazywanie-margot-michalem-sz-jest-przemoca-to-misgendering/vh5t6qc |title=Psycholog: nazywanie Margot Michałem Sz. jest przemocą. To misgendering |date=12 August 2020 |website=noizz.pl |language=pl |access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref> However, Szutowicz's partner Łania Madej has said that Szutowicz is not offended by being referred to as Michał.<ref name="wyborcza20200812" />

Margot, who is a symbol of the fight for LGBT rights,<ref name="wyborcza20200812" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,26196179,margot-przebywa-w-zakladzie-karnym-w-plocku-odwiedzila-ja-przedstawicielka.html | title=Margot przebywa w Zakładzie Karnym w Płocku. Odwiedziła ją przedstawicielka RPO | date=9 August 2020 |website=gazeta.pl |language=pl |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvn24.pl/tvnwarszawa/najnowsze/warszawa-policja-zatrzymala-aktywistke-lgbt-za-uszkodzenie-antyaborcyjnej-furgonetki-4638661 |title="Wyciągnięta z mieszkania bez butów". Zarzuty dla aktywistki LGBT za uszkodzenie antyaborcyjnej furgonetki |date=15 July 2020 |publisher=[[TVN24]] |language=pl |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://oko.press/zatrzymano-dzialaczke-kolektywu-stop-bzdurom-zalozyli-kajdanki-butow-zalozyc-nie-pozwolili/ |title=Zatrzymano działaczkę kolektywu "Stop Bzdurom". "Założyli kajdanki, butów założyć nie pozwolili" | date=14 July 2020 |website=oko.press |language=pl | access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> was subjected to the violent act of misgendering by police, who used the masculine form of her name.<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> This violent misgendering was stubbornly repeated by right-wing journalists ant politicians. According to psychologists Kamil Gulik and Dominik Haak, this [[misgendering]] is a form of violence against LGBT people that can cause [[suicidal thoughts]].<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><ref>{{cite web |url=https://noizz.pl/lgbt/psycholog-nazywanie-margot-michalem-sz-jest-przemoca-to-misgendering/vh5t6qc |title=Psycholog: nazywanie Margot Michałem Sz. jest przemocą. To misgendering |date=12 August 2020 |website=noizz.pl |language=pl |access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref>


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Margot
File:Stop Bzdurom (cropped).jpg
Margot in 2019
Born
Michał Szutowicz[1]

1995 (age 25)
NationalityPolish
Other namesMargot or Margo
OccupationActivist
OrganizationStop Bzdurom
Partner(s)Łania Madej and Lu

Małgorzata Szutowicz (born 1995[2]), widely referred to as Margot or Margo, is a Polish non-binary LGBTQIA activist and co-founder of the Stop Bzdurom collective.[3] The organization is dedicated to saving queer kids from the consequences of disinformation about LGBT community.[4] Margot is mostly known for being arrested and accused by the police of slashing the tyres of a truck used by Fundacja Pro [pl], covering the truck with paint, physically confronting an activist, and joining other activists in decorating statues across Warsaw, including one of Jesus, with rainbow flags and pink masks.[5]

Activities

According to Wprost investigation, in July 2018 Margot was involved in spray-painting the Sejm (lower chamber of the Polish parliament) and in November 2019 protested against giving an award to Roman Polański at a film festival which was taking place at the National Film School in Łódź.[6]

Stop Bzdurom [pl], or Stop Bullshit in English, is a feminist feminist LGBT+ campaign group.[7] It was named in reaction to a proposed "Stop Paedophilia" bill that they viewed as being in large part against the LGBT community.[8][3]

On 27 June 2020,[9] a truck belonging to an anti-abortion and pro-life foundation, Fundacja Pro [pl], emblazoned with homophobic and anti-abortion slogans, equipped with loudspeakers, was confronted by a group of left wing activists, who slashed the tyres, damaged a mirror, stole the number plate and physically assaulted the driver.[10][11] Margot was arrested for battery on 7 August 2020 and placed in police custody for a period of two months.[12] 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.[5] She had been held in a detention facility in Płock, central Poland[3] and was released on 28 August.[13] 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."[14]

In August 2020, dozens of writers, including Olga Tokarczuk as well as filmmakers and actors from various countries around the world signed an open letter decrying the oppression Margot and other activists had suffered.[15] Margot's activism has met with criticism from the vice-president of The Left's parliamentary club, Monika Pawłowska,[16] as well as commentators generally viewed as liberals or leftists, including philosopher Jan Hartman and editor-in-chief of Newsweek Polska, Tomasz Lis.[17][18] Human Rights Watch called for Margot's release, saying her arrest was the "latest example of Polish authorities’ anti-LGBT actions" and "another demonstration of the crumbling respect for the rule of law in Poland".[19]

On 4 September 2020, she 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".[20] 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.[21] On 7 September 2020, a protest in support of Margot was held in front of the martyrdom monument at Old Market square, Bydgoszcz.[22]

Views

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."[14]

Personal life

In an interview with the Polish edition of Vogue, Margot revealed that she is currently writing her Bachelor of Arts (BA) thesis on Christian anarchism.[23]

Margot lives with Łania Madej and is in a polyamorous relationship with her and a trans man Lu.[1][24] While detained, she went on a hunger strike and requested a New Testament, later stating that Christianity is too serious of a matter to be left in Polish Catholics' hands. Margot also stated that she is a Christian.[23][25]

Discrimination

The Campaign Against Homophobia stated: "Yesterday's events in the capital will forever be remembered by the Polish LGBTQIA movement. Shocking images of police abuse will always remain in our heads. The sense of pride, strength and solidarity that we experienced and experienced during yesterday's riots will remain in our hearts. Cannons have been launched against the rainbow and there is no turning back from it".[26]

Margot, who is a symbol of the fight for LGBT rights,[1][27][28][29] was subjected to the violent act of misgendering by police, who used the masculine form of her name.[30] This violent misgendering was stubbornly repeated by right-wing journalists ant politicians. According to psychologists Kamil Gulik and Dominik Haak, this misgendering is a form of violence against LGBT people that can cause suicidal thoughts.[31][32]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Krawczyk, David (12 August 2020). "Przed aresztowaniem poprosiła o Biblię. Kim jest słynna Margot?". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ Żelazińska, Agata Szczerbiak, Aleksandra (10 September 2020). "Nie-Boska Margot. Kim chce teraz być?". www.polityka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b c Roache, Madeline; Haynes, Suyin (11 August 2020). "#PolishStonewall: LGBTQ Activists Are Rallying Together After Police Violence at Protests in Warsaw". Time. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Stop Bzdurom - edukacja seksualna walczy z seksualizacją i pedofilią". Stop Bzdurom (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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  6. ^ Dobski, Marcin (13 August 2020). "Czego nie mówi się o Margot? Udział w akcji pomazania ściany Sejmu, protest przeciwko Polańskiemu". Wprost Premium (in Polish). Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-lgbt-rights-trfn-idUSKCN2522YV Polish activist faces jail for hanging rainbow flag on Jesus statue
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  9. ^ Knight, Kyle; Dam, Philippe (12 August 2020). "Poland Punishes LGBT Rights Activist with Pretrial Detention". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Aktywiści LGBT utrudniają policji działania ws. zatrzymania "Margot"" (in Polish). TVP Info. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  11. ^ Metcalfe, Percy (12 August 2020). ""No apologies, no shame": the rise of Poland's guerrilla LGBT activists". Notes From Poland. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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  18. ^ Czajka-Kominiarczuk, Katarzyna (31 August 2020). "Spór o środkowy palec Margot. Sypią się gromy i dobre rady". www.polityka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  19. ^ https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/12/poland-punishes-lgbt-rights-activist-pretrial-detention Poland Punishes LGBT Rights Activist with Pretrial Detention
  20. ^ Claudia Ciobanu; Edit Inotai; Miroslava German Sirotnikova; Tim Gosling (4 September 2020). "Democracy Digest: A JFK Moment in Taiwan and an Acquittal in Slovakia". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  21. ^ Savage, Rachel (3 September 2020). "LGBT+ activist behind 'Polish Stonewall' not afraid to die". Reuters. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Kolorowym tańcem poparli Margot. Happening LGBT na Starym Rynku". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  23. ^ a b Polska, Vogue (1 September 2020). "Tylko u nas: Margot w pierwszym wywiadzie po wyjściu z aresztu". Vogue Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  24. ^ "Margot: Nie będę grzeczna, nie chcę być symbolem". polityka.pl (in Polish). 2 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020. A teraz mam dwie takie osoby – Łanię i Lu, mojego partnera.
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  29. ^ "Zatrzymano działaczkę kolektywu "Stop Bzdurom". "Założyli kajdanki, butów założyć nie pozwolili"". oko.press (in Polish). 14 July 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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