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{{short description|Polish LGBT activist}} |
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| name = Margot |
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| image = Margot Szutowicz w masce (cropped).jpg |
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| birth_date = {{bya|1995}} |
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| nationality = Polish |
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| occupation = Activist |
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| organization = Stop Bzdurom |
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'''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 known as '''Margot''' or '''Margo''', is a Polish [[non-binary]] [[LGBT|LGBTQIA]] [[activist]] and co-founder of the ''[[Stop Bzdurom]]'' [[collective]].<ref name=Time20200811>{{Cite magazine|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/|magazine=Time|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref> The organisation is dedicated to saving young [[queer]] people from the consequences of disinformation about the LGBTQ 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 for slashing the tires of a truck emblazoned with [[Homophobia|homophobic]] slogans used by {{ill|Fundacja Pro|pl}}, covering it with paint, physically confronting the driver, and with other activists, decorating statues across [[Warsaw]], including one of [[Jesus]], with [[Rainbow flag (LGBT)|rainbow flags]] and pink [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|face masks]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Activities== |
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[[File:Solidemo z kolektywem Syrena na Wilczej - Margot Szutowicz.jpg|thumb|Margot in 2021.]] |
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[[Stop Bzdurom]] (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/> |
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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]] 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>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/5878424/poland-lgbt-protests-police-brutality/|title=What's Next for Poland's LGBTQ Activists After Violent Protests|website=Time}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/12/poland-punishes-lgbt-rights-activist-pretrial-detention|title = Poland Punishes LGBT Rights Activist with Pretrial Detention|date = 12 August 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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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|work=BBC News|access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> Margot's activism has met with criticism from the vice-president of [[The Left (Poland)|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 [[Liberalism|liberals]] or [[leftists]], including philosopher [[Jan Hartman (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 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> Some media outlets, such as [[Onet.pl]]<ref>{{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=17 December 2020}}</ref> and {{ill|Radio Nowy Świat|pl}},<ref>{{cite web |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 |title=Po krytyce Radio Nowy Świat zaczęło określać Michała Sz. "Margot" jako kobietę, udziałowcy odcięli się od założyciela stacji |date=10 August 2020 |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=pl }}</ref> also used Szutowicz's masculine [[deadnaming|deadname]]. The latter started using Margot's preferred name after backlash and threats of having its donations cut off by supporters. It also led to the resignation of the chairman Piotr Jedliński.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/byly-prezes-radia-nowy-swiat-rezygnacje-sugerowal-mi-sosnowski-jethon-przeniosla-najgorsze-wzorce-z-trojki |title=Były prezes Radia Nowy Świat: rezygnację sugerował mi Sosnowski, Jethon przeniosła najgorsze wzorce z Trójki |date=14 August 2020 |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=pl }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://kultura.gazeta.pl/kultura/7,114526,26199695,zmiany-w-radiu-nowy-swiat-piotr-jedlinski-zrezygnowal-z-funkcji.html |title=Zmiany w Radiu Nowy Świat. Piotr Jedliński zrezygnował z funkcji prezesa |date=10 August 2020 |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=pl }}</ref> |
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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}}</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}}</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}}</ref> |
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==Views== |
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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"/> |
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==Personal life== |
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In an interview with the Polish edition of ''[[Vogue Poland|Vogue]]'', Margot revealed that she is currently writing her [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) thesis on [[Christian anarchism]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Polska|first=Vogue|date=1 September 2020|title=Tylko u nas: Margot w pierwszym wywiadzie po wyjściu z aresztu|url=https://www.vogue.pl/a/margot-ze-stop-bzdurom-nie-mam-czasu-sie-bac|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Vogue Polska|language=pl}}</ref> |
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Margot lives with a woman and is in a [[Polyamory|polyamorous]] relationship with her and a [[trans man]].<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, Margot went on a hunger strike and requested a [[New Testament]], later stating that [[Christianity]] is too serious a matter to be left in [[Catholic Church in Poland|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> |
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==See also== |
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* [[August 2020 LGBT protests in Poland]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:LGBT rights activists from Poland]] |
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[[Category:Non-binary activists]] |
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[[Category:1995 births]] |
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[[Category:LGBT Christians]] |
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[[Category:Polish Christians]] |
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[[Category:Polish anarchists]] |
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[[Category:Christian anarchists]] |
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[[Category:Polyamorous people]] |
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