LGBTQ civil rights demonstration LGBT-free zone Strefy wolne od LGBT August 2020 Poland LGBTQ Protests 2020-08-07T00:00:00 2020-08-17T00:00:00 August 2020 LGBTQ protests in Poland August 2020 Poland LGBT Protests On 7 August 2020, a protest against the arrest of LGBTQ activist Margot led to a confrontation with police in central Warsaw and resulted in the arrest of 47 others, some of whom were protesting and others who were bystanders to the event, dubbed "Polish Stonewall" in an analogy to the 1969 Stonewall riots. Declarations of LGBT-free zones in 2019 and 2020 and the 2020 Polish presidential election—which saw President Andrzej Duda repeatedly stress his opposition to LGBTQ rights—have led to protest from LGBTQ rights activists, who adopted direct action tactics. On 7 August, a court granted a request for Margot's pre-trial detention for two months. She presented herself for arrest while hundreds of sympathizers protested the arrest. The police initially declined to arrest her, but later tried to do so and were physically, but non-violently blocked by activists. The police then arrested 48 people: Margot, protestors, and others who had not taken part in the demonstration. Polish Stonewall