Zenobia Żaczek
{{Short description|Polish activist (born 1974)}}
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Zenobia Żaczek (born 1974, formerly Jakub Żaczek, {{nee}} Gawlikowski) is a Polish activist for the rights of tenants.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-17 |title=Polish citizens struggle to buy or rent property with rising cost of living |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/polish-citizens-struggle-buy-rent-100001305.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB}}
Activism
Zaczek founded Komitet Obrony Praw Lokatorów (Committee for the Defense of Tenants' Rights) with her partner, Laura, in the late 2000s.{{Cite web |title=Nie godzą się na przymusowy rozwód: "Kochamy się, żadni durni bigoci nam tego nie odbiorą" |url=https://queer.pl/news/206695/nie-godza-sie-na-przymusowy-rozwod-kochamy-sie-zadni-durni-bigoci-nam-tego-nie-odbiora |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=queer.pl |language=pl | trans-title=They do not agree to a forced divorce: "We love each other, no stupid bigots will take that away from us"|date=19 April 2023}}
Personal life
She is a transgender woman.{{cite web |last1=Heban |first1=Maja |date=2 September 2021 |title="Lubię swoje życie i chcę jak najmniej stracić". Zenobia Żaczek o prawach lokatorskich i transpłciowości |trans-title="I like my life and I want to lose as little as possible." Zenobia Żaczek on tenancy rights and transgenderism |url=https://noizz.pl/wywiady/prawa-lokatorskie-tvp-i-transplciowosc-wywiad-z-zenobia-zaczek/spfc2dv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908172325/https://noizz.pl/wywiady/prawa-lokatorskie-tvp-i-transplciowosc-wywiad-z-zenobia-zaczek/spfc2dv?fbclid= |archive-date=2021-09-08 |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=Noizz |language=pl}}{{cite web |last1=Ciobanu |first1=Claudia |date=3 August 2022 |title=In Bid to Boost Poll Numbers, Poland's Ruling Party Targets Trans People |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/08/03/in-bid-to-boost-poll-numbers-polands-ruling-party-targets-trans-people/ |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=Balkan Insight |quote=Zenobia Zaczek, a transgender woman and well-known tenants’ rights activist}} Although she began medically transitioning in early 2021, she did not come out publicly, fearing it would jeopardize her activism.
As of 2021, Żaczek lives in Praga, Warsaw with her partner. She labels herself as an anarcho-syndicalist.
See also
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