"Life writes beautiful scripts. Years of intensive training have led me to the dance floor, where alongside an outstanding teacher I can find myself again and fall in love with dancing without limits. The energy that flows between our bodies is incredibly beautiful. Let's not let her pass us by. What's worse to hold back. This is what our humanity is all about."
"I know that in this way I will help others. It was enough that I showed up in a T-shirt with the words 'Sport against homophobia' and I got a few messages from young girls practicing rowing. One of them opened up to me, described her difficult home situation to me, and confessed that I helped her a lot with my attitude. One such message is enough to completely forget about thousands of hate comments and disgusted faces."
Poland's Dancing with the Stars is featuring a same-sex female couple for the first time, pairing Olympic rower Katarzyna Zillmann with expert Janja Lesar. The casting advances queer inclusion and visibility in Poland amid recent progress, including the April abolition of the country's last so-called "LGBT-free" zone. Zillmann publicly came out as queer in 2021 after winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics and has used her platform to advocate for LGBTQ+ youth. Zillmann expressed excitement about dancing without limits and emphasized the emotional and human significance of the partnership on social media.
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