Rainbow Madonna

This modification of the painting, created by a civil rights activist Elżbieta Podleśna, is controversial in predominantly Roman Catholic Poland where the original icon is an object of veneration.

[1][2][3][4][5] Following the events of 2019, the US Episcopal Church asked for permission to sell T-shirts bearing the Rainbow Madonna with proceeds allocated to the Polish transgender community.

[6] The Rainbow Madonna affair attracted significant attention in the Polish news cycle.

A poll conducted by KANTAR concluded that the majority of Poles who identify themselves as religious are not offended by the rainbow Madonna, based on a representative sample of 1,006 Poles.

Former prime minister Donald Tusk pointed out that Madonna's painting with a rainbow in the background by Hans Memling already appears in St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk.

Rainbow Madonna , an adaptation of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa
Rainbow Madonna held up by marchers of the 2019 Equality March in Częstochowa .