US Edition"Sysms, Transphobics and Homophobic": Why Allegations of Transidentity Are Used to Destabilize Women's Power
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For the past four years, the wife of the French president Brigitte Macron has been the target of a rumour presenting her as a transgender woman. But before her, other women have paid the cost of this type of attack. Christine Bard*, a historian who specializes in gender and feminism, deciphers its springs.
For the past four years, the conspiracy rumor that Brigitte Macron is a man has been growing up. A trial for cyber-harassment took place on 27 October in Paris and defamation proceedings have been initiated in the United States. The French First Lady is not the first woman close to power to be the victim of "transvestigation". - VERIF' - What the "transvestings" conceal, these pseudo-conspiracy investigations that target women of power (New Tech…
A victim of rumours that she would be a transgender woman, Brigitte Macron filed a complaint for sexist cyberharassment. And Emmanuel Macron's wife can count on the support of the inhabitants of her hometown, many of whom support her approach. This is a rumour as absurd as it is tenacious. For the past four years, Brigitte Macron has been the subject of transphobic rumours, claiming that she would be a transgender woman, born under the name of J…
Since the trial of the ten people accused of cyber-harassment against Brigitte Macron, the inhabitants of Amiens, her hometown, have struggled to understand the harassment of the First Lady. On 27 and 28 October 2025, the Paris Correctional Court found several netizens accused of relaying a defamatory rumour that the president's wife would be a transgender woman, born under the name of Jean-Michel Trogneux. A conspiracy theory born on social net…
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