Author: Victor Goury-Laffont

PARIS — Two women were found guilty of libel on Thursday and ordered to pay thousands of euros in damages after spreading a fake transphobic rumor that French first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man and is living as a transgender woman. The duo, a self-described independent journalist and the host of a YouTube channel, alleged without proof in a 2021 video posted to the platform that Macron had been born as Jean-Michel Trogneux and had later changed her name and gender. Trogneux, who is actually Macron’s brother, participated in the trial. The false claims were spread well beyond…

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