"Michelle Obama is transgender, we all know it", affirmed, categorically, Alex Jones, presenter of the conspiratorial program "InfoWars", in 2017. If Brigitte Macron is preparing to initiate legal proceedings following the transphobic rumors of which she has been the subject for a few days - some claim that she is in fact a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux, Michelle Obama has, for her part, never lodged a complaint.
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Brigitte Macron will initiate proceedings after the transphobic rumors about her
Four years ago, Alex Jones claimed, however, in a video of twelve minutes, to have proof that the former American first lady was male.
The host analyzed the folds in the dress of the former First Lady in some photographs.
These proved, according to him, that she was endowed ... with a penis.
The presenter also stressed that it had "broad shoulders".
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"Michael and I"
“Since the early days of the Obama administration, citizens of all stripes have studied videos and photos of Michelle Obama and called her a man,” he continued. Even Barack Obama called her Michael on several occasions. " To support his claims, Alex Jones had released the video of a speech made by the former president in Arlington, Virginia, in which he said the words "Michael and me".
Rumors that the
Independent daily was quick to foil
.
"There was no indication that Mr. Obama was referring to his wife and not to someone who is really called Michael," argued journalist Chloe Farand.
In another sequence, Mr. Obama stutters, saying "Michelle", but he never says "Michael". "
Alex Jones asserts, moreover, that he is not at the origin of these speculations.
These would, according to him, be born on social networks, during the election campaign of Barack Obama.
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Michelle Robinson and Barack Obama meet in the summer of 1989. She is a young lawyer, graduated from Harvard Law School.
Him, his intern.
Both were then the only two African Americans working at the Sidley Austin law firm in Chicago.
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Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Very quickly, Barack Obama fell under the spell of the one who was then his mentor, and invited him to a first date.
As the evening progresses, the young man, originally from Kenya through his father, and from Kansas through his mother, decides to offer him chocolate ice cream.
Barack and Michelle's first date ends with a kiss.
On October 3, 1992, Michelle Robinson will become Barack Obama.
(October 3, 1992.)
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Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
The couple initially decide to stay in Chicago.
Renowned lawyer and considered an influential figure in the Chicago Democratic Party, Michelle Obama advised her husband to get into politics.
Barack Obama will follow his wife's intuition.
(Los Angeles, March 19, 2005.)
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Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
An intuition that turns out to be the right one.
In 1996, seven years after their first meeting in a law firm, Barack Obama was elected Senator for the State of Illinois.
(Des Moines, August 16, 2007.)
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Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
Barack and Michelle Obama, 30 years of love
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Joan Rivers' joke
The famous television host Joan Rivers had notably made fun of the rumor in October 2014. The one who had at the time celebrated the marriage of a homosexual couple had been questioned by the photographers: will the United States know a day one or a homosexual president?
To which Joan Rivers retorted, jokingly: “Let's calm down, we already have Obama.
You know Michelle Obama is trans. ”
A doctored photo of Michelle and Barack Obama, in which the former lawyer appears with masculine features, also circulated on the web in May.
Speculations that Michelle Obama has never commented on.
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"Is Jacinda Ardern a man?"
The former First Lady isn't the only prominent female personality to have been exposed to these kinds of unfounded rumors. In January 2018, Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, announced that she was pregnant. To which anonymous responded with a statement sent to the national media, entitled: "Is Jacinda Ardern a transvestite man who claims to be pregnant?"
The main argument of its authors? The alleged physical changes of the politician since ... high school. All denounced without any material evidence. The post actually came from the conspiratorial site
MediaWhores
, launched in August 2016. Rumors likely to grow disproportionately.
To the point that the one targeting Brigitte Macron was the subject of a hashtag, #JeanMichelTrogneux, entered the top Twitter trends in France on December 13.
A transphobic fake news that has been shared more than 34,000 times on the social network, according to
Numerama
.
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