The latest decision of the Council of State is causing a stir among the giants of French rap.
The validation of the circular authorizing transgender students to use the first name of their choice at school, with the agreement of both parents, challenged Booba, himself the father of two children.
"If my son comes home from school one day and tells me his name is Mireille, we're going to have a serious problem
," the rapper laughed on Twitter on Friday, in a message that immediately provoked indignant reactions. because of his character considered transphobic.
In the mass of Internet users having been devastated by Booba's tweet or having, on the contrary, given him support, the feminist Caroline De Haas reacted concisely by responding:
"Transphobia kills"
, before enjoining the artist, followed by nearly 5.8 million subscribers on the platform, to delete his message.
An interjection to which the person concerned did not comply.
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“Who are you giving orders to? You're freaking out!"
, charged Booba a few hours later, refusing to be transphobic.
In another tweet published in the night from Friday to Saturday, the musician clarified that he did not want
"strangers to do the sex education of our children in full physical and mental construction"
, adding
"LGBT is great but it should be prohibited for
minors
.
The circular validated Friday by the Council of State does not, however, address the issue of sex education.
At the head of a training and communication firm on gender equality, Caroline De Haas signed a contract in February with the Council of State, in particular to train her staff in the fight against sexual violence and sexists and the fight against discrimination.
Including transphobic discrimination.
In 2020, the activist retired from Twitter for some time, deeming the American social network
“deeply, structurally malicious”
.
Chance of the calendar, the Council of State also plans to regulate social networks.
