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She is a tired and “ blasé
” woman
who agrees to answer us on the occasion of a new controversy with which she is confronted.
When she speaks, the former femen Marguerite Stern, who denounces the dangers of transgender ideology, regularly faces outcry.
Even before having personally announced on her networks her coming to Nantes, on April 15, the thirty-something at the origin of the movement of collages against feminicides three years ago, was strongly criticized.
A "Call for a counter-demonstration against the transphobic Marguerite Stern" was even launched.
“
I'm a little ashamed that the attention is on me.
I come especially within the framework of a conference of support for the Afghan women
, entrusts the feminist militant with the
Figaro
.
In about ten days, the latter will be invited to speak on the following sub-theme: "Five years after #MeToo
,
where is feminism?", at the castle of the Dukes of Brittany, as part of a conference organized each year by the Comité Laïcité République Pays de la Loire.
Initially the event was supposed to be held on March 11 but due to train strikes it was cancelled.
“
Sabine Prokhoris was no longer available, so I contacted Marguerite Stern to replace her
“, explains Babacar Lame, president of the association aiming to defend the values of the Republic.
This regional structure created in 2015 receives financial aid from the city of Nantes: in this context, the city's logo has been affixed to the promotional poster for the event.
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The town hall is "not a partner of this conference"
“
If the city of Nantes grants an annual operating subsidy to this association, it is not a partner of this conference and has not been associated with its organization
”, reacted on Twitter Mahaut Bertu, deputy mayor of Nantes. responsible in particular for the fight against discrimination.
Contacted, the latter, through the communication department of the town hall, redirected
Le Figaro
to its message published on the networks.
"
This choice is not neutral even though she is on trial for transphobia against SOS Homophobia, a known and recognized association
", continued on Twitter the elected official, who - on a personal basis - specifies that she will
"never share the
political positions (because yes it is political) that reduce women to
“
females
”
, to a uterus, to a reproductive system.”
On March 21, the LGBT+ associations, STOP homophobia, Mousse, Inter LGBT and LGBT+ family, filed a complaint against Marguerite Stern and her colleague Dora Moutot for "
insults
and public provocations to hatred or violence
"
against transgender people.
.
In the line of sight: certain passages of their
"Femellist Manifesto"
which indicates that being a woman is a biological reality.
“
The presumption of innocence, people, is when it suits them.
You have to calm down.
In France, anyone can file a complaint for anything.
If I had to file a complaint every time I receive a malicious message …
”, reacted the person concerned, frequently harassed, who recalls that she is not targeting trans people but ideology.
"
Freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, freedom of thought, freedom of opinion
," argues Babacar Lame, who speaks of an "
absolutely monstrous outburst of violence
."
“
Today, I received a poster, pastiche with a knife
”, adds the one who went to file a complaint this Monday morning at the police station.
These are not 15 zinzins from the far left that will scare me
Marguerite Stern, former femen who fights transgender ideology
However, there is no question of canceling anything.
"Out of the question that I resolve to just close my mouth"
, says Marguerite Stern.
"
It's not 15 freaks from the extreme left that are going to scare me
".
The president of the Comité Laïcité République Pays de la Loire, on the same line, indicated that he was going to ask for special protection on D-Day: “
public power is there to protect democracy
”, details the one for whom “
the activists are putting pressure on the city of Nantes
”.
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The reaction of the elected municipal Mahaut Bertu also provoked virulent comments.
Julie Laernos, eco-Nupes deputy for Loire-Atlantique, thus wanted to support the latter, "
victim of harassment
".
“
Full and complete support for Mahaut Bertu
”, defended the first deputy to the city of Nantes.
"
It is intolerable, even if it is becoming frequent, that activists systematically demonize the expression of contradictory points of view, all followed by digital raids accompanied by exclusive identity proclamations
", commented Bassem Asseh.
The deputy LFI-Nupes Andy Kerbrat went in the same direction, while qualifying Marguerite Stern of TERF (
trans exclusionary radical feminist
).
Which made the arrested jump.
“
This is the third time an elected official has used the term TERF to refer to feminists who oppose transgenderism.
This term is not neutral.
Yesterday he was tagged in the streets of Paris accompanied by calls for murder.
Today in the mouth of a deputy
, ”she replied on Twitter.