Brigitte Macron, the wife of Emmanuel, France’s president, has said that she will sue in retaliation for false rumours that she is a transgender woman.
Since September, whispers that Macron was born Jean-Michel Trogneux have been circulating in conspiracist publications and forums (Trogneux is Macron’s maiden name). In mid-December, the hashtag #JeanMichelTrogneux became one of the most widely shared on French Twitter.
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