What did Róisín Murphy say about trans rights and why is it so controversial?
nme.comRóisín Murphy has been criticised online for a statement she posted after fans unearthed a comment about the use of puberty blockers.The singer came under fire recently after she posted a comment on Facebook using her personal profile where she criticised the use of puberty blockers – medicines used to delay the changes of puberty for transgender and gender-diverse youth.Taking to Twitter to explain her comment after it was discovered by fans, Murphy said she had been “thrown into a very public discourse,” adding: “I will now completely bow out of this conversation within the public domain.”In her original Facebook comment, Murphy said: “Please don’t call me a terf [trans exclusionary radical feminist].
But puberty blockers ARE FUCKED, absolutely desolate, big Pharma laughing all the way to the bank. Little mixed up kids are vulnerable and need to be protected, that’s just true.”After criticism from fans and trans rights groups, she took to Twitter to explain her comments, saying: “I have been thrown into a very public discourse in an arena I’m uncomfortable in and deeply unsuitable for.
I cannot apologise enough for being the reason for this eruption of damaging and potentially dangerous social-media fire and brimstone.
To witness the ramifications of my actions and the divisions it has caused is heartbreaking.”pic.twitter.com/CljLn95Ytd— Róisín Murphy (@roisinmurphy) August 29, 2023“I should’ve known too that I was stepping out of line.
