Accused of transphobia, Booba pulls out his claws against Caroline De Haas

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Rapper Booba, in concert in Nanterre, in October 2018, and feminist Caroline De Haas during a demonstration in Paris, in September 2019. Berzane Nasser/ABACA / Berzane Nasser / AFP / ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI

The rapper caused an online outcry on Friday by deriding a judgment of the Council of State relating to the use by transgender students of first names of their choice at school.

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 will have a serious problem”, had fun on Friday the rapper on Twitterin a message that immediately provoked indignant reactions because of its character deemed transphobic.

In the mass of Internet users who were devastated by Booba’s tweet or who, on the contrary, gave him support, feminist Caroline De Haas reacted concisely by responding: “Transphobia kills”, before ordering 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.

“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 Saturdaythe musician clarified that he did not wish “that strangers do the sex education of our children in full physical and mental construction”by 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, judging the American social network “deeply, structurally malicious”. Chance of the calendar, the Council of State also plans to regulate social networks.


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