Following the historic win of Karla Sofía Gascón as the first transgender woman to win the Best Actress prize at Cannes, far-right politician Marion Maréchal made hateful comments targeting Gascón’s gender identity. In response, Gascón has filed a legal complaint for “sexist insult on the basis of gender identity.”
Six LGBTQ+ associations have filed a complaint against French far-right politician Marion Maréchal for her comments about transgender actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Maréchal’s remarks, which she made on social media, were condemned by the associations as “transphobic insults” that deny the existence of transgender people and reinforce the climate of violence in which they live. The complaint highlights the alarming rate of discrimination and violence faced by transgender individuals in France, with statistics showing a significant increase in crimes and offenses against LGBTQ+ people in recent years.
