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DARK SECRETS: France to try suspects over false brigitte macron transgender claim | Vintage Vibes

France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron attend a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on June 8, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

Two women are to be tried this week over false claims that France's first lady Brigitte Macron was transgender, which sparked online rumour-mongering by conspiracy theorists and the far-right.

In 2022, Brigitte Macron filed a complaint for libel against two women who posted a YouTube video in December 2021 alleging she had once been a man named "Jean-Michel".

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