{"id":425756,"date":"2026-04-30T20:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/425756\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:09:16","slug":"roisin-murphy-repeats-anti-trans-rhetoric-while-decrying-cancel-culture-at-westminster-event-%c2%b7-news-%e2%9f%8b-ra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/425756\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00f3is\u00edn Murphy repeats anti-trans rhetoric while decrying ‘cancel culture’ at Westminster event \u00b7 News \u27cb RA"},"content":{"rendered":"

R\u00f3is\u00edn Murphy repeats anti-trans rhetoric while decrying ‘cancel culture’ at Westminster event \u00b7 News \u27cb RAThe Irish artist revisited widely criticised 2023 comments on puberty blockers, framing the industry backlash as censorship.\"R\u00f3is\u00ednR\u00f3is\u00edn Murphy<\/a> has reiterated her stance on gender-affirming care and claims of industry “censorship” during a parliamentary event in London this week.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a launch for a report by campaign group Freedom in the Arts last Monday, April 27th, the Irish artist described the backlash to her 2023 comments<\/a> on puberty blockers for trans youth as “professional exile,” alleging that promoters, collaborators and media distanced themselves following the controversy.<\/p>\n

Her original remarks characterised puberty blockers as harmful and framed trans young people as “confused,” drawing widespread criticism from fans, artists and LGBTQIA+ groups at the time. Medical consensus and major health bodies support gender-affirming care as a regulated and evidence-based practice.<\/p>\n

She has since doubled-down, describing the idea of someone changing sex as “insane” and “the core hallucination of this destructive and insidious movement.” This led to festivals including Istanbul’s Back In Town removing<\/a> the former Moloko vocalist from their programme.<\/p>\n

At the Westminster event, Murphy expanded her position, suggesting that artists are being pressured into self-censorship and that public arts funding favours “ideological conformity.” She also described younger critics online as “social media enforcers,” a claim frequently associated with broader cancel culture narratives.<\/p>\n

Murphy made the comments just two days after an investigation from the Good Law Project<\/a> found that trans people in the UK face a disproportionately high risk of suicide. Evidence points to systemic issues like long waits for gender-affirming care, inadequate mental health support, and social stigma as contributing factors, with experts warning many of these deaths may be preventable.<\/p>\n

The Blessed Madonna<\/a> addressed Murphy’s situation on Instagram<\/a> today, April 30th, pointing out that “you’re not being silenced if you’re talking into a microphone at the House of Lords.” The US artist argued that what she is experiencing is “considerably simpler” than a boycott. “Consequences.”<\/p>\n

Read Murphy, The Blessed Madonna and the Good Law Project’s posts in full.<\/p>\n