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Róisín Murphy reacts to backlash to ‘anti-trans’ comments: ‘I’m still here, doing the best tour of my life’

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Róisín Murphy has opened up on the backlash she received on the back of comments she made regarding puberty blockers last year. 

The former Moloko star was accused of making “anti-trans” comments when she criticised medicines used to delay the changes of puberty for transgender and gender-diverse youth in a post on her personal Facebook page last August. 

“Please don’t call me a terf,” she wrote. “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.” 

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It came ahead of the release of her latest solo album, ‘Hit Parade’, which went on to become her highest-charting to date, peaking in the UK Top 5, and in a new interview with France 24 English she reflected on the incident. 

“It wasn’t that bad, honestly,” she insisted. “The internet was not that bad. I didn’t get these death threats or anything like that. I got lots of support. I had three or four people ask for tickets back. So it really wasn’t terribly bad.” 

“I don’t think what I said was seen as massively, massively difficult, you know, for people to understand where I was coming from, at the very least.” 

“So it wasn’t so bad, and I’m still here, doing the best tour of my life, I think.”

In a review of the album, RETROPOP called ‘Hit Parade’ Murphy’s “most diverse and captivating work to date”, adding: “even in its wildest moments, it speaks to the artist at its core, showcasing her command over her work and instantly becoming an essential Róisín Murphy album”.

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