Even though she apologized for criticising puberty blockers, Róisín Murphy’s record label Ninja Tune will donate new album proceeds to transgender charities

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[–]Dontcaretoday 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It said a large part of her audience is the queers, so it seems like she pulled a bud light in the opposite direction and didn't think about who her consumers were. I agree with her statements, but if you want someone's money you should just keep your mouth shut.

[–]xoenix[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Seems like she was making club music with the band Moloko since the 90s. Her fanbase is probably oldschool gays, not necessarily "queers." Media never misses an opportunity to conflate those groups for maximum damage. Searching her name on Google immediately pulls up sensationalist articles about her "transphobic comments." Typical one-two punch of lies.

[–]Horror-Swordfish 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As a fan of hers, I'm fairly confident in saying that her fan base is mostly millennial gays, not queers. It bothers me that she has to deal with this and potential lost revenue on her new album, although if I was a celebrity I would probably know better than to ever say anything about the TQ+ at all (positive or negative).

[–]Dontcaretoday 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ah gotcha. It's gotta really suck being a non-"queer" gay person getting lumped in with the obnoxious oversensitive crowd. I still don't know why she would say anything in the first place if she wasn't prepared to stand by it, it's not like it's a secret what happens if you say anything even remotely against trans. It's baffling that people still keep making statements and then begging for forgiveness like they didn't know that was gonna happen. Or maybe they really are just that unaware and get blindsided, I dunno.

[–]xoenix[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Looks like someone was eavesdropping.