In 2020, they were denounced for publishing a glossary with terms related to transgenderism. Planning Familial has already faced criticism for "trans inclusivity" before the "pregnant men" controversy. "Then, the far-right tweeted about it, after which it became viral and people who are reacting are actually from the left and from the right."
Since then, major French mainstream media have uncritically repeated PF's claims of being "the object of extremely violent attacks by the far-right." stated that PF was "targeted by the far right," while HuffingtonPost claimed the poster has "given the far-right ulcers" and Cnews spoke about "far-right's anger."Īccording to French radical feminist Marguerite Stern, the backlash against the picture was first started by radical feminists. Several members of the National Front, a far-right political party headed by Marine Le Pen, have also come forward to denounce the poster. On French Twitter, the image has spawned thousands of reactions by the members of the public - supportive as well as critical. The author of the poster, a trans-identified female who goes by the name Laurier The Fox on Twitter, explained in the French HuffingtonPost that the image is part of a four-piece series, showing "trans men and trans women" whose aim is to "demonstrate that Planning familial is open to all."Īccording to Laurier The Fox, the drawings are mostly used in PF's reception centers, but "more rarely disseminated online, in part because of the outpourings of hatred and transphobic remarks they generate." Dans un monde de + en + conservateur le PF est vital pr toustes /NWRjB49mEq- LaurierTheFox #StopMutilationsIntersexe August 17, 2022 Le PF c'est : des outils pour mieux connaitre son corps, contraceptions, IVG, santé sexuelle. La 3e affiche de la série que j'ai eu l'honneur de réaliser pour le #PlanningFamilial🥰 The image shows a pregnant trans-identified female ("trans man"), with a caption that reads "At Planning, we know that men can get pregnant too." Le Planning Familial (PF), the country's biggest network of organizations that provide reproductive services and sex education, has drawn criticism for its newly published poster. Government-funded organization under fire for publishing "trans-inclusive" materials
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