Jun 27, 2026 · 13 min · 11 segments
Following renewed controversy around Roisin Murphy over comments about transgender people, criticism from artists including The Blessed Madonna and CMAT, and a growing divide between Murphy and the…
A musician whose work had been heavily intertwined with queer culture, long embraced by LGBTQ plus audiences, found herself at the centre of a controversy after comments made about puberty blockers for transgender children surfaced online.
She stated, Puberty blockers are fucked, absolute, desolate, big pharma laughing all the way to the bank.
The backlash was immediate, particularly because Morphe wasn't just simply another pop star commenting on a contentious issue.
For decades, she'd been celebrated within queer club culture who saw something of themselves in her music and artistic identity.
In the aftermath, Morphe issued a public statement, apologising for the hurt caused by her comments.
and said that she had been out of line and declared she would completely bow out of the conversation in the public domain.
At the time, it felt like the end of the story, but looking back now, it was only the beginning.
Murphy shared a now widely discredited graph on social media, which claimed she would decline in young people identifying as transgender or non-binary.
A musician whose work had been heavily intertwined with queer culture, long embraced by LGBTQ plus audiences, found herself at the centre of a controversy after comments made about puberty blockers for transgender children surfaced online.
She stated, Puberty blockers are fucked, absolute, desolate, big pharma laughing all the way to the bank.
The backlash was immediate, particularly because Morphe wasn't just simply another pop star commenting on a contentious issue.
For decades, she'd been celebrated within queer club culture who saw something of themselves in her music and artistic identity.
In the aftermath, Morphe issued a public statement, apologising for the hurt caused by her comments.
and said that she had been out of line and declared she would completely bow out of the conversation in the public domain.
At the time, it felt like the end of the story, but looking back now, it was only the beginning.
Murphy shared a now widely discredited graph on social media, which claimed she would decline in young people identifying as transgender or non-binary.
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