Brigitte Macron is falsely said to have been born as a man called Jean-Michel Trogneux, her maiden surname, with that name going viral as a hashtag.
Macron is among a group of influential women who have fallen victim to gender and sexuality disinformation to mock or humiliate them.
The goal of spreading gendered disinformation is to drive women 'off the platforms and out of public life', which poses a threat to democracy.
The claim that Brigitte Macron was born a man gained visibility when figures 'with very large audiences gave it visibility'.
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