Graffiti, fire, planned demonstrations… In Lyon, the conference scheduled for Thursday evening, September 19, by feminist activist Marguerite Stern at the Institute of Social, Economic and Political Sciences (ISSEP), a private institute founded by Marion Maréchal, is causing great tension.
On Thursday morning, registrations such as “ACAB”, “Fascists”, “There is no quarter for the fascists” were observed on the facade of Issep, according to Progress. During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, it was also necessary to control a fire in a room next to the establishment that housed an electric meter, according to the Lyon newspaper, which reports that twenty-five firefighters were mobilized during the night to evacuate the waters. fire under control.
A demonstration is planned in Lyon on Thursday at the end of the day. “against transphobia” and the invitation, by Issep, of the former Femen activist Marguerite Stern, an activist whose positions are widely criticised today by the feminist movement, in particular on transidentities. Called by the collective “Trans Solidarity Organisation of Lyon”, the event is scheduled for 6.30 pm in front of the regional hotel.
The conference, scheduled for 7:30 p.m., is entitled “How transgender ideology is destroying lives” and must address “The question of the excesses of trans ideology”we can read on the Issep website. Marguerite Stern is to present her book Transmania (Magnus), co-written with Dora Moutot. The work, widely denounced as transphobic, sparked a heated controversy when it was released in April.
A second rally is planned in front of the Issep at 7 p.m., called by the Lyon Antifa group. On behalf of the “preservation of public order”, However, the Rhône prefecture issued an order prohibiting “protest meetings” in a perimeter around the establishment, located in the 2my Lyon district. The ban on gatherings is “circumscribed[e] on the following streets: cours Charlemagne, rue Paul Montrochet, quai Rambaud and cours Bayard, on Thursday 19 September 2024, from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. specifies the decree.
