{"id":48106,"date":"2023-03-02T13:53:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T13:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=48106"},"modified":"2023-03-02T13:53:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T13:53:45","slug":"trans-cartoonist-sophie-labelle-extends-uk-tour-despite-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/02\/trans-cartoonist-sophie-labelle-extends-uk-tour-despite-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans cartoonist Sophie Labelle extends UK tour despite backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A trans cartoonist who received backlash due to her book tour has decided to further extend it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French-Canadian cartoonist Sophie Labelle, 34 recently released her first print illustration book, The Best of Assigned Male, through Hachette and has been on tour since the end of February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online backlash and &#8216;drama&#8217; happened after she opened book tour to families with teenagers as young as 13 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophie Labelle responded to the backlash she said: &#8220;People in the UK needed more Sophie time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do you lower your head and go home?<br>Nah. You increase the thing. <br>Because that&#39;s the right thing to do. Because trans people in the UK deserve spaces to talk about empowerment and trans joy. <br>Announcing Sophie&#39;s UK tour part 3 : TRANS JOY WINS <br>Mid-June 2023<\/p>&mdash; Sophie draws comics (@AssignedMale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AssignedMale\/status\/1630596539172155393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To book : venues must promise not to get scared of some anti-trans people emailing them threats, conspiracy theories and concerned fear mongering (and also email me at sophie@assignedmale.com).<\/p>&mdash; Sophie draws comics (@AssignedMale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AssignedMale\/status\/1630596567546617858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about it Sophie said: \u201cThey [anti-trans people] contact every single event of my tour, every single venue, and employee to try and stop it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They would be using lies about trans people in general and say it was promoting sexuality towards children, which it wasn\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cartoonist said her art wasn\u2019t really aimed at children, but at queer and trans people, so creating something that was biased was the goal, which she claimed she achieved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though her characters are 11 years old, most of her fanbase are older than 15 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she came to Sheffield on Monday 27th, anti-trans people had organised a protest outside of the library but no one showed up, instead dozens of people came together as a counter-protest to show their support towards the trans cartoonist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophie was happy about how the book event turned out, describing it as fun and cheerful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophie got quite emotional when a parent came up to her, she said: \u201cThere was this parent who really brought me to tears because there\u2019s so little representation out there for trans people and I was creating something that was positive for trans youth\u2014she told me it was lifesaving for them and we ended up crying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was even moved to tears after a parent told me how much my art mattered to their trans child.<br><br>That&#39;s what Miriam Cates, MP, took the time to decry in a letter to Sheffield&#39;s city council. Thank you to the Council and the Library for standing their ground and making this happen<\/p>&mdash; Sophie draws comics (@AssignedMale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AssignedMale\/status\/1630330397849534466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But even though the tour was open to children, Sophie said that Sheffield was the only one so far where no children were present at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cartoonist said: \u201cWith all the threats and harassment that the library received I think that was threatening for families. It turned out to be the anti-trans people who were a threat to the children.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trans cartoonist who received backlash due to her book tour has decided to further extend it. 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