Barbara Butch
Barbara Butch is a French disc jockey and lesbian activist. She campaigns for fat acceptance and has made the short film Extra Large. She was awarded the Out d'or 2021 "personnalité LGBTI de l'année" by the French Association of LGBTI Journalists. In 2024, she was featured in the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, which was criticized as controversial due to the mockery of Christianity.
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Aug 3, 2026
Far Left
The DJ was the target of a boycott co-organised by Allan Brunon, which is now at the centre of the internal complaints against him.
For LFI supporters, the targeting of Butch, a queer and Jewish artist, is an unacceptable attack on minorities that contradicts the movement's stated values.
Jul 30, 2026
Far Left
DJ at the center of a controversy over antisemitism accusations, with a tribune denouncing essentialization.
LFI supports the tribune's defense against instrumentalization of Jewish identity and warns against conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism.
Jul 23, 2026
Lean Left
The DJ announced she will file a complaint against LFI for incitement to hatred and violence after protesters disrupted her concert.
Socialistes view this as a necessary legal step against intolerance, but also a cautionary tale about how internal leftist disputes can spill over into harmful real-world attacks.
Jul 23, 2026
Far Right
DJ whose concert in Grenoble was interrupted by LFI and propalestinian militants distributing antisemitic tracts.
RN uses this incident to denounce the hard-left's tolerance of antisemitism and call for a ban on LFI.
Jul 22, 2026
Lean Left
The queer Jewish DJ had her concert in Grenoble interrupted by LFI and pro-Palestinian activists throwing bottles.
Socialists strongly condemn the antisemitic and homophobic harassment, seeing it as a toxic symptom of LFI's radicalism.
Jul 22, 2026
Far Left
Her concert was violently interrupted by activists including an LFI section, causing controversy.
LFI faces internal tension over this incident; many in LFI condemn the violence against the artist.
Jul 22, 2026
Far Right
DJ victime d'un concert interrompu, elle a reçu le soutien de plus de 300 personnalités dans une tribune.
Le RN juge cette polémique comme l'illustration d'une gauche qui instrumentalise les minorités pour faire taire les critiques de l'islam.
Jul 22, 2026
Lean Right
DJ and LGBT activist whose concert was interrupted by pro-Palestinian militants over her support for the Yadan law against anti-Semitism.
LR sees her as a victim of the same intersectional leftist infighting that divides the left and emboldens extremists.
Jul 15, 2026
Far Right
Target of Allan Brunon's controversial remarks in Grenoble, leading to political fallout.
RN uses this incident to highlight what they see as LFI's internal contradictions and failure to respect all citizens, aligning with RN's law-and-order values.