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<\/li>\nSpeaking at a launch for a report by campaign group Freedom in the Arts last Monday, April 27th, the Irish artist described the backlash to her 2023 comments<\/a> on puberty blockers for trans youth as “professional exile,” alleging that promoters, collaborators and media distanced themselves following the controversy.<\/p>\n Her original remarks characterised puberty blockers as harmful and framed trans young people as “confused,” drawing widespread criticism from fans, artists and LGBTQIA+ groups at the time. Medical consensus and major health bodies support gender-affirming care as a regulated and evidence-based practice.<\/p>\n She has since doubled-down, describing the idea of someone changing sex as “insane” and “the core hallucination of this destructive and insidious movement.” This led to festivals including Istanbul’s Back In Town removing<\/a> the former Moloko vocalist from their programme.<\/p>\n At the Westminster event, Murphy expanded her position, suggesting that artists are being pressured into self-censorship and that public arts funding favours “ideological conformity.” She also described younger critics online as “social media enforcers,” a claim frequently associated with broader cancel culture narratives.<\/p>\n Murphy made the comments just two days after an investigation from the Good Law Project<\/a> found that trans people in the UK face a disproportionately high risk of suicide. Evidence points to systemic issues like long waits for gender-affirming care, inadequate mental health support, and social stigma as contributing factors, with experts warning many of these deaths may be preventable.<\/p>\n The Blessed Madonna<\/a> addressed Murphy’s situation on Instagram<\/a> today, April 30th, pointing out that “you’re not being silenced if you’re talking into a microphone at the House of Lords.” The US artist argued that what she is experiencing is “considerably simpler” than a boycott. “Consequences.”<\/p>\n Read Murphy, The Blessed Madonna and the Good Law Project’s posts in full.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n