Roisin Murphy’s new album could take the number one spot on the UK charts, despite a plot to cancel the singer by woke activists after her comments about trans children.
The Irish singer, 50, slammed puberty blockers on her private Facebook page, which was then shared online resulting in a massive backlash from trans-supporters.
Murphy shared her concerns for “vulnerable” children being prescribed the “f*****” medications.
Trans activists called for the former Moloko front woman to be cancelled after the Facebook post surfaced.
Roisin Murphy criticised puberty blockers on a post on FacebookPAHowever, many free-speech activists rallied around the singer to buy her album and silence those who wanted to cancel her.
Comedy writer and gender-critical campaigner Graham Linehan, and free-speech advocate Brendan O’Neill have led the movement to support the album, calling for their followers to buy and stream the record.
“It looks like cancel culture has finally met its match,” O’Neill told The Telegraph.
“The digital inquisition thought it could drag Murphy down but they’ve had a rude awakening.
“Loads of people are buying her album, firstly because it’s brilliant, and secondly because they want to show solidarity with a woman who was so ruthlessly and unfairly demonised by woke loons.
Comedy writer and gender-critical campaigner Graham Linehan has supported Murphy in her endeavour to get the number one spot
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“This is a really significant setback for the misogynist McCarthyites of the new left. Their power to erase women whose views they disapprove of seems to be ebbing. About time too.”
Linehan, who was also a victim of cancel culture due to gender-critical views, urged his followers to support Murphy.
Her album, Hit Parade, currently sits at number two on the charts, just behind American singer and former Disney star Olivia Rodrigo’s second album Guts.
The album has received rave reviews and is Murphy’s highest charting record to date.
The 50-year-old was forced to apologise last month for her comments where she described puberty blockers as “f****d” and a ploy from big pharmaceutical companies who are “laughing all the way to the bank”.
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The BBC pulled a radio programme highlighting Murphy's music this week
PAShe later apologised for triggering an “eruption of damaging and potentially dangerous social media fire and brimstone”.
Her comments have faced a fierce backlash from many trans-supporters.
Murphy was removed from a BBC 6 Music’s radio scheduled programme this week, leaving staff at the broadcaster “outraged” by the move.
The singer’s songs, as well as interviews and concert highlights, were supposed to be broadcast by the radio station next week as part of the 6 Music Artist Collection.
The BBC denied that it pulled Murphy off the programme because of comments, instead stating that they picked a different artist, Little Simz, to replace them because they were better suited to the role.
“Little Simz was scheduled to reflect 6 Music’s Way With Words programming, which celebrates poetry, rap and spoken word, and airs the following week, tying in with National Poetry Day,” a BBC spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, two of her acoustic shows and singings at a record store, Rough Trade East London, were cancelled at short notice. No official reason was given as to why.
