# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQUQ4wTj5US
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36312689-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-27T14:49:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

Musician Róisín Murphy was been removed from the lineup of Istanbul’s Back in Town festival following controversial posts she made about transgender and non-binary youth.

Festival organisers released a statement saying her social media statements are “incompatible with the values” of creating a safe space for all attendees.

The controversy stemmed from a post in which Murphy shared a graph suggesting a decline in young people identifying as trans or non-binary, accompanied by the caption “It was never real. Terribly sad though. Complete devastation for children, families and society.”

In a follow-up message, Murphy claimed she poses “zero hate toward trans people” and clarified that her “declaration ‘it was never real’ refers to the contagion that was undoubtedly aided by the submission of the media, captured medical institutions, and social media derangement.”

#RoisinMurphy #Istanbul #BackInTown #LGBTQIA #transgender #music

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## Tags

istanbul, roisinmurphy, transgender, backintown, music, lgbtqia

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