RFI:- The wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte, is launching legal proceedings over the spread of false claims that she is a transgender woman who was born a man. Conspiracy theorists, including those in anti-vaccine and far-right circles, have attacked Macron on social media after a far-right publication published the baseless rumours in the autumn. The unfounded rumours say she was born a male under the name Jean-Michel Trogneux. Trogneux is Brigitte Macron's maiden name. The claims emerged as her husband gears up for elections next year, although President Macron has not yet officially declared he is running, and
