Soufia Taloni
| Soufia Taloni | |
|---|---|
| File:Sofia taloni portail.jpg | |
| Born | 27 April 1983 Al Hoceima, Morroco |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Turkish |
| 💼 Occupation | Blogging & videographer |
Sofia Taloni, also known as Naoufal Moussa or Soufia Talouni (Arabic: طالوني صوفيا; born 27 April 1983, Al Hoceima), is a transgender Moroccan blogging and videographer.[1]
Biography[edit]
Sofia Taloni, by her birth name Naoufal Moussa was born on April 27, 1983 into a wealthy family in Al Hoceïma, parents Moroccans. She spent all her youth in Morocco. At 19, she studied at university in Rabat.[2]
Transgender, she left for Turkey in 2019 to perform cosmetic feminization surgery.[3][4][5]
Career on social networks[edit]
Sofia Taloni launched two trending concepts on YouTube #24for24, having accumulated more than 5 million views. She talks to famous personalities or with ordinary people. Sofia maintains good relations with other YouTubers and avoids entering into conflicts or rivalry with them.[6]
Sofia Taloni is one of the most famous influencers in Morocco; his videos are in Moroccan dialect. She was "raised as a star" by social networks Her certified Instagram[7] account is followed by more than 600,000 people until her suspension in April 2020.[8]
Conservative, Sofia's family did not encourage her at first to follow the path of YouTuber, a field still new in Morocco.
Affair Sofia Taloni[edit]
In April 2020, Sofia Taloni publicly called on her fans to denounce Moroccan homosexuals, during a live Instagram. His Instagram account was then suspended.[9][10][11][12] She later apologizes, her intention having been, according to her, to help normalize homosexuality, but doubts about her sincerity remain. The case is all the more serious as homosexuality is illegal in Morocco (unlike Turkey where the blogger lives).[13][14][15][16][17]
According to the New York Times[18] Sofia Taloni had just been sworn at because of her gender identity when, in a fit of rage, she published the incitement to report gay people, the effects of which were devastating.[19][20]
According to the sociologist Khalid Mouna who speaks in Liberation[21] Sofia Taloni tries to inflict on LGBT people the exclusion that she herself suffered (especially from her family). He underlines the fact that "she adopts the codes of her own detractors".
Returning to this affair in 2021 in a study on the representations of gender identity in Morocco, Anne M. Montgomery and Abderrahim El Habachi attribute to Sofia Talouni the desire to "expose the hypocrisy of Moroccan society by unmasking hundreds of “gay” people “She told women to download dating apps for gay men (like Grindr and PlanetRomeo)[22] and search for people they knew” In 24 hours, nearly 150,000 accounts were created in the Morocco. Nearly 100 people have been identified as homosexual. Some had to leave their homes and one of them committed suicide.[23]
This scandal was the subject of public debate in Morocco, and was the starting point for awareness campaigns in the form of live debates "Ajiw N'hadro" ("It's time to talk about it") organized by the collective of "Hors-la-loi du Maroc" The Moroccan police have opened an investigation for "incitement to hatred and discrimination" following these revelations of information on private life.[24]
In 2021, in reaction to the outing[25] of LGBT people to which Sofia Taloni had called, a book of testimonies concerning the discrimination and violence that these people suffer, entitled L'Amour fait loi, was published by La Sélénite editions.[26]
In 2021, Sofia Taloni files a complaint for attempted homicide against her after a burglary the site afrik.com hypothesizes a settlement of accounts in connection with the 2020 case[27][28]
In 2022, several Moroccan sites relayed her position deemed paradoxical in favor of a Muslim preacher who criticized the fact of representing positively in a television series[29] a category of marginalized women[30] dancers and singers sometimes on the verge of prostitution called shikha.[31]
References[edit]
- ↑ Reporter, Staff (18 May 2020). "Video: Soufia Taloni shares her physical transformation and how plastic surgery changed her life". blastingnews. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ↑ "Trans influencer". 14 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ "video sparked a trend of people using dating apps to out them". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ↑ "Soufia taloni". 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ↑ "Karima Wassat: 'They used to compare me to Haifa, now they'll call me Jennifer Lopez". 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ↑ Reporter, Staff (14 May 2020). "Instagram influencer who encouraged followers to out gay men in Morocco apologizes". nydailynews. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ "Morocco: LGBTs in the grip of the vindictiveness of a trans influencer". 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ↑ "Transgender Moroccan Influencer". 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ↑ "In Morocco, we are hunting gays on the internet in full confinement". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ "Men living in fear as trans model launches campaign to out them". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ↑ "Influencing betrays LGBT peers". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Hate. "Witch hunt" in Morocco against homosexuals". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ↑ Reporter, Staff (22 April 2020). "Morocco: LGBT in the grip of the vengeance of a trans influencer". liberation.fr. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ "Dozens of gay men are outed in Morocco as photos are spread online". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ "Morocco: The mea culpa of Sofia Taloni, at the origin of the campaign of "outing" of homosexuals". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ↑ "Moroccan trans influencer apologizes for sparking witch hunt of gay men". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ↑ "Morocco: The trans influencer responsible for 'gay hunting' makes her mea culpa". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ↑ "Sofia Talouni was insulted about her sexual orientation. In a rage, she released a profanity-laced video encouraging women to download the location-based meeting apps, like Grindr and Planet Romeo, which are usually used by gay men". 26 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ↑ "Transgender beauty influencer outs gay men in Morocco". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ "OUTING AU MAROC: L'influenceuse trans présente ses excuses". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ↑ "Morocco: LGBT in the grip of the vengeance of a trans influencer". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ↑ "In Morocco, one of the 70-plus countries where being gay is still illegal, a social media influencer and model Sofia Talouni used quarantine to ask people to join dating sites and out men they might know. Up to 100 men in Morocco have since been harassed and abused, with reports that some have been kicked out of their homes. One has taken his own life.» Jemimah Steinfeld, « Forced out of the closet: As people live out more of their lives online right now, our report highlights how LGBTQ dating apps can put people's lives at risk », Index on Censorship, vol. 49, no 2, juillet 2020, p. 101–104". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ↑ "Grindr witch-hunt sparks fresh call to make gay sex legal in Morocco". 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ↑ "Morocco Instagram influencer apologises for role in outing of gay men". 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Love makes law", the cry of the heart of sexual minorities in Morocco". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ "In Morocco, we are hunting gays on the internet in full confinement". 14 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ "Morocco influencer apologises for Sofia Taloni". 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Moroccan Sofia Taloni's attackers are still running". 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ "بالصورة.. المتحول "طالوني" يفاجئ الجميع بموقف غير متوقع من قضية "الشيخة والداعي". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ "صوفيا طالوني تدافع عن الشيخ ياسين العمري -صورة". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ "صوفيا طالوني تدافع عن الشيخ ياسين العمري: خدمة". 30 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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