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Lauren Southern
Southern in 2016
Born (1995-06-16) June 16, 1995 (age 29)[1][2]
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Commentator, media personality
Political partyLibertarian
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Lauren Southern is a Canadian right wing[3] activist and journalist. In 2015, Southern ran as a Libertarian Party candidate in the Canadian federal election. She worked for The Rebel Media, an online media company based in Canada, until leaving in March, 2017. Southern continues to work independently and publishes videos on YouTube. Vox, Vice, and the Southern Poverty Law Center have characterized her views as alt-right.[4][5][6]

Education and personal life

Southern was born in Surrey, British Columbia and currently resides in Toronto.[7] She studied political science at the University of the Fraser Valley but only completed two years[5] and did not receive a degree.[8][9] She is of Danish descent.[10] Her father's family emigrated from Denmark and relocated to Canada during World War II.[11][12]

Media and political career

Political career

In 2015, Southern was a candidate in the Canadian Federal Election representing the Libertarian Party in the district of Langley—Aldergrove.[8] She was briefly removed by the party as a candidate, but was eventually reinstated with support from Breitbart News and The Rebel Media.[13] The election was eventually won by Conservative candidate Mark Warawa. Southern received 535 votes, finishing last.

Media activism

In June 2015, while reporting on the event, Southern's Rebel Media cameraman was shoved at the SlutWalk in Vancouver, and Southern's protest sign stating "There Is No Rape Culture In The West" was torn up.[14][15]

In March 2016, a protester in Vancouver poured a container of urine over Southern's head while she was speaking with other protesters at a rally in Vancouver.[16][17] The incident apparently resulted from statements Southern made about there being "only two genders".[18] Southern was mistakenly suspended from Facebook, having criticised the site for banning several conservative commentators. Southern later received an email apology from Facebook saying the suspension was an 'error'.[19][20]

Southern initiated "The Triggering", whereby on March 9, the day after International Women's Day, Twitter users post taboo content in defence of free speech.[21]

In October 2016, Southern had her gender legally changed to male as part of a video produced for Rebel Media to show the ease of the new gender ID laws.[22][23]

In January 2017, Southern posted incorrect rumours from 4chan that the Quebec City mosque shooting had been carried out by Syrian refugees; she later deleted those tweets.[24]

In March 2017, Southern announced she would be leaving Rebel Media to become an independent journalist.[25] In the same month Lauren Southern gained access to White House press briefings.[26][27]

In April 2017, she was one of several scheduled speakers at a Patriots' Day rally in Berkeley, California. The rally led to a riot between pro-Trump demonstrators and anti-Trump counter-protesters.[28]

In May 2017, Southern took part in an attempt organized by Génération identitare to block the passage of an NGO ship, the Aquarius, which was leaving Sicily to start a search-and-rescue mission in the Southern Mediterranean, claiming that the goal of the activists "was to stop an empty boat from going down to Libya and filling up with illegal migrants"; she was briefly detained by the Italian coast guard.[29][30] The ship was used by SOS Mediterranée and Doctors without Borders for search and rescue operations.[31]

In July 2017, Southern revealed that Patreon had deleted her account out of concerns about her raising funds for Identitarian operations in the Mediterranean, although she denied the validity of these accusations.[32][third-party source needed]

Publications

Lauren Southern wrote Barbarians: How Baby Boomers, Immigrants, and Islam Screwed My Generation, which she self-published in 2016 through Amazon's CreateSpace.[33][34] In this book she expresses alt-right views and asserts that mainstream conservatism is ineffective in halting immigration.[35]

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Langley—Aldergrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Mark Warawa 27,333 45.6 -20.22 –
Liberal Leon Jensen 21,894 36.6 +27.62 –
New Democratic Margot Sangster 7,490 12.5 -6.85 –
Green Simmi Kaur Dhillon 2,644 4.4 -0.86 –
Libertarian Lauren Southern 535 0.9 new –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 59,896 100.0     $216,042.49
Total rejected ballots 204 – –
Turnout 60,100 – –
Eligible voters 80,360
Conservative hold Swing -23.92
Source: Elections Canada[36][37]

References

  1. ^ De Lorenzo, Giuseppe (19 May 2017). "Lauren Southern, l'attivista che combatte islam, immigrazione e Ong" [Lauren Southern, the Islamic, immigrant, and NGO fighter]. il Giornaletitle [it] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Lauren Southern [@Lauren_Southern] (16 June 2017). "It's my birthday so the only thing I want to see in my notifications today are pictures of your pets or anime versions of politicians. TY" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "The Kids Are Alt-Right". Archived from the original on 2017-07-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "A European alt-right group wants to take to the sea to stop rescuers from saving migrants - Vox". www.vox.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-07-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b "Lauren Southern is the alt-right's not-so-secret weapon". Archived from the original on 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2017-07-06. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "The Far Right Descends on Berkeley for 'Free Speech' and Planned Violence". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  7. ^ "Lauren Southern | Libertarian Party of Canada | Home". Libertarian.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-07-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b Kabas, Marisa (June 15, 2015). "Meet the Canadian college student who's about to be the next enemy of the feminist movement". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on July 28, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Claxton, Matthew. "Langley post-secondary student runs as Libertarian - News". Langley Advance. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-30. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Southern, Lauren (3 July 2016). "Danish".
  11. ^ "I'm Lauren Southern - I just wrote a book called Barbarians - Ask me anything! • r/The_Donald". reddit. Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Lauren Southern [@Lauren_Southern] (22 May 2015). "@willfull19 Jewish people are still recovering from the holocaust, my grandparents escaped the Nazi's in Denmark & lost everything" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ Claxton, Matthew (May 17, 2017). "Former Langley Libertarian candidate detained in Italy - Abbotsford News". Abbotsford News. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Lachenal, Jessica (2016-03-09). "Internet Jerks Pledge to Make Internet Even Worse in #TheTriggering". TheMarySue. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-09-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Jean-François Cloutier: Lauren Southern troll la SlutWalk Archived 2017-07-01 at the Wayback Machine (in French). In: TVQC, 2015/06/14.
  16. ^ Raptis, Mike (2016-03-07). "Activist accused of pouring bottle of urine on Rebel reporter during 'anti-fascist' rally in Vancouver". National Post. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  17. ^ Mike Raptis: Activist pours urine. In: Toronto Sun, 2016/03/07
  18. ^ Christian, Natasha (2016-03-08). "Protester pours urine on journalist for 'hateful' comments". Yahoo7. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-05-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ Trump supporter BLOCKED by Facebook for complaining about site's censorship of right-wing activists Archived 2016-09-03 at the Wayback Machine By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER, PUBLISHED: 15:33, 22 May 2016[better source needed]
  20. ^ Taranto, James (2016-05-23). "The Troll Booth". WSJ.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-09-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Southern, Lauren (10 March 2016). "The Triggering: A powerful defence of free speech against the professionally offended". International Business Times UK. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ Southern, Lauren (October 3, 2016). "Lauren Southern Becomes a Man!". The Rebel Media. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ Tamara Wernli: Total durchgeknallt Archived 2017-03-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German). In: Basler Zeitung, 2016/12/01.
  24. ^ Hutchins, Aaron (January 30, 2017). "Twitter, the mosque shooting, fake news and bias - Macleans.ca". Macleans.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved June 21, 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ Lauren Southern (9 March 2017). "Going Independent". Archived from the original on 10 March 2017 – via YouTube. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ Cristina López G.: Meet Lauren Southern Archived 2017-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. In: Media Matters for America, 2017/03/14.
  27. ^ Sam Kestenbaum: Trump's White House Archived 2017-07-28 at the Wayback Machine. In: The Forward, 2017/03/15.
  28. ^ "Clashes Break Out at Opposing Rallies in Berkeley". NBC Bay Area. Archived from the original on 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2017-04-15. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ Matthew Claxton: Former Langley Libertarian candidate detained in Italy Archived 2017-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. In: Abbotsford News 2017/05/17.
  30. ^ Claudio Cartaldo: Migranti, blitz contro l'Ong Archived 2017-06-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian). In: il Giornale, 2017/05/13.
  31. ^ Scherer, Steve (27 June 2017). "Rescuers Made 'Scapegoat' for Italian Frustration With Migrant Crisis". US News and World Report. Reuters. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  32. ^ Lauren Southern (21 July 2017). "PATREON BANNED MY ACCOUNT??". Archived from the original on 23 July 2017 – via YouTube. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  33. ^ Southern, Lauren (21 December 2016). "Barbarians: How Baby Boomers, Immigrants, and Islam Screwed My Generation". Amazon.com. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  34. ^ Southern, Lauren. "Purchase your copy of Lauren Southern's first book "Barbarians" now!". The Rebel. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  35. ^ J., Coles, T. (2017). President Trump, Inc. : How big business and neoliberalism empower populism and the far-right. [S.l.]: Clairview Books. pp. 84–85. ISBN 1905570872. OCLC 990638585.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  36. ^ "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  37. ^ "Elections Canada On-line - Élection Canada en-ligne". Archived from the original on 2015-08-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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