Marie-Maude Denis is a Canadian television presenter and anti-transgender activist.
Background
Since 2015, Denis has hosted the program EnquĂȘte, succeeding Alain Gravel.
Anti-transgender activism
On February 29, 2024, Denis presented an episode of EnquĂȘte titled “Trans Express” featuring conservative and anti-trans activists from around the world. The piece was reported by Pasquale Turbide and director Gabriel Allard Gagnon
Medical gender transition among minors: is Quebec moving too fast?
What to do with your body when you doubt your gender? In Quebec, the transaffirmative approach is popular: we accompany adolescents to the destination of their choice. Puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries, it is up to them, after evaluation, to decide. What doesn’t happen, sometimes, without regrets. Nor without risks either.
EnquĂȘte (2024)
- Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine
- Erica Anderson
- Lisa Littman
- Mikael Landén
- Riittakerttu Kaltiala
- Samuel VessiĂšre
Gender diverse people interviewed include:
- “Clara” (regretful teen transitioner diagnosed with BPD) and parents “François” and “Suzie”
- “Antoine” (parent of teen “AmĂ©lie” who was offered puberty blockade at 15, but family refused, stating that “AmĂ©lie” was anorexic and had BPD)
- Jane (regretful teen transitioner who experienced a sexual assault, mastectomy at 18)
- Elios (happily transitioned teen – not revealed until final minutes)
Other people featured include:
- Annie Pullen Sansfaçon – Gender Creative Kids Canada: supports affirmative model of care
- Françoise Susette – L’institut pour la santĂ© trans: supports affirmative model of care
Credits
- Marie-Maude Denis: animatrice- journaliiste
- Marie-Pier Bouchard: journaliiste
- Julie Dufresne: journaliiste
- Sylvie Fournier: journaliiste
- Brigitte Noël: journaliiste
- Gaétan Pouliot: journaliiste
- Pasquale Turbide: journaliiste
- Frédéric Zalac: journaliiste
- Gabriel Allard Gagnon: réalisateur
- Jo-Ann Demers: réalisateur
- Sonia Desmarais: réalisateur
- Paul Ămile d’Entremont: rĂ©alisateur
- Sophie Lambert: réalisateur
- Martin Movilla: réalisateur
- Judith Plamondon: réalisateur
- Gil Shochat: réalisateur
- Jacques Taschereau: réalisateur
- Michael Deetjens: journaliste Ă la recherche
- BenoĂźt Michaud: journaliste Ă la recherche
- Daniel Tremblay: journaliste Ă la recherche
- Karl Boulanger: caméraman
- JĂ©rĆÌme Lafon: camĂ©raman
- Pierre-Olivier Massé: caméraman
- Jean-Phillippe Pelletier: caméraman
- Charles Pepin: caméraman
- Michel Riverin: caméraman
- Maxime Branchaud: preneur de son
- Frédéric Caron-Tremblay: preneur de son
- Karym Ronda: preneur de son
- Marie-Jeanne Boulet: assistante technicienne
- Alix SĂ©randour: assistante technicienne
- Jason Reed: monteur
- Guy Bouchard: colorisation
- Michel Tougas: monteur Ă la mise en forme
- Jean-François Dion: gestion de serveurs
- Martin Ferguson: mixeur sonore
- Jean-Luc de Bellefeuille: design sonore
- Alexis Dufresne: design sonore
- Marc Gilbert: design sonore
- Maxime Lech: design graphique
- Marie Dionne: design graphique de l’habillage
- Marie-France Leroux: design graphique de l’habillage
- Lamajeure: indicatif musical
- APM: musiques
- France Bonneau: médiathécaire
- Jean-Michel Daoust: médiathécaire
- Ăric Parizeault: mĂ©diathĂ©caire
- Karine Savard: médiathécaire
- Marie-Ăve Thibodeau: agente droits d’auteur
- Danielle Bouchard: coordination de production
- HĂ©lĂšne Nepveu: coordination de production
- Marie Bonneval: administration
- Shirley Kim-Soo: administration
- Julie Lavoie: administration
- Alain Abel: réalisateur-coordinateur
- Luc Tremblay: rédacteur en chef
Reactions
Anti-trans activists were thrilled with the episode.
Law professor Florence Ashley said, “Radio-Canada jumping on the moral panic train by making a whole documentary platforming anti-trans views in the middle of an unprecedented rise in legal persecution towards trans people in Canada. Beyond disappointing. They should be ashamed.”
Anthropologist Rine Vieth said, “J’aimerais savoir pourquoi @iciradiocanada pense qu’il est appropriĂ© de faire un documentaire avec des gens de la SEGM, Lisa Littman (de l’Ă©tude ROGD rĂ©futĂ©e) et d’autres qui ont Ă©tĂ© montrĂ©s comme faisant de la mauvaise science. Il semble Ă©galement qu’un professeur de mon dĂ©partement de doctorat, qui m’a harcelĂ© ainsi que d’autres personnes transgenres, se trouve ici. Les anthropologues doivent se mobiliser, je suis fatiguĂ©.
Activist Fae Johnstone said, âWhat the fuck, CBC?â
Jurist Celeste Trianon said, “By further platforming anti-trans junk science, Radio-Canada is granting a voice of authority to these bad faith actors who are attempting to erase us, to dehumanize us, to eliminate us from public life.”
Media
(March 1, 2024). Trans express. Radio-Canada Info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXNOsxpP2ow
Resources
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)