Lauren Southern
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| Born | Lauren Cherie Southern June 15, 1995[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Commentator, media personality |
| Employer | The Rebel Media (until 2017) |
| Political party | Libertarian |
| Movement | Libertarianism Conservatism Antifeminism |
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Lauren Cherie Southern[2] (born June 15, 1995) is a Canadian conservative and libertarian activist, book author, political commentator and writer. He created content for The Rebel Media, a Canadian online media company, until March 2017. Southern ran as a candidate for the Libertarian Party of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Education and life
Southern was born in Surrey, British Columbia and currently resides in Toronto.[3] She studied political science at the University of the Fraser Valley but dropped out after two years to focus on her political activism.[4][5]
Media and political career
Political career
In 2015, Southern was a candidate in the Canadian Federal Election representing the Libertarian Party of Canada in the electoral district of Langley—Aldergrove.[4] Party officials suspended her campaign after her protest of a SlutWalk went viral, with party leader Tim Moen stating Southern’s actions had "broken message discipline".[6] A public outcry and over ten Libertarian candidates resigning or threatening to resign followed and a week later she was reinstated as a candidate by her party.[7] The riding was eventually won by Conservative candidate Mark Warawa.
Media activism
In June 2015, Southern's Rebel Media cameraman was shoved at the SlutWalk in Vancouver and Southern's protest sign "There Is No Rape Culture In The West" was torn up while reporting on the event.[8]
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.[9] The incident resulted from statements Southern made about there being "only two genders".[10] Southern was banned from Facebook after she criticized Facebook policies in 2016 after a string of conservatives were banned from the site.[11][12]
Southern initiated "The Triggering", whereby every March 9, the day after International Women's Day, Twitter users post taboo content in defense of free speech. During one of "The Triggering" events Southern posted on Twitter saying "#AltRightMeans I don't have to be ashamed of my heritage".[13]
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.[14]
In March 2017, Southern announced she would be leaving Rebel Media to become an independent journalist.[15]
On April 15, 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.[16]
Publications
Lauren Southern wrote Barbarians: How Baby Boomers, Immigrants, and Islam Screwed My Generation, which she self-published in 2016 through Amazon's CreateSpace.[17][18] In January 2017 it was the number one bestselling book on the Canadian Amazon store.[19]
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Langley—Aldergrove | ||||||||
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| 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[20][21][dead link] | ||||||||
References
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- Lauren Southern (2016-06-15). "Lauren Southern on Twitter: "It's my birthday. All I ask is that you include pictures of cute animals in any tweet you send me. That includes hate mail."". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - Lauren Southern (2015-09-07). "Lauren Southern on Twitter: "@BASSFZz 20 :)"". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
- Lauren Southern (2016-05-02). "Lauren Southern on Twitter: "@Maryf_j1 I'm 20 lol"". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
- Lauren Southern (2016-06-15). "Lauren Southern on Twitter: "It's my birthday. All I ask is that you include pictures of cute animals in any tweet you send me. That includes hate mail."". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
- ^ "Twitter". Mobile.twitter.com. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
- ^ "Lauren Southern | Libertarian Party of Canada | Home". Libertarian.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Claxton, Matthew. "Langley post-secondary student runs as Libertarian - News". Langley Advance. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
- ^ Bokhari, Allum (July 2, 2015). "Canadian Libertarians in Revolt After Party Leadership Suspends Anti-Feminist Candidate Lauren Southern". Breitbart./
- ^ Bokhari, Allum (July 9, 2015). "Lauren Southern, 'Anti-Feminist,' Reinstated as Libertarian Candidate". Breitbart News Network.
- ^ Lachenal, Jessica (2016-03-09). "Internet Jerks Pledge to Make Internet Even Worse in #TheTriggering". TheMarySue. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christian, Natasha (2016-03-08). "Protester pours urine on journalist for 'hateful' comments". Yahoo7. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ^ Trump supporter BLOCKED by Facebook for complaining about site's censorship of right-wing activists By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER, PUBLISHED: 15:33, 22 May 2016
- ^ Taranto, James (2016-05-23). "The Troll Booth". WSJ.com. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ^ "The alt-right, explained in its own words". washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Southern, Lauren (October 3, 2016). "Lauren Southern Becomes a Man!". The Rebel Media. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ^ Lauren Southern (9 March 2017). "Going Independent" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Clashes Break Out at Opposing Rallies in Berkeley". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Southern, Lauren. "Purchase your copy of Lauren Southern's first book "Barbarians" now!". The Rebel. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Amazon.ca Best Sellers: The most popular items in Books". 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?".
- ^ "Elections Canada On-line - Élection Canada en-ligne".
External links
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- Living people
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