Nationality Canadian | Political party Libertarian | |
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Full Name Lauren Cherie Southern Occupation Commentator, media personality Similar Profiles | ||
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Lauren Cherie Southern (born June 15, 1995) is a Canadian conservative and libertarian activist, book author, political commentator and writer. She 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.
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Education and life
Southern was born in Surrey, British Columbia and currently resides in Toronto. She studied political science at the University of the Fraser Valley but dropped out after two years to focus on her political activism.
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. 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". 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. 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.
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. The incident resulted from statements Southern made about there being "only two genders". Southern was banned from Facebook after she criticized Facebook policies in 2016 after a string of conservatives were banned from the site.
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. Southern has expressed sympathy for the alt-right.
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.
In March 2017, Southern announced she would be leaving Rebel Media to become an independent journalist.
Publications
Lauren Southern wrote Barbarians: How Baby Boomers, Immigrants, and Islam Screwed My Generation, which she self-published in 2016 through Amazon's CreateSpace. In January 2017 it was the number one bestselling book on the Canadian Amazon store.