When Emmanuel Macron won the presidential election in 2017, the fake newsbegan to circulate in France: his partner, Brigitte Macron, was a transgender woman. Other first ladies or candidates, such as Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Begoña Gómez herself, have also been victims of the same sexist and transphobic rumor. Nothing new. Neither the Élysée Palace nor the media echoed it. But in 2021, everything changed.