Flora Bolter

Flora Bolter is a political scientist and co-director of the LGBTI+ Observatory at the Jean Jaurès Foundation in France. She is known for her expertise in the intersection of politics, gender, and sexuality, particularly regarding the implications of homophobic rhetoric in political discourse. Bolter has commented on the online vitriol directed at Brigitte Macron, highlighting how such attacks are often used as a means to undermine political figures, particularly those associated with unpopular administrations, by questioning their partners' femininity as a form of insult. Her work addresses the broader impact of societal attitudes toward gender and sexuality in contemporary politics.