Every week, The time pays his price. That’s the theory. In practice, it works less well when the guest goes behind the counter to take care of the drinks. Lou Trotignon welcomes us on a Wednesday in February at La Mutinerie, an emblematic queer bar in Paris, a stone’s throw from the Center Pompidou. He digs out a can of Coca-Cola for us and pours himself a non-alcoholic beer. The place, without fuss and with a punk aesthetic, introduces himself as “a festive, political and cultural space”. A “safe space” where the comedian, who defines himself as “a non-binary trans guy”feels ” like at home “. The proof : “For your thing with The world, you make yourself at home, eh! », says Samia, one of the bartenders. So we pushed half of the tables and chairs to the back of the room to take the photo.
For Lou Trotignon, 26 years old, “this is where it all started” : his entry into the LGBT+ environment, his beginnings in stand-up. He worked there intermittently as a waiter, experienced his first queer loves there… But let’s try to make this portrait a little less crazy and abundant than “La Mut'” (for the regulars). We continue in order. His only-on-stage, Grouper (every Friday at La Nouvelle Seine), a hit, driven by word of mouth and a hilarious column on France Interin October 2023. Several dates are also planned in Lyon, Marseille, Lille and Brussels.
A “30 million friends” point is essential. The grouper is a large, very ugly fish that displays a permanent dazed look. Until then, absolutely nothing to do with Lou Trotignon, a pretty boy with an androgynous figure and sparkling eyes. Female groupers also have the ability to transform into males during their lifetime. Declared female at birth, Lou Trotignon was not “mega agree” with that. “ [Enfant]I had decided that I would live to be 100 years old and that at 50 I would become a man. (…) When I [découvert le mérou], I was like: “That’s so me!” »enthuses the comedian in his show.“It’s OK to doubt”
He recounts his transition journey – from the first questions to taking testosterone to inappropriate remarks about his physique – and shares different aspects of his private life – if you are not a fan of BDSM (bondage, domination, sadomasochism) , you will no longer see Leroy Merlin brands in the same way. The only trans stand-up in France, Lou Trotignon states straight away: “There are as many transition stories as there are trans people. I don’t want my word to become THE word. »
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