Lou Trotignon

French comedian and LGBT activist Lou Trotignon was born in 1997 in Rambouillet and grew up in a family of five children. After studying at Sciences Po and then art philosophy, they discovered stand-up in 2020 at the feminist and queer bar La Mutinerie in Paris, where they later ran writing workshops and hosted a show. They decided to professionalize by attending the Académie d’Humour in 2022. That same year, Lou Trotignon opened for other acts, worked as a contributor on France Inter, took part in the Barbès Comedy Club and joined the Comédie Love collective, situating their work within Paris’s independent stand-up scene. Their first show, Mérou, begun in 2021, recounts their transition and explores their non-binary identity through a pedagogical form of humor that also addresses sexuality, BDSM and sex work; the production was staged by Amiel Maucade with artistic collaboration from Sandra Calderan. Performed at La Nouvelle Seine and then at the Théâtre Saint‑Georges, and scheduled for a tour across France from 2025, Mérou has established Lou Trotignon as a recognized voice on trans identity. In parallel, they carry out online awareness work, contribute testimony on transphobia to Elie Hervé’s book Transphobia, and received Têtu’s Revelation of the Year award in 2024.