Anti-Trans Skapegoating is a Distraction to the Problem of Gun Violence, and the Right Knows It

the "trend" of trans shooters does not exist. think about who this narrative benefits: only the people who are already trying to kill trans people through legislation and other forms of violence already.

— elly belle 🔮 (they/them) (@literElly) March 28, 2023

I was talking with my brother about what happened at #NashvilleCovenantSchool, and he asked what I thought about reports that the shooter was trans. I told him there are many identities we could focus on, particularly whiteness. It's convenient which ones aren't highlighted.

— Raquel Willis (she/her) (@RaquelWillis_) March 28, 2023

The transphobes were literally salivating, dripping from the mouth over the words "trans shooter"… desperately begging for the culprit to be a trans woman to the point of falsely reporting it.

Their desperation for a trans woman to be violent tells you everything.

— Lilah TheyPG 🌻💚 (@LilahRPGtt) March 28, 2023

Mass shootings are terrifyingly common in The States

There have been roughly 2840 shootings in the past 3 years

0.1% of the shooters were trans (1% of the population)

98% were cis men (49% of the population)

What should we really be worried about here? https://t.co/5SYoDrzAbo

— Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short 🤖🧠 (@The_Ada_Rhodes) March 28, 2023

All these headlines about a trans shooter when almost every other mass shooting is committed by cisgender men.

There's a story about shootings and gender, but you're not writing it.

— Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis (@RevJacquiLewis) March 28, 2023

don’t blame the trans community for the actions of the Covenant shooter

news media tried to blame trans people for Uvalde and Club Q, and now ghoulishly obsess over the Covenant shooter’s identity to vilify trans people

we need gun reform, not the media inciting transphobia pic.twitter.com/uDm8kcW37x

— Jerrica, Local Sports Lesbian ☭ (@JinkiesJerrica) March 28, 2023