The Nashville Shooting: Gender Identity and Blame Game

The Trans Resistance Network, a radical transgender group, released a statement claiming that the transgender Nashville shooter felt "no other effective way to be seen" than killing six people at a private Presbyterian school. The group also blamed anti-trans hate and legislation for making life difficult for transgender people. The shooter, Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old transgender former student of the Covenant School, entered the premises with two "assault-type rifles" and a handgun and began firing, killing three 9-year-olds and three adults. The group urged the media to respect the self-identified pronouns of transgender individuals and avoid pandering to those on the Right who will use this tragedy to torment fear and terror of transgender people.