Nashville shooting sparks transphobic rhetoric from US right.
TL;DR
Republicans are using the reported transgender identity of the Nashville school shooter to advance their anti-trans agenda, despite rejecting gun control measures. Figures such as Donald Trump Jr and Marjorie Taylor Greene are seeking to end gender-affirming care and misrepresenting protests against anti-trans laws. Advocacy groups warn that the Nashville tragedy will embolden Republican extremists to harden their stance on LGBTQ+ rights, which have been under unprecedented assault in statehouses across the US.
Topics:nationlgbtq-rights#gun-control#hypocrisy#lgbtq-rights#nashville-shooting#republican-agenda#transphobia
- ‘Desperate and bigoted’: US right uses latest shooting to malign trans people The Guardian US
- Nashville congressman responds to radical trans group: Turning shooter into 'martyr' is 'beyond disturbing' Fox News
- March 29, 2023: Nashville shooter had 'emotional disorder,' small arsenal, AI, Pence, Taiwan, Biden Reuters
- Trans activist calls Nashville school 'right-wing institution' day after mass shooting WZTV
- We must reject the transphobic narrative around Nashville The Independent
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