In the aftermath of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, right-wing internet users, including a Republican member of Congress, took part in a baseless and inflammatory pile-on against trans women.
to Twitter hours after the shooting on May 24: “IT’S LITERALLY ME. STOP FUCKING SPREADING THIS IMAGE PLEASE GOD…”To be clear, Ramos’ gender identity is not yet clear, and it’s even less clear how it could possibly have played any role in his decision to slaughter a classroom full of young children and their teachers., there is a “calculated strategy” at work in the frighteningly rapid wave of anti-trans propaganda, fueled by a sitting member of Congress, that followed the Uvalde massacre.
Transgender people, immigrants, and communities of color are all too familiar with the right-wing extremist pattern of reaching for ways to blame us when tragedies occur and using misinformation to put innocent people in danger. This malevolent scapegoating is a source of the rise in hate-fueled violence we’ve seen in our communities in recent years, with 2021 recording the highest number of incidents of fatal anti-trans violence of any previous year. It is also closely tied to the attacks on trans youth we’ve seen this year in state legislatures around the country.National Center for Transgender Equality“Texas Gunman Warned Online He Was Going to Shoot up School.
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