On Thursday, there was a school shooting in Perry, Iowa, where a 17-year-old male shot four people, killing one 6th grader. In the search to find out more about the shooter, it was discovered that he appears to belong to the Queer Community.
The shooter’s social media post indicates that he likely identified as “Gender Fluid” and used “he/they” pronouns. According to Trans activists, this would make him “Transgender,” or someone who identifies as a gender different from their sex at birth. Not to be confused with a Transsexual who is diagnosed with gender dysphoria and transitions to be perceived by society as the opposite sex.
In the aftermath of this information coming to light, many have begun to highlight a pattern of other high-profile shootings where the attacks were carried out by a person who identified as trans.
— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) January 4, 2024
While some media outlets have pointed out that the number of trans-identified mass shooters is a small portion of the community that commits these crimes, there is still a noticeable increase in events like this occurring with trans shooters, leading some to speculate that there may be a correlation between gender identity issues as a mental health condition and a propensity for violence.
While it is not clear as to what mental health treatments this shooter was undergoing or if he had gender dysphoria, the conversation got me thinking about issues that have been highlighted in the past about medical professionals, how they treat gender-questioning people, and how that could play into these instances.
Over the last couple of years, we have learned that many medical professionals are ignoring other mental health comorbidities and jumping to gender dysphoria as the cause of their issues.
Take detransitioner Prisha Mosley for example, she is currently suing her doctors and therapists for malpractice, fraud, and other abuse for encouraging her to transition. Mosley told National Review that she lived with psychotic major depression, ADHD, bipolar one and two, mania, crippling anorexia, and borderline personality disorder since she was 14 years old. Because of these issues, Mosley had a habit of cutting herself. She claimed on X, that the doctors helped her with her self-harm, by cutting her breasts off, instead of treating the underlying issues she had.
They assisted me in more self harm.
— Prisha 🦎 (@detransaqua) January 16, 2023
Approved ~ FS
