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There has been another deadly shooting by a trans-identified male, this time in Rhode Island, resulting in three deaths, including the gunman. Less than a week earlier, nine people were killed in Canada by a male shooter who identified as female. The perpetrators shot at family members and strangers in cold blood before taking their own lives. These incidents follow a disturbing pattern of shooters that includes Audrey Hale in Nashville in 2023, Robert/Robin Westman in Minneapolis in 2025, the alleged shooter of Charlie Kirk in Utah, Tyler James Robinson, who reportedly had a trans/furry partner, and so many others in recent years.
Trans activists and their supporters insist on denying this pattern of violence, but reality is increasingly difficult to ignore. There has been a noticeable uptick in mass shooters connected to gender ideology. Wikipedia may publish pages dismissing concerns about “misinformation” related to trans violence, but the pattern is visible to anyone willing to look honestly.
We are repeatedly told that “gender-affirming care is life-saving care”, and most of the medical and psychological establishment continues to endorse this claim. The American Academy of Pediatrics still supports gender transition for minors. Planned Parenthood widely distributes cross-sex hormones and continues to promote the message that people must transition or they will die. Planned Parenthood’s own social media states, “Gender-affirming care literally saves lives.” Yet in the case of “Roberta” Dorgan, this so-called “life-saving care” did not prevent three untimely deaths, including his own.
Beyond these horrific homicides, many trans-identified individuals also die quietly by suicide. Activists prefer that these stories remain hidden, but they exist, and they are devastating.
Why does this keep happening? People who gravitate toward gender ideology are already struggling psychologically. They are offered the false promise that affirmation, hormones, and surgery will heal their distress. They are showered with rainbows, parades, and slogans and told they are finally accepted as their “true selves.”
Over time, these vulnerable individuals become fixated on superficial and unattainable goals promised by transition. They are absorbed into social networks that “love-bomb” them, so long as they comply with the ideology and never question it. They are repeatedly told they are victims, that they are under constant threat, and that a misused pronoun or even a disapproving glance amounts to erasure. Plus, many are radicalized by pornography and violent online content.
How many more deaths will it take before we acknowledge the truth: that gender ideology is not life-saving, but deadly?