The Trump administration's ”demonization” of transgender people as mass shooters is inciting anti-trans violence and appears calculated to justify crackdowns on the whole community, civil rights activists have warned.
In an "emergency" briefing on Wednesday, a group of pro-LGBT+ groups, including the Human Rights Campaign and the Southern Policy Law Center, said they were "sounding the alarm" about reports that Trump might "weaponize" the FBI against trans people in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination.