Mass killings in Philadelphia and Nashville have been seized on by conservatives claiming that both suspects—Kimbrady Carriker and Audrey Hale—were trans.
Asa Khalif, a member of the LGBTQIA advisory committee for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, said Carriker does not identify as transgender and condemned commentators who label transgender people as"killers."
"The suspect has not identified themselves as trans. They have only identified themselves as male," Khalif said during a news conference on Wednesday. "But the language spewed out by the conservative press is violent and it's dangerous, and it's targeting trans women of color. It's rallying the community to be violent and we're better than that."he added."They want to live their lives and they have every right to do so, and we will not allow conservative bigots to use that type of language to attack trans people."Krasner echoed this sentiment during a news conference on Wednesday.
Anti-trans rhetoric and disinformation were also spread in March, after six people were killed in a mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville.identified as transgenderHowever, the authorities have yet to confirm Hale's gender identity and have not shared any evidence that links Hale's gender identity to the shooting.
that Hale reportedly wrote ahead of the shooting, but LGBTQ+ groups cautioned against releasing the document. Police have said they would not release it during their investigation.
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