before Transgender persons.
No one is defending mass shooting perpetrators, but let's be clear...Gender Dysphoria is not a "Choice" and the more that everyone accepts this reality, the better off we'll all be. You can't wish it away, and discrimination is only going to needlessly make their lives more difficult...so too will denial of professionally developed
treatments be harmful as well.
Link: https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/few-mass-shooters-have-been-transgender/