BREAKING: Let’s Discuss The Crisis That Created The Nashville Shooter

On Monday, a 28-year-old transgender woman shot and killed three children and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennesee.

It’s a terrible, sad, very bad, awful thing that happened.

It’s also a stark reminder of the need for more open and honest discussions about transgender mental health.

Despite the media’s reluctance to discuss this issue, it is clear that there is a growing crisis in America that must be addressed.

The shooter, Aubrey Hale, was a former student at The Covenant School and used he/him pronouns. Hale entered the school armed with two rifles and a handgun, killing innocent children and staff members. Police found a detailed map of the school at Hale’s home, indicating a premeditated and calculated attack.

Police have suggested that the shooter may have had “resentment” towards the religious school, and there are theories that Hale’s transgender identity played a role in the attack. While the details of the manifesto left behind by Hale have not been released, it is clear that there is a need for more open discussion about the mental health of transgender individuals.

Unfortunately, the media often ignores incidents involving transgender mass shooters.

In 2018, a transgender Rite Aid employee shot and killed three people before shooting herself.

In 2019, a transgender student killed one classmate and injured eight others at a high school in Colorado.

And in 2022, a ‘non-binary’ person shot and killed 5 people and injured 18 at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs.

These incidents highlight the need for more attention to be paid to the mental health of transgender individuals.

According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, 58% of transgender patients had at least one mental health diagnosis compared with 13.6% of cisgender patients. This is a crisis that must be addressed, and it is time for more open and honest discussions about the mental health of transgender individuals.

In light of this tragedy, Democrats have been quick to politicize the issue, with Joe Biden calling on Congress to “pass my assault weapons ban.” But maybe, instead, we should be talking about the root causes of this crisis and what we can do to address it.

The media’s willful ignorance of this issue is unacceptable, and it is time for more attention to be paid to the mental health of transgender individuals.

We cannot ignore incidents like the one that occurred in Nashville, where innocent children and staff members were killed. It is time for more open and honest discussions about this crisis and what we can do to address it.