Don’t Say Trans: How Mainstream Media Outlets Referred to Minneapolis’s Transgender School Shooter
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Don’t Say Trans: How Mainstream Media Outlets Referred to Minneapolis’s Transgender School Shooter
The transgender perpetrator of Wednesday's attack on a Catholic church and school in Minneapolis, Robin Westman, was born Robert but changed his name at 17 years old because he identified as a female, court records show. Here's how mainstream media reports described him.The post Don’t Say Trans: How Mainstream Media Outlets Referred to Minneapolis’s Transgender School Shooter appeared first on .
Google Joins ‘Don’t Say Trans’ Challenge, Burying Trans Identity of Minneapolis Shooter
Exclusive: The “don’t say trans challenge” has officially reached Google. The tech giant blocked stories identifying the Minneapolis mass shooter’s transgender identity from appearing in article headlines in its News tab, the Media Research Center can confirm. None of the headlines that Google displayed in its News tab about the shooting on Thursday mentioned that Robin Westman, born Robert Westman, identified as “transgender.” This glaring omis…
Two children were killed and 17 others were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. The tragedy occurred during a mass in the first week of the school year when a gunman opened fire through the windows on those seated in the church.
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