Shortly after a school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, false claims about the shooter’s gender identity began to spread, with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones suggesting a high likelihood of the shooter being transgender. Conservative websites and social media accounts fueled the speculation, despite the shooter being identified as a 15-year-old girl with no evidence of being transgender. Law enforcement, media, and LGBTQ advocates warn that such baseless claims distract from the facts of the case and spread unfounded fear within the community, with experts emphasizing that there is no evidence linking trans individuals to criminal behavior.
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