• The “Trans Day of Vengeance,” an activist demonstration in support of the transgender community, will proceed as planned amid widespread backlash after a mass school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, left three children and three adults dead.
• The shooter, who is also dead, was identified by investigators as Audrey Hale, 28, a biological woman who identified as a transgender man.
• Hale’s identity became a target for conservative lawmakers and commentators who began blaming transgender people and hormone therapy for the tragedy, while President Joe Biden, Democratic leaders, and community members have focused on assault weapons and gun violence.

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