""There's this widespread misinformation and demonisation where, especially right now, they're painting us all as violent mass shooters," she said of the far-right. "I'm not going to shoot anyone, I'm a model. I don't even know how to hold a gun. "What do you think I'm going to do, beat someone up with my arms? That's not happening.""
"There has been a notable increase in the number of people pushing the conspiracy theory following the shooting of right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk, who was known for sharing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and who was talking about "trans shooters" moments before his death. The suspected shooter reportedly had a trans roommate, prompting right-wing commentators to try to pin the blame on the trans community, despite investigators saying the roommate was being co-operative and had "no idea" about the shooting ahead of time."
"During the summit, Vivian Wilson also commented on how transitioning at the age of 16 "basically saved [her] life". She held back tears as she spoke about the attack on gender-affirming care, and the anti-trans bills being passed under Donald Trump's presidency. Wilson went on to say that she had enrolled in community college in Los Angeles. "I'm financially independent, I'm making money now. People have a lot of assumptions, and you just have to deal with that.""
Vivian Jenna Wilson used her public platform to reject claims that trans people are responsible for mass shootings, saying misinformation demonises transgender people and caricatures them as violent. She directly rejected violent stereotypes, noting personal inexperience with weapons and emphasizing that she would not commit such acts. The spread of the conspiracy theory intensified after the shooting of Charlie Kirk and attention to a suspected shooter’s trans roommate, despite investigators finding the roommate cooperative. Wilson said transitioning at 16 saved her life, expressed distress over attacks on gender-affirming care, and stated that she is financially independent.
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