An activist group is due to hold a 'Trans Day of Vengeance' demonstration outside the Supreme Court on Saturday,
warning against 'astronomical amounts of hate from the world' and following the horrifying Nashville shooting which left seven dead on Monday.
The Trans Radical Activist Network (TRAN) will host the event in Washington D.C. from 31 March until 2 April, starting Friday and marching on the Supreme Court at 11am on Saturday. On their website they cite
Gender Affirming care ban bills and the political climate as motives for the demonstration.
But commentators are up in arms over the decision to go ahead with the protest as police say they are investigating the role of
Nashville shooter Audrey Hale's gender identity and a sense of '
resentment' that may have inspired the attack on the shooter's Christian former school.
Republican firebrand
Marjorie Taylor Greene yesterday demanded her Twitter account be restored after features were limited for violating rules.
She
said: 'My Congressional account was suspended for 7 days for exposing Antifa, who are organizing a call for violence called "Trans Day of Vengeance."
'The day after the mass murder of children by a trans shooter. Restore my account immediately.'
Ian Miles Cheong
wrote that 'Twitter is now cracking down on those who promote the "Trans Day of Vengeance" poster, which mostly comprises of trans militants who are calling for a day of mass violence.'
Twitter's Trust and Safety lead, Ella Irwin,
responded: 'Correct. We had to automatically sweep our platform and remove >5000 tweets/retweets of this poster.
'We do not support tweets that incite violence irrespective of who posts them.
'"Vengeance" does not imply peaceful protest. Organizing or support for peaceful protests is ok.'
TRAN has stated on their website: 'This protest is about unity, not inciting violence. TRAN does not encourage violence and it is not welcome at this event.'
It is unclear whether Hale was associated with the movement.
Audrey Elizabeth Hale opened fire at The Covenant School, shooting and killing six people on Monday.
The shooter was armed with two assault-style rifles and a handgun.
They killed three children, the Head of School, 60, a custodian and a substitute teacher, both 61.
Victims Evelyn Dieckhaus,
Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney were all aged nine.
Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officers Rex Englebert and Michael Collazo shot and killed Hale on the second floor of the school.
Police are investigating possible motives for the attack.
MNPD Police Chief John Drake said that 'resentment' towards having been made to go to the school may have played a role in the shooting, but also that Hale 'targeted random students in the school... whoever she came in contact with, she fired rounds.'
Drake added that officials believe 'that [Hale] identifies as trans, but we're still in the initial investigation into all of that and if it actually played a role into this incident.'
The upcoming protest was initially to be called the Trans Day of Visibility but rebranded as 'vengeance means fighting back with vehemence,' the group
said.
'It is our battle cry to declare to the world that we the transgender/non-binary communities will neither be silenced nor eradicated.'
Distancing themselves from Hale, the group published a statement on their website ahead of the event: 'We Tsukuru [co-founder], Our Rights DC, and TRAN are horrified at the acts of violence committed at the Covenant school on March 27, 2023.
'We grieve for Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, William Kinney, Cynthia Peak, Katherine Koonce, and Mike Hill, and with their loved ones.
'We also reject any connection between that horrific event and outs.
'Vengeance means fighting back with vehemence. We are fighting against false narratives, criminalization, and eradication of our existence.'
TRAN also said that due to 'hate received' they had disabled their contact form.
