Rep. Alyse Galvin spent several minutes of legislative time on Monday reminding people that transgender people are victims of violent crimes and that she is the parent of a trans woman.
Several examples of where the opposite is actually true, where transgender people have victimized others. At the close of Transgender Visibility Day, we have these examples:
On Feb. 23, Lucy Grace Nelson (identified as female, though with an alias of “Justin Thomas Nelson”) was arrested after allegedly vandalizing a Tesla dealership multiple times in Loveland, Colo., including throwing Molotov cocktails and leaving graffiti, including the word “NAZI” sprayed on cars. She was found with additional incendiary devices. The US Department of Justice is on the case.
In 2023, Cameron David Storer was charged for burning down a 117-year-old historic church in Portland. Storer, then 25 years old, allegedly set fire to a building built in 1905 that once housed the Portland Korean Church. The fire caused extensive damage and the building had to be demolished.
Storer turned himself in to the Multnomah County Detention Center on Jan. 4, 2023, and said he used a Bic lighter to ignite the blaze. He requested to be referred to as “Nicolette Fait,” and official statements referred to him as “they/them” pronouns. He was found guilty but was also found to be insane.
Audrey Hale, of Nashville, a 28-year-old former student, killed six people in 2023, including three children, at The Covenant School. Hale is transgender, and uses he/him pronouns and identifies as male, though born female.
Anderson Lee Aldrich of Colorado Springs killed five people at Club Q on Nov. 19, 2022. At first he identified as non-binary (using they/them pronouns) in court filings by defense attorneys, but that has come into question and is still not resolved whether he is transgender or if that is a defense tactic.
Maya (Alec) McKinney of Highlands Ranch, Colo. was convicted of killing a student and injuring eight at STEM School Highlands Ranch in 2019. She identified as a male, although born as a female.
More recently, Fairbanks-raised Jack LaSota, who also goes by the name Ziz, is a transgender woman who is accused of being the leader of a transgender cult that is implicated in violent deaths across the country. He is in custody in Maryland.
Thus ends our roundup for Transgender Day of Visibility.
