In the wake of the Tumbler Ridge massacre, where 10 lives were ended—including nine innocent victims and the shooter—Canada grieves.
But amid the horror at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, a disturbing pattern has emerged: media and law enforcement are fixated on the perpetrator's gender identity—or covering it up—rather than the devastated families.
Jesse Strang, a biological male identifying as a woman since 2023, allegedly gunned down his mother and brother at home before storming the school, killing six there and injuring 27 more.
Yet, RCMP alerts described the suspect as a "female in a dress with brown hair," and officials reportedly coined "gunperson" to dodge misgendering the killer. The CBC is doing its best to include Trump in reports.
This pronoun and gender obsession insults the dead. While children suffer and parents mourn, authorities tiptoe around "she/her" sensitivities.
Victims deserve care and attention, not a sideshow of wokeness.