{"id":12822,"date":"2025-08-29T11:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/trans-politician-says-we-should-focus-on-actions-not-gender-after-school-shooting\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:06:05","slug":"trans-politician-says-we-should-focus-on-actions-not-gender-after-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/trans-politician-says-we-should-focus-on-actions-not-gender-after-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Politician Says We Should Focus on Actions, Not Gender, After School Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Trans Politician Olivia Hill<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-titlecase h2\">Gender Identity Doesn&#8217;t Make Someone Evil &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-uppercase h1\">Actions Do!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-29T03:00:17-07:00\">August 29, 2025 3:00 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-8a9d4ade873a5b0f03e940f9384bc31c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-da633751-a3ca-4c42-a4c9-b8c6b25ab818-961161189-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-da633751-a3ca-4c42-a4c9-b8c6b25ab818-961161189-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5d\/16by9\/2025\/08\/28\/5dd81edf33f14c2d98b8696e13ebf651_md.jpg\" alt=\"082825_olivia_hill_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8a9d4ade873a5b0f03e940f9384bc31c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ee3c0e516ef26b770698a68434d4aa4b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Olivia Hill<\/strong> is urging the public not to blame the entire transgender community for the actions of one disturbed individual &#8230; claiming identity doesn&#8217;t matter in situations like the recent Minneapolis shooting, but actions do.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ee3c0e516ef26b770698a68434d4aa4b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b19689739f4be26c89f55cb541f97ed3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We caught up with the Metropolitan Council Member-at-Large of Nashville and Davidson County in Tennessee &#8212; an openly transgender woman who took office in 2023 &#8212; and she says<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/robin-westman\/\"><strong> Robin Westman<\/strong><\/a>, the Annunciation School shooter who was reportedly trans, was a horrible person &#8230; simple as that.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b19689739f4be26c89f55cb541f97ed3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6a010d70646382cf98e0c1f335b93b46\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6a010d70646382cf98e0c1f335b93b46--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-70e2a9ab64838b1f0f1f8a6ee9a31677\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Hill says she doesn&#8217;t care about a person&#8217;s race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity &#8230; insisting all those markers should be stripped away when discussing heinous crimes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-70e2a9ab64838b1f0f1f8a6ee9a31677--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b34eadf7e2ebffe3bca108aff1dcc736\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Olivia says she&#8217;s tired of people blaming a whole community for horrible behavior when one individual is solely responsible for their own actions. She says the daily hate she receives has only grown since Wednesday&#8217;s mass shooting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b34eadf7e2ebffe3bca108aff1dcc736--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2c929ae3c8758bec16a9ffd7c98485fa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-49312bac-8561-482d-a9ac-514ac1bcd0b0-1203762190-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-49312bac-8561-482d-a9ac-514ac1bcd0b0-1203762190-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4b\/16by9\/2025\/08\/27\/4b5b97c59aea4f15845994cec2f6e2b5_md.jpg\" alt=\"minneapolis-briefing-chief-kal-08-27-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">8\/27\/25<\/span>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">CNN<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2c929ae3c8758bec16a9ffd7c98485fa--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b04ae41f347edd3466c44e281e064553\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Hill&#8217;s also pushing for gun reform &#8230; insisting that protecting kids must be the true aim of government.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b04ae41f347edd3466c44e281e064553--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0f4e037dd73786c9504a5bb319c7d57f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As you know &#8230; cops say two children <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/27\/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting\/\"><strong>were killed<\/strong><\/a> and at least 17 people were injured when Westman fired more than 100 rounds through the windows of a church during morning Mass. Police said Westman used a rifle, a shotgun and a handgun, before dying by a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0f4e037dd73786c9504a5bb319c7d57f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3e76a5bf8a32495a6b8a8bd8f5da0064\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-e33ccd14-4c90-4291-93e0-22121656400e-2040091044-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-e33ccd14-4c90-4291-93e0-22121656400e-2040091044-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cb\/16by9\/2025\/08\/28\/cb50ea29d9bf48d888be43b99d222f3b_md.jpg\" alt=\"082825_church_kids_running_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">CNN<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3e76a5bf8a32495a6b8a8bd8f5da0064--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ecf947946e64c48f2544ed40e6d45ee1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/28\/minneapolis-shooting-kids-running-out-of-church-video\/\"><strong>Video showed<\/strong><\/a> children fleeing the church &#8230; and, local officials &#8212; like Minneapolis Mayor <strong>Jacob Frey<\/strong> &#8212; have publicly condemned the violence and called for reform.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ecf947946e64c48f2544ed40e6d45ee1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-98a2ece1a79fdfddf1992563e33860ef\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Mayor Frey also spoke up on behalf of the transgender community, saying at a press conference Wednesday &#8230; &#8220;Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community, or any other community out there, has lost their sense of common humanity. We should not be operating out of a place of hate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-98a2ece1a79fdfddf1992563e33860ef--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/29\/olivia-hill-trans-identity-school-shooting-gun-reform\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trans Politician Olivia Hill Gender Identity Doesn&#8217;t Make Someone Evil &#8230; Actions Do!!! 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