Trans people didn’t ask to get pulled into any of this | Xtra Magazine

Charlie Kirk’s murder is the latest event in which trans people have suddenly, inexplicably, become main characters

Charlie Kirk speaks before he is shot at a university in Utah on Sept. 10, 2025. Credit: Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP Nothing good is going to come from the murder of far-right conservative commentator and activist Charlie Kirk. As we wade through a news cycle ripe with discourse, dissent and high-stakes emotion, that much most people can agree on. Kirk, an influential ally of U.S. president Donald Trump and the co-founder of the conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA, was shot and killed during an event at a university campus in Utah on Wednesday. A sniper fired a single shot f

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