The host asked the child if they had any fears speaking up about trans rights. 10-year-old Violent Dumont responded, “That I’m going to be like, murdered. That I’m going to be walking down the street and somebody’s going to come up and, like, shoot me or so
A 10-year-old boy who identifies as a transgender girl expressed that the child's greatest worry about the public debate over sex changes for minors: being killed. The child made the comments to CNN's Lucy Kafanov on Wednesday while discussing the US Supreme Court hearing on the validity of a Tennessee statute that bans sex changes for minors.
The host asked the child if they had any fears speaking up about trans rights. 10-year-old Violent Dumont responded, "That I'm going to be like, murdered. That I'm going to be walking down the street and somebody's going to come up and, like, shoot me or something," the Daily Mail reported.
Kafanov said the prospect of being murdered is a very "scary thing to be worrying about at 10 years old." The child's mother broke down in tears.
"It's just hard to hear her say that," said Michelle Callahan-DuMont. She explained that her child asked a series of questions after Donald Trump won the election in November. The questions included: "Are we gonna have to move? Are they going to take me away from you? Am I not going to be able to get my medicine?" Michelle said, "It's just, it's frightening."
President-elect Trump has pledged to repeal laws that supported sex change procedures, particularly for children under the age of 18. He has also vowed to pull federal funding for any hospital and healthcare provider that offers sex change procedures to minors, saying they would no longer meet federal health and safety standards. Additionally, Trump stated that public schools would no longer be eligible for federal funding if they promoted ideas related to gender-transitioning people.
He promised to enact these policies "on day one," saying at a Mom's for Liberty event in August, "We will sign an executive order instructing every federal agency to cease the promotion of sex or gender transition at any age. They're not going to do it anymore."
The child was asked about Republican ads expressing concerns over sex changes, in which the child said: "They made me feel like, literally dead inside."
"It's probably honestly the worst thing I ever felt," the child continued. "I've her transphobic politicians that say, 'You're confused, honey.' Now, my self is a fact, not an opinion. They don't get to decide that for me. I get to decide that for myself."
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