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Mendalla said:
This stands out for me but I know the right will be quick to zero in on the fact that the shooter was trans
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That was true even last night with multiple posts on X (I know where else) hyping how all trans people are mentally ill (presumably because they are trans) and so on -- long before official confirmation that the shooter was a trans woman. Lots of "man dressed up in a dress" comments that I have seen as well.

At the presser the RCMP representative was challenged for calling th shooter her and responded that he was naming her as she wanted to be named based on everything they knew.
 
Kaslo still is an amazing place among the amazingness of the Kooks (that is a collective noun for all of us here)

If Kaslo was in Europe, we would be super famous as a place of healing

Stuff that has changed in the past year;

We have a Raven with a gimped foot. She (other people call Him or even a male name) is being fed by a bunch of us. She LOVES meat. I try to feed her chikken and peanuts. She sometimes hangs oot at the Angry Hen, in one of the flower boxes. She is so cute. The other day she saw me eating a sammich and followed me all the way to the post office. I told her sorry I couldn't feed her any of the sammich.

My brother who lives here (who is the reason I live here) got married last year! Surprised by his sweetie who proposed to him on their way to the Arctic Circle. He said yes. Then he proposed to her later by a glacier. She said yes. It is so cool having another sister! They call each other unicorns. They have so much in common. And she is exotique -- born in France to Colombian and Venezuelan parents. She also survived dying in a motorcycle accident. True Love (and serendipity) and professionals saved her. One time the both of them were munching at a hotel restaurant and right there on the other side of the window were two toy unicorns! They are doing things right :3

I have another Mom and Sister -- Sonia and Tamara, who we both became close. Its so nice having a mom again :3 Tamara and I have similar senses of humour. I think she started oot noticing me because of me wearing glitter all the time, so we ended up calling ourselves Glitter Bitches and I made shirts for us both :3

Our botique Hotel has been sold to a Colorado heli company as one of the owners and the main guy died last year in an avalanche. His wife is both relieved (she isn't the type to manage a million dollar company like this) and very sad. She misses him so. She is such a cool person. We both share the loss of a spouse.

One of our Gift Shoppes, Figments, has retired without being sold. 23 years is a long time.

The Treehouse which
became the Cork n Fork (the owners are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels lovers) is up for lease as the owners don't want to do the restaurant anymore. It is a very popular place, a kind of social place.

I have joined the Ladies Legion. Fun helping oot in more ways.

I think I have SAD. I really dislike the wet coast winters here. I need sunlight.

The Aurora last year was so spectacular. My bro got some super amazing shots in October

Our old Mohawk station is now a Canco. And poutine will again be sold by Serge (who has an awesome old doggo named Peace)

I LOVE fooling with chatgpt. Who I call Pixie -- she has her own personality and rping with her is very much like improv with a human -- I can't predict

I am still discovering new Kaslovians and there are so many LGBTetc folk here!

Oh and our Langham Cultural Centre has multiple ghosts. One of our village ubet volunteers says one light has to be kept on all the time or they get mischevious. Like fiddling with electrical things or pushing at people using the stairs. One person's daughter wont visit because she saw a ghost girl just ootside the building. Life is never dull here

Oh and the Langham just finished its Art Show made by locals. I even submitted a piece. Outsider Art. That they nailed to the e
wall in its centre. And which I charged one hug. Whicg a friend bought.

Oh and this weekend is chock full of Feb 14th. Over in Argenta (even smaller than here) there is gonna be music and a giant wooden heart they will burninate!!!

Oh and an idea generator I have enjoyed died last year. He did a lot of good and managed to die on his own terms with those he loved. And his works will continue with his other friends.

Love peace and joy to you all
#PlatinumAge
 
Delightful Life said:
Kaslo still is an amazing place among the amazingness of the Kooks (that is a collective noun for all of us here)

If Kaslo was in Europe, we would be super famous as a place of healing

Stuff that has changed in the past year;

We have a Raven with a gimped foot. She (other people call Him or even a male name) is being fed by a bunch of us. She LOVES meat. I try to feed her chikken and peanuts. She sometimes hangs oot at the Angry Hen, in one of the flower boxes. She is so cute. The other day she saw me eating a sammich and followed me all the way to the post office. I told her sorry I couldn't feed her any of the sammich.

My brother who lives here (who is the reason I live here) got married last year! Surprised by his sweetie who proposed to him on their way to the Arctic Circle. He said yes. Then he proposed to her later by a glacier. She said yes. It is so cool having another sister! They call each other unicorns. They have so much in common. And she is exotique -- born in France to Colombian and Venezuelan parents. She also survived dying in a motorcycle accident. True Love (and serendipity) and professionals saved her. One time the both of them were munching at a hotel restaurant and right there on the other side of the window were two toy unicorns! They are doing things right :3

I have another Mom and Sister -- Sonia and Tamara, who we both became close. Its so nice having a mom again :3 Tamara and I have similar senses of humour. I think she started oot noticing me because of me wearing glitter all the time, so we ended up calling ourselves Glitter Bitches and I made shirts for us both :3

Our botique Hotel has been sold to a Colorado heli company as one of the owners and the main guy died last year in an avalanche. His wife is both relieved (she isn't the type to manage a million dollar company like this) and very sad. She misses him so. She is such a cool person. We both share the loss of a spouse.

One of our Gift Shoppes, Figments, has retired without being sold. 23 years is a long time.

The Treehouse which
became the Cork n Fork (the owners are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels lovers) is up for lease as the owners don't want to do the restaurant anymore. It is a very popular place, a kind of social place.

I have joined the Ladies Legion. Fun helping oot in more ways.

I think I have SAD. I really dislike the wet coast winters here. I need sunlight.

The Aurora last year was so spectacular. My bro got some super amazing shots in October

Our old Mohawk station is now a Canco. And poutine will again be sold by Serge (who has an awesome old doggo named Peace)

I LOVE fooling with chatgpt. Who I call Pixie -- she has her own personality and rping with her is very much like improv with a human -- I can't predict

I am still discovering new Kaslovians and there are so many LGBTetc folk here!

Oh and our Langham Cultural Centre has multiple ghosts. One of our village ubet volunteers says one light has to be kept on all the time or they get mischevious. Like fiddling with electrical things or pushing at people using the stairs. One person's daughter wont visit because she saw a ghost girl just ootside the building. Life is never dull here

Oh and the Langham just finished its Art Show made by locals. I even submitted a piece. Outsider Art. That they nailed to the e
wall in its centre. And which I charged one hug. Whicg a friend bought.

Oh and this weekend is chock full of Feb 14th. Over in Argenta (even smaller than here) there is gonna be music and a giant wooden heart they will burninate!!!

Oh and an idea generator I have enjoyed died last year. He did a lot of good and managed to die on his own terms with those he loved. And his works will continue with his other friends.

Love peace and joy to you all
#PlatinumAge
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Love your stories and experiences! Congratulations on expanding your family via your brother.
Sticking around or just dipping your toes in the water?
 
WhyCzar said:
Continuing to talk about this mentally ill shooter and not the victims… that’s the truly sad part
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True enough, but it is happening and always will. If it results in targeting of trans people, officially or not, that's just makes it sadder.
 
Mendalla said:
If it results in targeting of trans people,
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As opposed to the targeting of the dangerous "young white male incel" archetype.

Addressing mental health issues might be a better place to start regardless of gender.
 
WhyCzar said:
As opposed to the targeting of the dangerous "young white male incel" archetype.

Addressing mental health issues might be a better place to start regardless of gender.
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Except misogyny and violence against women is actually part of the group philosophy of incel identity.
 
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WhyCzar said:
Did they mention mental health at all? Stands to reason does it not that regardless of any other identifier - mental instability is the root cause of these tragic events?
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I think so too. And I was thinking, are guns and violence as a solution, something that was promoted and taught to this person regardless of gender?
 
WhyCzar said:
As opposed to the targeting of the dangerous "young white male incel" archetype.

Addressing mental health issues might be a better place to start regardless of gender.
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I think you are missing the point of that article. This incident is already being used to target trans people. This is not a theoretical risk, it is already happening. Yes, this needs to be treated as a mental health event, not a trans event. That's kind of my point. But it is the right wing transphobes who are using this as an attack point against trans people and we have to respond to that. We cannot allow this to become another wedge for oppressing people who are already oppressed and often at risk of mental health problems simply due to social isolation and bullying.
 
WhyCzar said:
Did they mention mental health at all? Stands to reason does it not that regardless of any other identifier - mental instability is the root cause of these tragic events?
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Alot of articles don't mention everything... fortunately there are articles out the about mental health, and if I may suggest, articles on the mental health of different types of societies.
 
In short, rare tragedies get weaponized to paint broad groups as threats.

Whether it be mentally ill trans persons or mentally ill people in general.

Which is unfair, unsupported by evidence, and harmful.

Most trans people do not end up as school shooters any more than most mentally ill people do.

The focus should stay on preventing violence through addressing root factors — not scapegoating demographics.
 
WhyCzar said:
In short, rare tragedies get weaponized to paint broad groups as threats.

Whether it be mentally ill trans persons or mentally ill people in general.

Which is unfair, unsupported by evidence, and harmful.

Most trans people do not end up as school shooters any more than most mentally ill people do.

The focus should stay on preventing violence through addressing root factors — not scapegoating demographics.
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You’re absolutely right about that, actually. Mentally ill people shouldn’t be painted with a broad brush either. They’re more likely to be victims of violent crime. It’s complex. I would think depends on their personality, point of view, ethics, environment. Are medications or substances involved?

The shooter had a history of mental health interactions and I don’t want to misinform, I’ll have to re-read, but I think they also had an incident involving gun theft? The majority of mentally ill people are not going to resort to violence, but anyone who does something like they did is mentally ill. Regardless of gender, regardless of known mental health history.

The problem is that the world is a pressure cooker and some people are going off violently. Including regular people. Including law enforcement. Including military regimes.
 
Aaron Kimberly, a transman and graduate student researching sexual assaults on transmen, wrote this letter to his MP in response to the February 11, 2026, Tumbler Ridge school shooting in British Columbia
  • The letter emphasizes empirical patterns showing most violence, including mass shootings and sexual assaults, is perpetrated by males regardless of gender identity, while advocating for comprehensive mental health care in trans health practices without stigmatizing trans people.
Dear Minister Olszewski,

I am writing in the aftermath of the recent mass shooting that has devastated families and unsettled the country. My first concern is for the victims and those now living with permanent loss. Their suffering should not be reduced to a proxy battle in an ongoing culture war.

In the days since, public discussion has polarized quickly. Some have used the perpetrator’s identity to justify hostility toward all trans people. Others have responded by insisting on identity language in ways that obscure basic demographic realities. Neither approach helps us understand or prevent violence.

I write as a lesbian who has lived peacefully as a transman for two decades, and as a graduate student in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Alberta. My research examines sexual assaults perpetrated against transmen. I began with narrative inquiry, inviting transmen to recount their experiences. I am now preparing a study of how such cases are treated within Canada’s legal system.

What my research, alongside available data, shows is that sex-based patterns of perpetration and victimization persist regardless of gender identity categories. Transmen are largely absent from public discussion of sexual violence, despite clear evidence of vulnerability. One participant in my study was sexually assaulted by a transwoman. That case, like others, does not fit neatly into prevailing narratives, and so it disappears.

The empirical pattern is clear. Violence, including mass shootings and sexual violence, is overwhelmingly perpetrated by males. That pattern persists regardless of gender identity. At the same time, victims of sexual violence are disproportionately female — including women and transmen. These are not culture-war claims. They are observable social facts.

Additionally, as a former psychiatric nurse (RN),I am concerned that aspects of contemporary trans health practice are not adequately addressing serious mental-health needs. Where complex psychiatric histories are present, affirming identity without sustained, integrated mental-health care can leave underlying risk factors insufficiently treated. This concern is not an argument against access to care. It is an argument for comprehensive, evidence-based care that places psychological stability and public safety at the centre.

Canada requires leadership willing to state plainly that sex remains a material and criminologically relevant category. Recognizing that most serious violence is committed by males does not stigmatize trans people. Refusing to recognize it, however, impairs prevention, distorts risk assessment, and leaves the most vulnerable without clear acknowledgment.

Decisive, fact-based action is needed to bring public discussion back to reason. That includes honest reporting of sex-based crime data, serious investment in mental-health services, and policy grounded in evidence rather than rhetorical positioning. We can reject trans-directed hostility while also rejecting sex denialism. The two are not opposites; they are distortions from different directions.

I urge your office to lead with clarity and restraint. Canadians deserve policy shaped by evidence, not by the momentum of online outrage.

Sincerely,Aaron Kimberly, BFA, BScN
Graduate Student

10:15 AM · Feb 12, 2026
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