Hey can someone tell me what the fuck "transgender ideology" means? Because to me that phrase makes absolutely zero sense
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2025
406 points (97.7% liked)
News
32193 readers
2811 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Ahh Trump cleared that up today. "Transgender for everybody," it's one of the left's demands. I guess it's like abortions on demand, but like, everybody is given a gift bag of HRT at their next PCP visit. Here's some estrogen and some narcan, go slay in today's world girl.
Just right-wing drivel to discredit a minority they don't understand. There's not much to understand beyond that because them they don't understand it themselves.
TRN. That's what was on the bullet. Which is a manufacturing mark.
Other things written on the bullets imply that the shooter idolizes Nick Fuentes, and is, in fact, somthing called a Groyper.
As a note, Nick Fuentes hated Charlie Kirk.
Honestly though, it's reasonable for them to think it was trans related, considering Charlie's rhetoric - we can't expect the FBI to know what bullets looks like.
load more comments
(7 replies)
The other inscriptions on the fired casings:
“notices bulges”
capital “O-W-O what’s this?”
Inscriptions on the three unfired casings:
“hey fascist!” “catch!” Up arrow symbol, right arrow symbol, and three down arrow symbols.
“Oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao.”
“If you read this, you are gay LMAO.”
Also:
A Wall Street Journal report, citing an ATF bulletin, had previously said the casings were “engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology.” The purported transgender symbols were later understood to relate to markings identifying the manufacturer.
This says that the "sequence of arrows" was interpreted as a transgender symbol.
Now we know that the sequence of arrows was "up, right, down, down, down"
...that's the strategem code for the 500kg bomb in helldivers 2.
The ATF interpreted a video game reference as a transgender symbol...
Edit: another claim I'm seeing, quote from snopes:
Some users online claimed officials had misinterpreted "TRN," an engraving found on ammunition produced by Turan Ammunition, a Turkish company, as "transgender ideology."
This is a more logical mistake to make but is also an embarrassing and irresponsible mistake from the ATF if true.
load more comments
(4 replies)
load more comments
(6 replies)
How was it engraved? Did the guy own some sort of engraving rig? How did he fit all this text on a bullet?
load more comments
(3 replies)
Loving how this headline makes it seem like engraving bullets is some sort of rite of passage for gun owners.