Fact-check analysisVerified as of August 28, 2025Curated by FactVerify
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Mass shootings, stabbing, firebombing, and arsonist are caused mainly by transgender and gender fluid people.

Mass shootings, stabbing, firebombing, and arson are not mainly caused by transgender and gender fluid people; the overwhelming majority of such violent acts are committed by cisgender individuals.

How Many Mass Shootings Have Been Carried Out by Transgender People? - Newsweek

How Many Mass Shootings Have Been Carried Out by Transgender People? - Newsweek

Source: newsweek.com

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Verified August 28, 2025
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What the Evidence Shows

The claim that mass shootings, stabbing, firebombing, and arson are mainly caused by transgender and gender fluid people is contradicted by multiple reliable sources.

According to Newsweek, only 4 out of over 300 mass shooters since 2009 were transgender or non-binary, indicating that approximately 99% of mass shooters are not from these groups.newsweek.comnewsweek.comHow Many Mass Shootings Have Been Carried Out by Transgender People?

Reuters fact checks ( and ) confirm that most mass school shootings and mass shootings in general are carried out by cisgender men, not transgender or non-binary individuals. Specifically, one source notes that 97.7% of mass shooters in their database were men, predominantly cisgender.reuters.comreuters.comFact Check: Most mass school shootings are not carried out by transgender peoplereuters.comreuters.comFact Check: Majority of US mass shooters are cis men, not transgender or...

Additional analyses from Northeastern University and AP News emphasize there has been no significant rise in transgender shooters and that the majority of assailants in mass shootings are cisgender males.cssh.northeastern.educssh.northeastern.eduFACT FOCUS: No 'incredible rise' in transgender shootersapnews.comapnews.comFACT FOCUS: No 'incredible rise' in transgender shooters

While Everytown Research reports that nonbinary young people report high rates of being impacted by mass shootings, this does not imply causation or perpetration by these groups.everytownresearch.orgeverytownresearch.orgThe Relationship Between Firearms, Mass Shootings and Suicide Risk among LGBTQ+...

The case study of the Covenant School shooting highlights a single incident involving a transgender individual but does not support a broader pattern or majority.mdpi.commdpi.comThe Covenant School Shooting: Media Coverage and Backlash against the...

Overall, the evidence strongly indicates that violent crimes such as mass shootings, stabbing, firebombing, and arson are overwhelmingly committed by cisgender individuals rather than transgender or gender fluid people. The claim is therefore false and perpetuates a misleading narrative unsupported by data.

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The Relationship Between Firearms, Mass Shootings and Suicide Risk among LGBTQ+...

everytownresearch.org
Open source

How Many Mass Shootings Have Been Carried Out by Transgender People?

newsweek.com
Open source

Fact Check: Most mass school shootings are not carried out by transgender people

reuters.com
Open source
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