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We Need to Talk About Trans-Identified Killers

The Westman school massacre, explained.

We Need to Talk About Trans-Identified Killers
Top row (left to right): Snochia Mosley, Robin Westman, Devon Erickson. Bottom row (left to right): “Ziz” LaSota, Audrey Hale, Nicholas John Roske.

On August 27th, 2025, Robin Westman walked into a Minneapolis Catholic school armed with three guns and opened fire during morning Mass.

Two children were killed, and several others wounded, before Westman turned a weapon on himself.

But what made this tragedy so disturbing wasn’t just the violence — it was the story that followed.

Why did so many media outlets conceal key details about the shooter’s identity?

And why are we seeing a growing number of violent offenders who identify as transgender?

This video narrates the essay "We Need to Talk About Trans-Identified Killers” by Forest Romm and Kevin Waldman, published in Quillette on October 16th, 2025:

Trans-Identified Mass Shooters and Gender-Affirming Care
The list of violent criminals who imagine they were ‘born in the wrong body’ is growing.

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Forest Romm

Forest Romm is a mental health professional. She is the Director and co-founder of Foundations of Reason and Meaning (FORM Research).

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Kevin Waldman

Kevin Waldman is a mental health professional. He is the CEO and co-founder of Foundations of Reason and Meaning (FORM Research).

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Zoe Booth

Content Director and host of the Quillette Cetera podcast.