A 10-year-old transgender girl had a devastating reaction when asked what her biggest fear was amid a fierce public debate over trans rights.
CNN’s Lucy Kafanov was in Washington DC to report on a Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of a Tennessee law denying transgender minors gender-affirming care
when she decided to talk to three trans kids from Arizona and their parents.
She asked the group what concerns they had about speaking out, to which 10-year-old Violet DuMont responded, “It will be, murdered.
“That one, I’m walking down the street and someone’s going to come up and shoot me or something.”
Kafanov noted that the fear of being killed is “a very scary thing to worry about at the age of ten.
“Yes, that shouldn’t be a problem,” DuMont replied.
At that point, Kafanov asked DuMont’s mother what she thought of her daughter’s response.
“It’s just hard to hear her say that,” Michelle Callahan-DuMont responded as she wiped away a tear.
She added that Violet asked her several questions after newly elected President Donald Trump’s victory last month: “Should we move? Are they going to take me from you? And I’m not going to get a beer to get my meds,” referring to puberty blockers and hormone treatments.
Violet DuMont, 10, said her biggest fear is being killed for standing up for transgender rights
The response caused her mother, Michelle Callahan-DuMont, to burst into tears
“It’s just scary,” the concerned mother said.
Trump had promised on the campaign trail to repeal policies supporting gender-affirming careespecially for people under 18 years old.
“On day one, we will sign an executive order directing every federal agency to cease promoting sex or gender transition at any age,” Trump said at a Mom’s for Liberty event in August. “They’re not going to do it anymore.”
He has also said that public schools will no longer receive federal funding if they promote ideas related to gender transition or transgender people, and he has vowed that any hospital or health care provider that performs gender-affirming surgeries or care for minors would no longer comply with federal health and safety standards. , and would therefore no longer receive federal funding.
During the campaign, the Republican Party also spent more than $200 million on anti-trans ads that often ended with the statement, “Kamala is for them/them.” President Trump is for you.”
The party’s official platform even stated, “We will keep men out of women’s sports, ban taxpayer funding for gender reassignment surgery and stop taxpayer-funded schools from advancing gender transition, reverse Biden’s radical rewrite of Title IX education regulations and restore the protection of women and men. girls,’ according to NPR.
When asked about her thoughts on the Republican ads, Violet said they “made me feel like I was literally dead inside.”
“It’s honestly probably the worst thing I’ve ever felt,” she claimed.
The segment came amid national correspondent Lucy Kafanov’s reporting on a Supreme Court case over the constitutionality of a Tennessee law denying gender-affirming care to transgender children.
The 10-year-old went on to say: ‘I’ve heard transphobic politicians say, “No, you’re the wrong gender. You’re confused, honey.”
“My self is a fact, not an opinion,” she argued, “and they don’t get to decide that for me. I can decide that myself.’
Kefanov later referred to the interview as she moved outside the Supreme Court, where justices are hearing arguments to overturn a Tennessee law that bans doctors from prescribing drugs that delay puberty, giving hormone therapy or performing surgery to to treat ‘perceived discomfort or distress resulting from a disharmony’. between the gender of the minor and the claimed identity.’
The law is being challenged by three families and a doctor. They are supported by President Joe Biden’s administration.
Many transgender activists, including DuMont and her mother, traveled to the nation’s capital to express their support for overturning the law.
Trump had promised during his campaign to repeal policies supporting gender-affirming care, especially for people under 18
“We spent time with three families who were traveling on their own, missing school, missing work to be here in DC all the way from Arizona, to make their voices heard because they feel like there are a lot of politicians, lawyers and talking heads , while they are discussing their rights (and) they are not being heard from themselves,” Kafanov said on Wednesday, according to NewsBusters.
“And I want to give you an idea of what a 10-year-old violent DuMont told me when I asked her what it feels like to be a transgender child in America today,” she said before playing the clip of DuMont sharing her. fear of being killed.
Kafanov also noted that “all these families are emphasizing” that “gender-affirming care, things like hormones, puberty blockers – these are very personal, intimate decisions that they make over time with their pediatricians, with their psychiatrists, with the children.” of many, many years.
“These aren’t random decisions they make carelessly, and for these kids it’s an opportunity to be who they really are.
“These 10-year-olds told me they have no doubts about their gender identity,” she explained.
“They are tired of having to constantly defend who they are and argue for their right to exist.”