Billionaire voices criticism of gender affirmation treatment in interview
Misgendering his daughter during the interview, the tech mogul claimed: “I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older children. I was told that [Vivian] could commit suicide. It’s incredibly evil… people who promote this should go to jail.”
“I was tricked into doing this… the people promoting this should go to prison.” @ElonMusk opens up to @JordanBPeterson about gender ideology’s impact on his son, Xavier. pic.twitter.com/1bdILGNdJE
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Musk claimed he was not told that puberty blockers are actually sterilization drugs, saying: “I lost my son, essentially. They call it deadnaming for a reason, the reason is your son is dead. My son is dead, killed by the woke mind virus. I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after this.”
This isn’t the first time Tesla’s CEO has voiced his opposition to the trans community. Last week, he announced plans to move the headquarters of Tesla and SpaceX out of California due to a new trans protection law.
The new legislation prevents school districts from forcing educators to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation to anyone else without the child’s permission, with some exceptions.
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