Convicted mosque bomber argues her transgender identity should get her a lenient sentence / LGBTQ Nation

Every group has its nutcases.

Whether Elkins realizes it or not, she’s playing on old transphobic stereotypes that accuse trans identities of causing people to become psychopathic. These stereotypes play out in numerous films like Psycho, Dressed to Kill and The Silence of the Lambs. But Hari’s Islamophobia and right-wing ideology drove her actions, not her trans identity.

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