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Elon Musk vs. transgender people

Elon Musk is an entrepreneur, investor, and one of the world’s most prominent anti-transgender extremists. Musk’s adult trans child Vivian Wilson filed legal papers to end being “related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.”

Since then. Musk has made many anti-trans comments and has supported other anti-trans extremists and their positions.

Examples include:

  • “Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life.”
  • “Every child goes through an identity crisis before their personality/identity crystallizes. Therefore, we shouldn’t allow severe, irreversible surgery or sterilizing drugs that they may regret until at least age 18.”
  • Platformed transphobic film What Is a Woman? on Twitter, saying “Every parent should watch this.”
  • “I will be actively lobbying to criminalize making severe, irreversible changes to children below the age of consent.”

Background

Elon Reeve Musk was born June 28, 1971 into a wealthy South African family that supported apartheid. In 1989 Musk moved to Canada as part of a plan to obtain American citizenship.

After studying in Canada, Musk transferred to University of Pennsylvania. Musk’s year of undergraduate degree date is a matter of dispute. Musk claimed a graduation date on 1995 on several occasions. According to Snopes, the University of Pennsylvania released this statement: “Elon Musk earned a B.A. in physics and a B.S. in economics (concentrations: finance and entrepreneurial management) from the University of Pennsylvania. The degrees were awarded on May 19, 1997.”

In 1995, Musk co-founded city guide Zip2. In 1999, Musk co-founded online payment company X.com, which through mergers became PayPal, which then sold to eBay. Musk used the earnings to found SpaceX in 2002. In 2004 Musk became the major shareholder in Tesla Motors. In 2006 Musk provided seed funding for SolarCity, which was later acquired by Tesla. In 2015 Musk founded satellite ISP Starlink, and in 2016 Musk co-founded Neuralink. Musk founded The Boring Company in 2017.

Trans child

In June 2022, Musk’s child legally changed name and gender, to end being “related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.”

Musk has a dystopian view of the left’s influence on America, which helps explain his wild pursuit of Twitter to liberate free speech. He blames the fact that his teenage daughter no longer wants to be associated with him on the supposed takeover of elite schools and universities by neo-Marxists. “It’s full-on communism . . . and a general sentiment that if you’re rich, you’re evil,” says Musk. “It [the relationship] may change, but I have very good relationships with all the others [children]. Can’t win them all.”

Khalaf (2022)

Grimes and Chelsea Manning

Around the same time, the parent of two of Musk’s children, singer Grimes, was reportedly dating trans whistleblower Chelsea Manning after Grimes and Musk split up.

Twitter

In 2022, Musk purchased Twitter for about $44 billion and quickly began rolling back policies that protected trans and gender diverse people from abuse on the platform. Musk also began unbanning nearly all users suspended for anti-transgender activity.

Musk has made a number of anti-transgender statements, claiming that gender diverse youth are “fed propaganda by adults,” stating “we shouldn’t allow severe, irreversible surgery or sterilizing drugs that they may regret until at least age 18.”

In April 2023, Musk followed the transphobic account Libs of TikTok, referred to anti-trans activist Matt Walsh’s work in asking “What’s a woman?” and said “Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life.”

References

Hartmans, Avery (Oct 7, 2022). Elon Musk says his teenage daughter doesn’t want to be associated with him because of what he calls ‘full-on communism’ taught in schools and widespread hatred of the wealthy. Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-blames-communism-hatred-of-wealthy-for-daughters-estrangement-2022-10

Sprayregen, Molly (October 10, 2022). Elon Musk says communists made his trans daughter hate him. LGBTQ Nation https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/10/elon-musk-says-communists-made-trans-daughter-hate/

Cardoza, Riley (October 10, 2022). Elon Musk addresses estrangement from daughter Vivian: ‘Can’t win them all.’ Page Six https://pagesix.com/2022/10/10/elon-musk-talks-daughter-vivians-estrangement-cant-win-them-all/

Khalaf, Roula (October 7, 2022). Elon Musk: ‘Aren’t you entertained?’ Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/5ef14997-982e-4f03-8548-b5d67202623a

Resources

Britannica (britannica.com)

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Twitter (twitter.com)