So was the shooter a man or woman? Every report I'm seeing is saying it was a woman, but the individual being identified is a transgender man?
Biological female / born a woman.
So why are they being misgendered everywhere, even in mainstream/left-leaning publications?
The front page of the NY Times literally reads, "The shooter, a woman, was shot and killed by the police." This is false, right?
Why is misgendering a mass murderer something we should care about?
I don't care beyond having mild irritation about the confusion, but the argument would be that misgendering someone is offensive regardless of the fact that the person in question is worthy of hate. There is an idea that there are certain classes of insults (slurs being a stronger example) which are off-limits regardless of the caliber of person being insulted.
