The Alec McKinney Case Is Nuts, But Still A False Narrative Re: Trans Violence

Let’s look at this one, from 2019, briefly.

This is typically referred to as the “STEM School Shooting,” or the “STEM Highlands Shooting.” It was in Colorado. It is generally not well-remembered for three or four different reasons, including happening in 2019 (pre-COVID), only one fatality, and because it involved a minor at the time, some details didn’t come out in full until later.

The basic story is that Alec McKinney, who was born Maya McKinney, was 16 years old and basically seemed to hate the STEM school they were attending. The home life situation also seemed bad. Apparently Alec/Maya lived with 14 other peers (siblings, cousins) and the dad had been deported to Mexico a few years prior. A single mom was basically managing a household of 14 pre-teens and teenagers, best I can tell. That’s a recipe for a mess.

Alec began transitioning and at some point, he became friends with a kid named Devon Erickson. It does not appear Devon was homosexual, and in fact many reports paint him as a ladies man. There are all sorts of rumors in the Internet ether that Alec (bio female) was hooking up with Devon (bio male), even though Alec identified as a male. Anyway, their relationship — be it intimate or just friends — got intense and there’s…