I'm not equating it to mass shooters, I'm saying expect more tragedies and violent acts from the "Trans community," because most of the violent ones aren't actually trans, they're mentally ill, who were told their trans.
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Unfortunately, it's not about a clear picture, it's about narrative.Within hours of the first reports, many commentators did what they almost always do in crime coverage: they started sketching the perpetrator in demographic shorthand. Age. Appearance. Sex. In some accounts, the suspect was described as “female.” In others, as a “female with brown hair, wearing a dress.” Female wasn’t a throwaway adjective. It was part of the mental picture readers were being asked to form.
The adjective “female” stuck out. Not because women are incapable of violence, but because in this specific category of atrocity, female perpetrators are rare enough that the descriptor does cognitive work. Your brain can’t help it. It starts asking: What’s different here? What explains the outlier? You don’t have to like that instinct for it to be real.
If a newsroom believes sex is relevant enough to include in the first wave of reporting, relevant enough to help the public picture the perpetrator when our only context is “18,” “female,” “dress” and “brown hair,” then sex can’t become irrelevant the moment it gets complicated.
Either the public deserves a clear picture of who we’re discussing, or it doesn’t. Either sex is useful context, or it’s not. Treating “female” as a singularly normal adjective while treating “trans” as unspeakable isn’t neutral reporting. The rule here isn’t “always mention it” or “never mention it.” It’s relevance, consistency, and honesty about what you’re doing.
If an identity marker doesn’t clarify the story, leave it out. If it does clarify the picture you’ve already asked readers to form, then say it plainly once it’s confirmed, instead of letting people piece it together through rumour and resentment. In any story about such an atrocity, being “trans” is at least as relevant as being “female.”
Julia Malott: I'm transgender. It's wrong to hide mass shooter's trans identity — National Post
Treating 'female' as a normal adjective while treating 'trans' as unspeakable isn’t neutral reportingapple.news
Follow the narrative.
You are Number 5.
So, do we blame the trans community or the mental-illness community?
I know! How about True Dope? Let's blame him!
And lawsuits as well. It appears that those who are in the process of de transitioning are doing so because they've been lied to. Huh, who knew??? (snark).
this is much how police would write it if the person of interest was at large.WHen they already know the person of interest is already dead, it seeems a bit odd.
Well another Trans shooter yesterday in Rhode Island it must be True Dopes fault .
Does the noise in your head piss off the neighbours?
True Dope came up with psychosis affirming care?
Significant brain damage to child shot in Tumbler Ridge: Mom
Maya Gebala remains in critical condition at B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver, following surgery for multiple gunshot wounds
Author of the article:Brian Towie
Published Feb 16, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Maya Gebala, 12. is fighting for her life in a B.C. hospital. Facebook
Maya Gebala, 12. is fighting for her life in a B.C. hospital. Facebook Photo by Facebook /Facebook
Maya Gebala, the 12-year-old girl fighting for her life after the Tumbler Ridge shooting on Feb. 10, has significant damage to the left side of her brain, her mother Cia Edmonds posted in a Facebook update.
Maya was shot in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting that resulted in the deaths of nine people, including the shooter. Maya is one of the 27 people injured in the shooting. She remains in critical condition at B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, following surgery for multiple gunshot wounds.
“There’s damage to her brain stem from where the bullet exited,” Edmonds wrote. “Because of the damage and swelling surrounding it, it is hard to say how much response and deliberate function she will be able to regain, however, we are hopeful. There’s significant damage to the left side of her brain, that is where the bullet entered and exited, it tore right through.”
Progress ‘uplifting’
Edmonds says though her progress is encouraging, she fears Maya’s condition could take a turn for the worse.
“The progress is so uplifting, I dread the day it plateaus,” Edmonds writes. “She has been cleared for a feeding tube and is (thankfully) not considered to pass in the immediate future. There are still many fears. There are still risks her heart could stop … there is fluid build up in her lungs, or of course … She may just stop progressing, and this is it.
“There are a lot of positives, of course, but this recovery won’t be linear. I still sing to her. Talk to her, tell her how proud we are and that the entire world is cheering her on.”
Edmonds notes the worldwide love and support her family has received is making a major difference when Maya’s outlook was at its darkest.
“I believe that positive energy and prayer has helped her to rise above the imminent and dire initial expectations,” she writes. “We cannot stop now, we have so far to go yet.”
Please let Maya rest, family says
While Edmonds says the support for Maya is welcome, she wants well-wishers to refrain from visit her.
“Hey I have caught wind of a post that was made regarding a person wanting to fill several buses with people to come visit maya???” she wrote. “That is very unacceptable. There are other children and families with their own flavor of tragedy and the last thing they need is to feel bombarded.. Maya also needs rest.”
GoFundMe for Maya, teammate
A GoFundMe page for Maya and another for the family her teammate and her 13-year-old friend Ezekiel Schofield, who was killed in the shooting, have been set up for those who wish to donate. As of Monday afternoon, more than $420,000 has been raised for Maya.
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Maya Gebala remains in critical condition at B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver, following surgery for multiple gunshot wounds
Author of the article:Brian Towie
Published Feb 16, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Maya Gebala, 12. is fighting for her life in a B.C. hospital. Facebook
Maya Gebala, 12. is fighting for her life in a B.C. hospital. Facebook Photo by Facebook /Facebook
Maya Gebala, the 12-year-old girl fighting for her life after the Tumbler Ridge shooting on Feb. 10, has significant damage to the left side of her brain, her mother Cia Edmonds posted in a Facebook update.
Maya was shot in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting that resulted in the deaths of nine people, including the shooter. Maya is one of the 27 people injured in the shooting. She remains in critical condition at B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, following surgery for multiple gunshot wounds.
“There’s damage to her brain stem from where the bullet exited,” Edmonds wrote. “Because of the damage and swelling surrounding it, it is hard to say how much response and deliberate function she will be able to regain, however, we are hopeful. There’s significant damage to the left side of her brain, that is where the bullet entered and exited, it tore right through.”
Progress ‘uplifting’
Edmonds says though her progress is encouraging, she fears Maya’s condition could take a turn for the worse.
“The progress is so uplifting, I dread the day it plateaus,” Edmonds writes. “She has been cleared for a feeding tube and is (thankfully) not considered to pass in the immediate future. There are still many fears. There are still risks her heart could stop … there is fluid build up in her lungs, or of course … She may just stop progressing, and this is it.
“There are a lot of positives, of course, but this recovery won’t be linear. I still sing to her. Talk to her, tell her how proud we are and that the entire world is cheering her on.”
Edmonds notes the worldwide love and support her family has received is making a major difference when Maya’s outlook was at its darkest.
“I believe that positive energy and prayer has helped her to rise above the imminent and dire initial expectations,” she writes. “We cannot stop now, we have so far to go yet.”
Please let Maya rest, family says
While Edmonds says the support for Maya is welcome, she wants well-wishers to refrain from visit her.
“Hey I have caught wind of a post that was made regarding a person wanting to fill several buses with people to come visit maya???” she wrote. “That is very unacceptable. There are other children and families with their own flavor of tragedy and the last thing they need is to feel bombarded.. Maya also needs rest.”
GoFundMe for Maya, teammate
A GoFundMe page for Maya and another for the family her teammate and her 13-year-old friend Ezekiel Schofield, who was killed in the shooting, have been set up for those who wish to donate. As of Monday afternoon, more than $420,000 has been raised for Maya.
Donate to Ezekiel Schofield - Tumbler Ridge BC, organized by Amanda Hanna
The Schofields are close family friends and I offered to help set up this gofund me … Amanda Hanna needs your support for Ezekiel Schofield - Tumbler Ridge BC
Donate to Support For Maya In Her Road To Recovery, organized by Krysta Hunt
My name is Krysta, and I am the Cousin of Cia, Mayas mother. I am starting this… Krysta Hunt needs your support for Support For Maya In Her Road To Recovery
Significant brain damage to child shot in Tumbler Ridge: Mom
Mya Gebala has suffered "significant damage to the left side of her brain," her mother wrote in a Facebook update. Read more.
Psychosis affirming care failed these children.Significant brain damage to child shot in Tumbler Ridge: Mom
Maya Gebala remains in critical condition at B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver, following surgery for multiple gunshot wounds
Author of the article:Brian Towie
Published Feb 16, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Maya Gebala, 12. is fighting for her life in a B.C. hospital. Facebook
Maya Gebala, 12. is fighting for her life in a B.C. hospital. Facebook Photo by Facebook /Facebook
Maya Gebala, the 12-year-old girl fighting for her life after the Tumbler Ridge shooting on Feb. 10, has significant damage to the left side of her brain, her mother Cia Edmonds posted in a Facebook update.
Maya was shot in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting that resulted in the deaths of nine people, including the shooter. Maya is one of the 27 people injured in the shooting. She remains in critical condition at B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, following surgery for multiple gunshot wounds.
“There’s damage to her brain stem from where the bullet exited,” Edmonds wrote. “Because of the damage and swelling surrounding it, it is hard to say how much response and deliberate function she will be able to regain, however, we are hopeful. There’s significant damage to the left side of her brain, that is where the bullet entered and exited, it tore right through.”
Progress ‘uplifting’
Edmonds says though her progress is encouraging, she fears Maya’s condition could take a turn for the worse.
“The progress is so uplifting, I dread the day it plateaus,” Edmonds writes. “She has been cleared for a feeding tube and is (thankfully) not considered to pass in the immediate future. There are still many fears. There are still risks her heart could stop … there is fluid build up in her lungs, or of course … She may just stop progressing, and this is it.
“There are a lot of positives, of course, but this recovery won’t be linear. I still sing to her. Talk to her, tell her how proud we are and that the entire world is cheering her on.”
Edmonds notes the worldwide love and support her family has received is making a major difference when Maya’s outlook was at its darkest.
“I believe that positive energy and prayer has helped her to rise above the imminent and dire initial expectations,” she writes. “We cannot stop now, we have so far to go yet.”
Please let Maya rest, family says
While Edmonds says the support for Maya is welcome, she wants well-wishers to refrain from visit her.
“Hey I have caught wind of a post that was made regarding a person wanting to fill several buses with people to come visit maya???” she wrote. “That is very unacceptable. There are other children and families with their own flavor of tragedy and the last thing they need is to feel bombarded.. Maya also needs rest.”
GoFundMe for Maya, teammate
A GoFundMe page for Maya and another for the family her teammate and her 13-year-old friend Ezekiel Schofield, who was killed in the shooting, have been set up for those who wish to donate. As of Monday afternoon, more than $420,000 has been raised for Maya.
Donate to Ezekiel Schofield - Tumbler Ridge BC, organized by Amanda Hanna
The Schofields are close family friends and I offered to help set up this gofund me … Amanda Hanna needs your support for Ezekiel Schofield - Tumbler Ridge BCDonate to Support For Maya In Her Road To Recovery, organized by Krysta Hunt
My name is Krysta, and I am the Cousin of Cia, Mayas mother. I am starting this… Krysta Hunt needs your support for Support For Maya In Her Road To RecoverySignificant brain damage to child shot in Tumbler Ridge: Mom
Mya Gebala has suffered "significant damage to the left side of her brain," her mother wrote in a Facebook update. Read more.
I would say you blame both. The Trans community for acting like a tyrannical minority and attacking anyone who raises questions about their sudden monopoly on who is right and who is wrong about gender. The mental health community for abandoning science and biology for activism. Those doctors who think most of this is environmental hysteria won't dare speak up because we now live in the Woke McCarthy era.
Are you really asking that question or just trying to lure me into some Matlock moment?
Mom of Tumbler Ridge victim 'overwhelmed' by constant mail
Cia Edmonds also said on social media that daughter Maya is 'deteriorating mentally and physically'
Author of the article:Spiro Papuckoski
Published Mar 13, 2026 • Last updated 9 hours ago • 2 minute read
Maya Gebala has been hospitalized since the Tumbler Ridge shooting on Feb. 10, 2026.
Maya Gebala has been hospitalized since the Tumbler Ridge shooting on Feb. 10, 2026. Photo by Cia Edmonds /Facebook
The mother of a victim critically injured in the Tumbler Ridge school shooting said she has been “overwhelmed” by constant letters and packages mailed each day.
Cia Edmonds also said on social media that her 12-year-old daughter Maya Gebala is “deteriorating mentally and physically” as she remains in hospital a month after the shooting.
The mother said while she recognized the public’s positivity following the tragic incident that claimed nine lives, including that of the shooter, in the small British Columbia community, she is asking anyone who still wants to send mail to “kindly hold off.”
“We are extremely grateful for an overwhelming amount of support and love for Maya, and some for us, and some for Dahlia. We are so overwhelmed.” Edmonds shared Thursday on Facebook.
Family inundated with mail
Edmonds joked she is going to need a storage unit after saying her family received more than 1,500 pieces of mail after sharing her address online, with letters coming in packs of 50 daily.
“We aren’t able to get through it fast enough,” she wrote. “It is literally everywhere. Especially since Maya has not been doing well in the past week.”
She also asked her followers to pray for her daughter.
“I’ve never been a religious person. However, I can recognize the positive shift when there is collective love and positivity.”
Edmonds and David Gebala marked one month since their daughter was injured in the mass shooting in separate online posts earlier this week.
She shared photos of her daughter’s arm on the first day in hospital and a month later.
Father living in state of limbo
Gebala said on Facebook the “days have blurred together so much that I’m not even sure where the time goes,” adding he lives in a state of limbo as he stays by his daughter’s side.
“When I look at Maya, I know she’s still in there, and we just keep hoping for the best version of her,” he continued. “It’s a day-by-day battle. I try to stay strong for everyone around me, but the truth is the weight of it all is crushing.”
Gebala said his mind drifts to the other children in the school on that day, haunted by the thoughts of how scared they must have been as well as the screaming and crying.
“No one is ever prepared for something like this,” he wrote.
Admitting he is not someone who shares what is going on in his mind, Gebala said he will seek help.
“Right now it feels like I’m losing parts of myself and constantly searching for distractions to hide what I’m feeling,” he said.
“I’ve never really been someone who opens up easily, but I’m going to try. I’m going to seek trauma counselling and take that step forward.”
torontosun.com
Cia Edmonds also said on social media that daughter Maya is 'deteriorating mentally and physically'
Author of the article:Spiro Papuckoski
Published Mar 13, 2026 • Last updated 9 hours ago • 2 minute read
Maya Gebala has been hospitalized since the Tumbler Ridge shooting on Feb. 10, 2026.
Maya Gebala has been hospitalized since the Tumbler Ridge shooting on Feb. 10, 2026. Photo by Cia Edmonds /Facebook
The mother of a victim critically injured in the Tumbler Ridge school shooting said she has been “overwhelmed” by constant letters and packages mailed each day.
Cia Edmonds also said on social media that her 12-year-old daughter Maya Gebala is “deteriorating mentally and physically” as she remains in hospital a month after the shooting.
The mother said while she recognized the public’s positivity following the tragic incident that claimed nine lives, including that of the shooter, in the small British Columbia community, she is asking anyone who still wants to send mail to “kindly hold off.”
“We are extremely grateful for an overwhelming amount of support and love for Maya, and some for us, and some for Dahlia. We are so overwhelmed.” Edmonds shared Thursday on Facebook.
Family inundated with mail
Edmonds joked she is going to need a storage unit after saying her family received more than 1,500 pieces of mail after sharing her address online, with letters coming in packs of 50 daily.
“We aren’t able to get through it fast enough,” she wrote. “It is literally everywhere. Especially since Maya has not been doing well in the past week.”
She also asked her followers to pray for her daughter.
“I’ve never been a religious person. However, I can recognize the positive shift when there is collective love and positivity.”
Edmonds and David Gebala marked one month since their daughter was injured in the mass shooting in separate online posts earlier this week.
She shared photos of her daughter’s arm on the first day in hospital and a month later.
Father living in state of limbo
Gebala said on Facebook the “days have blurred together so much that I’m not even sure where the time goes,” adding he lives in a state of limbo as he stays by his daughter’s side.
“When I look at Maya, I know she’s still in there, and we just keep hoping for the best version of her,” he continued. “It’s a day-by-day battle. I try to stay strong for everyone around me, but the truth is the weight of it all is crushing.”
Gebala said his mind drifts to the other children in the school on that day, haunted by the thoughts of how scared they must have been as well as the screaming and crying.
“No one is ever prepared for something like this,” he wrote.
Admitting he is not someone who shares what is going on in his mind, Gebala said he will seek help.
“Right now it feels like I’m losing parts of myself and constantly searching for distractions to hide what I’m feeling,” he said.
“I’ve never really been someone who opens up easily, but I’m going to try. I’m going to seek trauma counselling and take that step forward.”
Mom of Tumbler Ridge victim 'overwhelmed' by constant mail
The mother of a victim critically injured in the Tumbler Ridge school shooting said she has been "overwhelmed" by constant mail. Read more.