A militant transgender activist who has quickly become one of the highest profile “faces” of the radical movement has been claimed to be a former soldier.
Kayla Denker, who runs a YouTube site with videos dedicated to explaining Marxism and guns, posted a video of herself with an assault rifle after the Nashville school shooting.
Nashville shooter Audrey Hale, 28, was described by police as transgender, and online she appeared to refer to herself as “Aiden,” though authorities still refer to Hale as female.
Hale’s murder of three nine-year-old boys and three staff members at a Christian school she attended, and which police say she may have resented, has sparked intense debate among the transgender community.
While the vast majority condemned the attack, fringe and extremist groups said the shooting was partly a result of the oppression of trans people.
Colorado-based Denker, believed to be a former soldier, was among those who immediately posted a highly provocative video online of herself brandishing an assault rifle.
Kayla Denker, who is believed to be a former soldier, posted this video online after the Nashville school shooting on Monday. The shooting was carried out by a transgender person.
Denker says nothing on TikTok, but reloads his assault rifle several times, looking at the camera.
The clip is captioned: “While advocating for trans people to ‘arm up’ is not any kind of solution to the genocide we are facing, I want to say that if transphobes try to come after me…”
The conclusion of his comment was cut short in the images that were shared online.
Since then, Denker has made most of his social media accounts private.
One account that remains open to the public is his YouTube page, which he launched in 2016.
His first video, posted four years ago, was a 10-minute clip titled ‘Communism Recovery’.
He then uploaded an eight-part series on Marxism, plus a three-part BBC documentary on the German philosopher.
Denker’s most recent videos are about weapons.
In March 2021, he posted a video of a man who appeared to be called Adam discussing guns, captioned: “High-powered rifles and why the AR-15 isn’t one.”
In July 2021, he posted a video of the same man titled: ‘What equipment should you get as a beginner shooter.’
It is believed that Adam was Kayla, before the transition.
Colorado-based Kayla Denker has cultivated a strong social media presence.
A month later, in August 2021, a video was posted on a Patreon site for those interested in guns, Hammer and Pistol, called: ‘Gun Demographics w/ Adam Denker’.
The caption of the video reads: “Adam Denker called from the mountains of the PNW, so the sound quality isn’t the best, but I think we had a good discussion about the breakdown of who owns guns, who owns the means of production in the gun industry, and more.
‘Episode Content Warning: Discussion of military-related violence; white supremacy; suicide; right-wing and fascist ideas about violence; debate on the history of indigenous genocide and enslavement of Africans.’
All links on the online page click to current Kayla Denker sites.
Kayla Denker’s TikTok video came as trans activists across the country were continuing to rally their supporters for a “Trans Revenge Day,” after raising money for firearms training.
The group’s Virginia chapter held a ‘dance party fundraiser’ in Richmond ‘to benefit Virginia’s transgender firearms/self-defense training’ on March 7.
The group’s Virginia chapter held a “dance party fundraiser” in Richmond “benefiting firearms/self-defense training for trans-Virginians” on March 7.
Twitter has been removing posts that could be considered threatening or involve weapons associated with the ‘TransDayofVengeance’ hashtag, but it’s unclear exactly how many people posed with weapons, as they have since been removed.
An activist using the hashtag on a since-suspended account threatening to kill Christians, using an offensive slur.
Two other trans activists have since posted images and photos of themselves with rifles, which appear to be a direct response to the Nashville shooting.
In statements, the group has worked to distance itself from Hale, the Nashville shooter, and her actions, and has renamed the protest.
Initially, Saturday’s protest was to be called a “day of visibility,” but the name was changed, before the shooting, to revenge because it means “to strike back vehemently.”
Contacted by DailyMail.com, the group was quick to say that they do not ‘encourage or promote violence’.
But one activist appears to have taken the movement to the next level, posting a photo of a heavily armed person with an assault rifle and threatening to ‘kill christcucks’, offensive slang for Christians.
Twitter has been removing posts that could be considered threatening or involve weapons associated with the ‘TransDayofVengeance’ hashtag.
The @TDNTracker account, which posted images of the two women with guns, has since been removed.
Ella Irwin, Twitter’s director of trust and safety, wrote that the company removed more than 5,000 tweets that included a banner from the event.
She said: ‘We do not support tweets that incite violence, regardless of who posts them.
‘”Revenge” does not imply peaceful protest. Organizing or supporting peaceful protests is fine.’
Two other trans activists have since posted images and photos of themselves with rifles, which appear to be a direct response to the Nashville shooting.
One says that he will use the gun to “protect” himself against the “transphobes” who attack them.
Audrey Hale’s LinkedIn profile suggested that they were now living as men and were called Aiden when she shot and killed six people at a Christian private school in Nashville.
Hale was born female, but had recently started using the pronouns he/he and the name ‘Aiden’ according to friends and police.
Websites like Etsy are still used to sell pro-gun and trans products, with “stand for equality” stickers featuring assault rifles.
Others have flags and stickers available that say “stand for equality” in the colors of the trans flag.
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green also saw her account removed after launching several attacks against trans people on Twitter.
Greene claimed that ‘Antifa’ was organizing the April 1 event and reposted a poster for the protest.
Activists are encouraged to ‘bring a friend’ and wear a mask at the event outside the Supreme Court in DC, which is billed as payback for a ‘trans genocide’.
Organizers did not respond when asked about the security of the protests amid mounting pressure between the two sides of the political spectrum.
Websites like Etsy are still used to sell pro-gun and trans products, with “stand for equality” stickers featuring assault rifles.
They also sell T-shirts and other items emblazoned with ‘Trans Rights…or else’, with pink, white and blue high powered guns, the trans colors, on them.