A 10-year-old transgender girl had a devastating reaction when asked what her biggest fear was amid a fierce public debate over trans rights.
The child was speaking to CNN’s Lucy Kafanov as Supreme Court hears a case over the constitutionality of a Tennessee law denying transgender minors gender-affirming care.
Kafanov asked what concerns she had about speaking out for her rights.
‘That I’m going to be like, murdered,’ 10-year-old Violet DuMont replied. ‘That one I’m going to be walking down the street and somebody’s going to come up and, like, shoot me or something.’
Kafanov commented how a fear of being murdered is a ‘really scary thing to be worrying about at 10 years old.’
‘Yeah, that should not be a worry,’ DuMont replied.
At that point, Kafanov asked DuMont’s mother what she thought of her daughter’s response.
‘It’s just hard to hear her say that,’ Michelle Callahan-DuMont replied as she wiped away a tear.
She added that Violet asked her several questions following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory last month – ‘Are we gonna have to move? Are they going to take me away from you? And Am I not going to be ale to get my medicine,’ referring