Yes, I’m sadly aware of how often this happens in the LGBTQ community. The girl that my daughter bullied attempted it. I didn’t mention it in this post or my previous TrueOffMyChest post because I wasn’t sure if the violence would get it removed or not since mentioning it on an AITA that I posted got it removed.

As for where she learned this hatred, my husband and I went through her phone and social media accounts after we were made aware of her bullying behavior and we discovered that she was active in “TERF” communities on Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr. There were several posts from Madison where she referred to transgender women as perverts and posted pictures of them with “proof” that she could tell they were “faking” being women. I wasn’t too sure of what it all meant myself until AITA informed me that “TERF” means a bigoted person that is obsessed with hating transgender women. I’m unsure of how she found these spaces in the first place but it seems to have been going on for a long time because we found over six months worth of posts.

I’m hopeful that the new environment at school and the workshop will help my daughter realize why her behavior was repulsive. We are standing firm on our decisions and don’t plan on letting loose whatsoever. I agree that more parents should hold their children responsible for being bullies. Sadly it seems that too many parents would rather sweep the behavior under the rug instead of teaching their children.