Overview
- Recent reports document a continued wave of posts on Facebook and X that claim, without evidence, that Erika Kirk is secretly transgender and retroactively make the same claim about the late Charlie Kirk.
- The activity intensified after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on September 10, with users fixating on Erika’s physical features as supposed proof.
- A Facebook group called Transvestigation Disclosure NOW, which has more than 53,000 members, has hosted posts misgendering Erika and circulating screenshots of her pageant photos.
- Some users have folded the claims into wider far-right and antisemitic narratives, including unsupported allegations involving Mossad and speculation around Charlie Kirk’s death.
- Journalists note there is no factual basis for any of the assertions and report that both Charlie and Erika Kirk are cisgender, with disinformation outlets helping amplify the harassment.