US FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says - The choice is being championed by the Heritage Foundation, which is behind Project 2025

FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says (Archive.is) Article​

By Abby Monteil September 19, 2025

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reportedly preparing to categorize transgender people as “violent extremists,” a categorization supported by organizations affiliated with Project 2025.

According to a September 18 report by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein, two anonymous national security officials said that the Bureau is discussing treating trans subjects as a subset of its new threat category, “Nihilistic Violent Extremists” (NVEs), which was created earlier this year. The Bureau defines “Nihilistic Violent Extremism” as “criminal conduct… in furtherance of political, social, or religious goals that derive primarily from a hatred of society at large and a desire to bring about its collapse by sowing indiscriminate chaos.”

Officials said that such a classification would give the Trump administration “political (and media) cover” as they escalate their anti-trans campaign in the aftermath of right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk’s death.

“They are cynically targeting trans people because the shooter’s lover was trans,” an unnamed senior intelligence official told Klippenstein. “The administration has convinced itself that the Charlie Kirk murder exposes some dark conspiracy.”

Last week, the false claim that there were “transgender” engravings on the bullets that suspect Tyler Robinson allegedly used to shoot Kirk began circulating widely, boosted by anti-LGBTQ+ conservatives like Rep. Nancy Mace and Steven Crowder. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox later confirmed that there was “no indication that the ammunition included transgender references.” On Sunday, Cox told Meet the Press that Robinson was allegedly in a romantic relationship with a roommate who is trans, providing no additional public corroborating data or information of the roommate's gender. The authorities have stipulated the roommate has been cooperating with the investigation and was not aware of the shooting prior to its occurrence.

Despite no evidence linking an alleged trans roommate to Robinson’s motivation for shooting Kirk, right-wingers are nevertheless attempting to use this detail to push an anti-trans agenda. In a petition launched on Thursday, the Heritage Foundation — the far-right think tank behind the derided and controversial Project 2025 — and its spin-off group, the Oversight Project, asked the FBI to designate “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism” (TIVE) as a domestic terrorism threat category.

The group defines “TIVE” as “the belief that violence is justified against people who oppose [the trans community],” as well as the belief that opposing trans rights “itself constitutes a form of violence towards people who identify as [trans or gender nonconforming]... or poses an imminent threat to such persons’ emotional, psychological, or physical safety, including through self-harm or suicide.”

As The Independent noted, if such a category is adopted by the FBI, it could be applied to rhetoric used by activists, writers, and allies speaking out against anti-trans policies and rhetoric.

At least a dozen hoaxes have claimed trans people were responsible for mass shootings and other incidents since 2012.In reality, there is no evidence suggesting significant patterns of violence committed by trans people. In 2024, The Gun Violence Archive’s Executive Director, Mark Bryant, said that out of 5,000 mass shootings tracked by the archive, the number of trans or LGBTQ+ suspects is in “the single digit numbers.”

 

[Duke Nukem]

Are incels going to be included as NVEs? They have no prospects and nothing to live for as well.

 

[gernig]

Are you tired of winning yet?

 

[Exegesis]

This is overdue

 

[pwnest injun]

by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein, two anonymous national security officials said

Okay, so it's horse shit. Way to get my hopes up...

 

[Irrational Exuberance]

Officials said that such a classification would give the Trump administration “political (and media) cover” as they escalate their anti-trans campaign in the aftermath of right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk’s death.

“They are cynically targeting trans people because the shooter’s lover was trans,” an unnamed senior intelligence official told Klippenstein. “The administration has convinced itself that the Charlie Kirk murder exposes some dark conspiracy.”

Conspiracy theory, return to your homes.

 

[Professor G. Raff]

Okay, actually more like it just makes you 10,000% more likely than the average not brain-damaged citizen but they had had years to mislabel everything as hate speech and terrorist, so why shouldn't we get in on the fun?

 

[WelperHelper99]

Trannies have the devil in them. This is just recognizing they are past the point of no return. Press X to spit.

 

[Irrational Exuberance]

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Okay, actually more like it just makes you 10,000% more likely than the average not brain-damaged citizen but they had had years to mislabel everything as hate speech and terrorist, so why shouldn't we get in on the fun?

Because "the fun" is something they take deathly serious, seeing as the only way to reach their so-called utopia is by destroying everyone and everything that stands in the way of continuous, global revolution.

In other words, it's not actually that fun at all--just tiring (and if you allow yourself to get sucked in, both depressing and maddening at the lack of perceived "progress").

 

[Jace on ice]

Nihilistic Death Cult.

I generally think that's accurate, ending your own ability to reproduce in favor of mindless cooming and consooming fits.

 

[Elite Kipchak]

banning/regulating discord (and online chat stuff in general) would cut this down immensely imo. when your platform is being used to actively groom perverts, pedophiles, and terrorists, you do not deserve a place in free society.

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

The definition should include the groups that make up anti-fa like anarchists, marxist-leninists and maoists too

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Imagine the euphoria boners as the AGPs become Buffalo Bill copycats in response.

 

[babyDunk]

Are incels going to be included as NVEs? They have no prospects and nothing to live for as well.

Nope.The admin would have to categorize 50% of the male population as dangerous if they wanted to do that.

 

[A Real Munson]

Are incels going to be included as NVEs? They have no prospects and nothing to live for as well.

Nope.The admin would have to categorize 50% of the male population as dangerous if they wanted to do that.

They already do this and recognize a category of Involuntarily Celibate Violent Extremist or IVE which is regarded as being an elevated risk for lone wolf terrorist activity.

I can't insert the link below because I'm a phonecel.

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_1025_strategic-intelligence-assessment-data-domestic-terrorism.pdf

 

[Sailor Kim Jong Moon]

Apparently kavanaughs attacker is a lady now, too!

Anyone can be a woman if they’re blood thirsty enough!

 

[Battlefield2142EU]

People joke, but we will probably see a high number of transgender suicide bombers thanks to war on terror veterans trooning out. Especially in special forces.

 

[Jogger The Nogger]

Wake me up when it's real.