Elon Musk’s transgender daughter Vivian responds to father’s comments on “woke mind virus”, Grimes shows support

nme.com:

Elon Musk’s daughter Vivian has hit back at her father’s comments that she was “killed by the woke mind virus”, and has received support from Musk’s ex-partner Grimes.During a recent interview that the Tesla and X CEO did with the conservative commentator and psychologist Jordan Peterson, Musk spoke about his estranged daughter Vivian Wilson, whom he repeatedly deadnamed and misgendered.Wilson, 20, officially changed her name in 2022 to reflect her gender identity as a trans woman and to take her mother Justine Wilson’s surname.My conversation with @elonmusk.

Live today at 3pm ET. https://t.co/RyaZFmvC8i— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) July 22, 2024Musk claimed in the interview that he had been “tricked” into signing the paperwork to allow Vivian to use puberty blockers, which he described as “actually just sterilisation drugs”.

He added that his “son” had been “killed” by the “woke mind virus” and that he had “lost his son”.He later reiterated the claims on X, adding that Vivian was “born gay and slightly autistic, two attributes that contribute to gender dysphoria.

I knew that from when he was about 4 years old and he would pick out clothes for me to wear like a jacket and tell me it was “fabulous!”, as well as his love of musicals & theatre.