Elon Musk says his daughter ‘died’ after gender transition

Tesla and X (formerly Twitter) CEO Elon Musk has been criticized and accused of transphobic speech when commenting on the gender reassignment that his daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, underwent in 2022. The billionaire believes that the heiress (born Xavier) was “killed by the waking mind virus” and said he was tricked into allowing the young woman to take puberty blockers.

Musk also said he signed documents allowing his daughter to undergo surgery and regretted it. “I was basically tricked into signing documents for one of my older sons, Xavier. This was before I had any understanding of what was going on,” he recalled. “Covid-19 was happening, so there was a lot of confusion and I was told Xavier might commit suicide.”

He also called puberty blockers “sterilization drugs.” “I lost my son, basically. They call it ‘deadnaming’ for a reason. The reason they call it ‘deadnaming’ is because your son is dead. My son, Xavier, is dead. Dead by the woke mind virus,” Jordan Peterson of the Daily Wire said in an interview.

Musk stressed that his mission now is to eradicate gender reassignment procedures for children and adolescents after his daughter’s transition. “I’m against it [redesignação de gênero] and I will destroy the woke mind virus after that.”