This story was first published by LOOKOUT , an investigative nonprofit news organization covering Arizona’s LGBTQ+ communities.

A Phoenix man was arrested Wednesday after police say he threatened to attack a nearby LGBTQ+ bar, citing Charlie Kirk’s assassination and online rhetoric blaming transgender people for political violence. He was charged with threatening terrorism.

According to an arrest affidavit, 49-year-old Treven Gokey called a crisis line on Sept. 17 and said he was “triggered by political events.” He specifically named Kirk’s killing as his motivation and claimed, without evidence, that “the last five school shootings have been committed by transgenders.” Investigators wrote that Gokey had become radicalized by online comments pushing the false narrative that transg

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