‘My son, Xavier is dead’: Elon Musk opens up on transgender child

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, revealed that he was “tricked” into allowing his child to undergo puberty blockers.

Musk disclosed this during a live interview with psychologist Jordan Peterson on X on Monday.

In their discussion, Peterson brought up Musk’s decision to relocate SpaceX’s headquarters from California, citing Assembly Bill 1955. This legislation allows schools to keep a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity confidential from their parents, a law recently signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom on July 15, 2024.

When Peterson asked Musk about his motivation for addressing this issue, Musk shared a personal experience involving his child, Xavier, who now identifies as transgender and goes by the name Vivian Jenna Wilson.

Musk stated, “It’s evil. You’re taking kids who are far below the age of consent. It’s very possible for adults to manipulate children who are having an actual identity crisis into believing that they are the wrong gender.”

He explained, “Well, it happened to one of my older boys. I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier. This was really before I had any understanding of what was going on, and we had COVID going on, so there was a lot of confusion. And I was told Xavier might commit suicide.”

Peterson challenged this notion, saying, “That was a lie right from the outset. No reliable clinician ever believed that. There was never any evidence for that, and also, if there is a higher suicide rate, the reason is the underlying depression and anxiety and not because of the gender dysphoria. And every god-d*** clinician knows that, too, and they’re too cowardly to come out and say it.”

Musk continued, “It’s incredibly evil. And I agree with you that the people that are promoting this should go to prison. I was tricked into doing this. It wasn’t explained to me that puberty blockers are actually just sterilization drugs. I lost my son, essentially. They call it ‘deadnaming’ for a reason. The reason they call it ‘deadnaming’ is because your son is dead, so my son, Xavier, is dead, killed by the woke mind virus. So I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after that. And we’re making some progress.”

A preprint study published by the Mayo Clinic earlier this year has linked puberty blockers to irreversible long-term fertility issues in boys, contradicting previous claims that the effects are reversible, as reported by Fox News.

According to the Mayo Clinic website, puberty blockers, specifically GnRH analogues, are used to pause puberty in transgender and gender-diverse youth by stopping the production of sex hormones, effectively halting physical changes associated with puberty.

The Daily Mail reports that Vivian Musk, formerly known as Xavier, publicly announced her transgender identity in June 2022 at the age of 18. At the same time, she petitioned to legally change her name to Vivian and adopt her mother’s surname, stating, “I no longer want to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.”

Last week, Musk announced plans to relocate the headquarters of SpaceX and X to Texas, in response to the new California law that prohibits schools from forcing teachers to inform parents about changes to a student’s gender identity. Musk wrote on X, “This is the final straw. Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.”