The Trump administration is reportedly planning to classify specific transgender suspects as “violent extremists,” according to journalist Ken Klippenstein. Writing on his Substack, Klippenstein said two national security officials told him that the FBI intends to treat transgender suspects as a subset of the Bureau’s newly created “Nihilistic Violent Extremists” (NVE) category. The NVE designation was created earlier this year to replace the Biden-era label “Anti-Authority and Anti-Government Violent Extremists” (AGAAVE), which had been used to categorize participants in the January 6 Capitol riot and other right-wing or anti-government groups. Heritage argues the FBI’s “Nihilistic Violent Extremists” label is overly broad and “flawed,” claiming transgender extremists are not motivated by nihilism or a lack of ideology. Reed likened Heritage’s proposal to Russia’s anti-LGBTQ policies, noting the Trump administration has already floated similar plans to dismantle nonprofits it views as ideological opponents.