A popular video hosting platform removed a new documentary told from the perspectives of parents whose children were introduced to radical gender theory.   

The new indie film, “Dead Name,” was hosted on Vimeo for just over a month until Monday, when its creators discovered it had been wiped from the video-sharing platform. The documentary follows the stories of three parents who struggled with their children’s newly announced transgender identity. 

“We can confirm that Vimeo removed the video in question for violating our Terms of Service prohibiting discriminatory or hateful content,” a representative of Vimeo responded to the Daily Wire’s request for comment. “We strive to enforce these policies objectively and consistently across our platform.”

Vimeo also indicated that the video may have been reported by other users, but was ultimately evaluated by their Trust and Safety team, and was found to be in violation of their terms. The member profile that uploaded the video, Broken Heart Films, was also erased from their platform. 

Taylor Reece, the film’s director, called Vimeo’s decision to deplatform the movie a “dumb strategy,” as it had the unintended effect of drawing more attention to it. 

“Within four hours, ‘Dead Name’ was relocated to another platform and inadvertently the attempt at ‘canceling’ has spiked our sales,” Reece told the Daily Wire.

She found Vimeo’s characterization of the film as “hateful content,” completely unfounded.

“The film is the opposite of hate speech,” Reece said. “It’s love speech. In no way do any of these three parents, who tell the story of what it’s like when their child starts a journey toward transition, spew hate or dogma. Their stories are painstakingly personal, and at times unimaginable.” 

“Unfortunately, there are factions out there who do not want this narrative and they have perfected the playbook on getting work like this ‘canceled,'” she added.

The documentary, originally released on December 20, recounts the tales of three heartbroken parents who love their children but have reservations about whether they are truly transgender. 

Helen, who shares custody of a young son with her ex-wife, believes her ex-wife influenced him to adopt a transgender identity. In a shocking clip that opens the trailer of the documentary, Helen’s 4-year-old son describes the process of a penile-inversion vaginoplasty. 

“If you want girls’ parts, and you don’t have them, you can do special surgery where they turn your penis inside out and there’s a vagina inside,” the 4-year-old explained. 

Helen recalled her bewilderment at picking up her son from his daycare one day and finding a female name on the entrance sheet and his cubby, and the over-enthusiastic daycare workers that recognized him as a girl.

“They would say, ‘Helen, you should really learn to accept this and celebrate it,’ and I’m like, ‘Celebrate what? That my child is going to be put on hormones, and his penis will never grow and he’ll never have a normal sex life, and he’ll be on drugs for the rest of his life?” Helen said.

Amy’s story centers around her 15-year-old daughter, who out of nowhere declared that she was transgender and quickly acquired a prescription for testosterone through a Telehealth meeting with Planned Parenthood.

“There was no psychological evaluation, there was nothing,” said Amy. 

Bill, whose son battled cancer that tragically required the amputation of one of his legs, was told by a psychiatrist that he was an “unsupportive, abusive father” when he was skeptical of his son’s rapid transformation into a female identity during his first year in college. He is concerned that cross-sex hormones may have contributed to his untimely death at just 18 years old.

The 50-minute film is now available on a new website, where viewers can rent or purchase it.

Administrators at a Virginia elementary school were warned on three separate occasions about a first-grade student carrying a gun but failed to act before he shot his teacher, the teacher’s lawyer said Wednesday.

Diane Toscano, the attorney for Richneck Elementary School teacher Abigail Zwerner, alleged that school administrators were warned multiple times about the gun, but were “paralyzed by apathy” and refused to call the police or lock down the school, the Associated Press reported. Toscano also revealed that her client will sue the Newport News school district after she was shot by a 6-year-old boy while teaching on January 6.

“On that day, over the course of a few hours, three different times — three times — school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him at the school and was threatening people. But the administration could not be bothered,” Toscano said.

Newport News Public Schools Superintendent George Parker told parents at a meeting earlier this month that “at least one” school official knew of a potential gun on the school’s campus before the shooting.

Zwerner first approached an administrator around 11:15 a.m. the day of the shooting and said the 6-year-old threatened to beat another student up. Toscano said that the school official did not take any action after Zwerner expressed her concern.

According to the lawyer, one of Zwerner’s colleagues told a school administrator around noon that she searched the boy’s bookbag and said that she believed he put the gun in his pocket before recess. The administrator “downplayed” the teacher’s suspicion, saying that the boy “has little pockets,” Toscano said.

An hour later, yet another teacher told a school administrator that the boy showed one of his classmates the gun during recess and threatened to shoot him if he told anyone. The classmate who was threatened came to his teacher “crying and fearful,” according to Zwerner’s lawyer, but school officials still did nothing.

Another school employee warned the administration for a third time that the 6-year-old student might have a gun and asked an administrator to search the boy, but the administrator allegedly refused.

“What did administrators do?” Toscano asked at a news conference Wednesday. “Did administrators call the police? No. Did administrators lock down the school? No. Did administrators evacuate the building? No. Did they confront the student? No.”

At around 2:00 p.m., the 6-year-old student aimed the gun at his 25-year-old teacher and fired one round into her chest in front of the whole class. Zwerner continues to recover at home after being hospitalized for two weeks, the AP reported.

“Three weeks ago, Abby was a cheery young woman with a big heart and loved educating young people — she had a very bright future and a career she loved,” Toscano said. “Today, she is between surgeries and physical therapy appointments, with a career in question. How could anyone find the courage to confidently face a class of students again?”