Copeland, a married father of three, “took his own life” around 5 p.m. Friday, said Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones. His suicide came after police were asked to do a welfare check and began following …

An Alabama preacher and politician killed himself Friday two days after being outed for having a secret life he shared online as a “transgender curvy girl.”

  • FoundTheVegan@kbin.social
    977·
    1 year ago

    She could’ve had the life she deserved, she could’ve still been the preacher, the politician, the parent, the anything. But for shame and fear, we have this. This is what all that “doing it for attention”, “pronouns suck” and “groomer pedo” talk amounts too. People so scared to live that we have a dead body instead.

    I hope she is at peace.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
      564·
      1 year ago

      One of Bubba’s close friends put out a statement that said “are you happy now?? Bubba didn’t break the law or hurt anyone, are you happy now??” Which is true enough, especially if this guy wasn’t one of the usual anti trans politicians.

      • FoundTheVegan@kbin.social
        401·
        1 year ago

        That’s tragic, heartbreaking and a good question to ask.

        But unfortunately I think the answer is yes. Bigots are happy, any queer death is a reinforcement that their methods work. All are so quick to say “trans people are mentally ill” and the immediately do their best to make that person’s life a living hell, which is some twisted cruel logic. They don’t want us to exist, they call to exterminate us from public life and they think by making our lives difficult enough we can be shamed in to non-existentance.

        We can’t let them win. Because victory is literally death, but we will always have to remember those who fell, honor their memory and use their tale as a warning against every piece of shit conservative bathroom bill deadname enforcement and trans healthcare blockade. Because unfortunately, trans people as a whole are very directly under attack. Please vote accordingly.

    • rurutheguru@lemmings.world
      17·
      1 year ago

      Unfortunately the “shame” surrounding these things stem from the concept of sin and living as a “sinner” in a “fallen world”. I’ve been shamed countless times because of things the church did not agree with. I don’t know if he ever preached any transphobic ideas in his time, but biblical ideologies are rife with gender roles and toxic ideas about women and masculinity. Even if he didn’t preach any of that toxic garbage, he must have been struggling a lot with his own identity, even though he said it’s only for fun and stress relief (paraphrasing). Small towns don’t act gracefully towards people experimenting with their sexualities like this. Can only imagine the rejection he must have experienced having all of this play off on the grand stage of his life in that little town, since literally everyone there knew him.

      • gmtom@lemmy.world
        61·
        1 year ago

        4 day old account that has done pretty much nothing but post anti-trans bullshit.

        Bro get a fucking a life you terminally online loser.

          • gmtom@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            And apparently what you find interesting is Conservative propaganda on trans people.

              • gmtom@lemmy.world
                1·
                1 year ago

                Lmao, do you actually belive anything you’ve said on this app is a “debate” rather than you being an obvious right wing troll? Dude, get off lemmy and go the fuck outside for once, you terminally online redditor.

                • cricket98@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Yes I do think it’s healthy to hear opposing views. You are very angry for some reason, maybe relax a bit and you’d be more happy in life.

                  • gmtom@lemmy.world
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    Oh that’s a classic troll move just say “ur angry lol” in a desperate attempt to invalidate the other person. Mate, get a hobby that doesn’t involve trying to make strangers on the internet upset. You have a very limited amount of time on this earth and are you really going to look back on your life one day and be proud that you pissed off a bunch of random strangers by saying stupid shit?

                    Probably not right? So maybe spend your time on a project you’ve been putting off, or teach yourself a new skill, or get a new hobby and make some new freinds, you will have such a more gunnery fulfilling life you look back on and be proud of if you do.