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A trans-identified male recently honored by the City of Dublin’s public transit system has been found to be participating in disturbing fetish groups on social media, some of which sexualize pregnant women. Diane Somers, 65 and formerly known as Anthony, is a bus driver in Dublin and was included in a campaign celebrating LGBT inclusivity in public transportation.
Launched last week, the campaign was well-received by local media, and Somers was interviewed by popular morning talk show Ireland AM. During the interview, Somers expressed his excitement over the advertisement, which has seen his name and face plastered on some buses in the city.
In a recent interview for the program Queeriosity on Dublin City FM, Somers explained that he had been working for Dublin Bus since 2000, but only publicly declared a transgender status in 2023 and praised the company’s welcoming attitude towards “diversity.”
But disturbingly, Reduxx has learned via independent journalist Róisín Michaux that Somers has been creating pornographic content of himself which he shares within Facebook groups, and further discovered that he has been interacting with pornographic pages which sexualize minors, pregnant women, black men, and black women.
On his public Facebook profile, Somers has followed hundreds of fetish accounts, most of which are related to the “sissification” subculture, in which a male is often forcibly feminized for the purposes of sexual servitude.
But even more prominent is Somers’ affinity for the Black New World Order (BNWO) kink, a fetish emphasizing interracial dynamics, particularly between black males and white females, that emphasizes highly racist tropes. Within the fetish, white males often take a subservient or submissive role, or are outright sexually enslaved.
Somers has followed and interacted with multiple BNWO accounts, some of which sexualize white women being impregnated by black men and post pornographic photos of the pregnant women.
Another one of the BNWO accounts features photos of a baby alongside the highly sexual imagery.
Another disturbing theme of pornography hoarded by Somers emphasizes the sexualization of schoolgirls. One account followed by Somers shares Japanese hentai of underage girls; however, a majority of the content features youth in Africa.
On one page followed by Somers, photos of cross-dressers, effeminate males, and drag queens in Africa are collected and sexualized. Some of the young men, whose photos may have been posted by the account without their knowledge, appear to be underage. Others appear in schoolgirl clothing including stockings and short, plaid skirts.
One profile apparently frequented by Somers advertises itself as an illicit seller of used women’s underwear, and is titled simply, “Panties, panties, panties”. Still another page, with currently over 13k followers on Facebook, promotes “shemale” porn stars selling live camming exchanges.
Somers also appears to have an interest in the sexualization of the “trad wife” subculture, and interacted with multiple accounts emphasizing the need of a wife to “submit” to her husband.
The 65 year-old has also been following the public pages of over two dozen strip clubs across the United States, many of which regularly share photographs of the women they employ.
Since launching the campaign with Somers, Dublin Bus has faced some backlash from women concerned about the public transportation administration’s policies towards males who self-identify as “women.”
As reported by Gript, Dublin Bus has confirmed that it allowed male staff members to access the women’s restrooms and other facilities intended for females on the basis of their self-declared gender identity.
Dublin Bus’ guidelines state that “people can change gender without any medical intervention,” and that no medical procedures are required to be considered transgender.
“In July 2015 the Gender Recognition Act was signed into law. This means that persons over the age of 18 can self-declare their true gender identity and allows them to apply for a new birth certificate, passport or driving licence that reflects this change. This new law means that Ireland is one of the few countries that allows a person to declare their true gender without medical or state intervention,” the guidance boasts.
It continues that an employee’s failure to “comply” with another individual’s gender identity “could result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of their employment.” It adds that customers and contractors will also be subject to their zero-tolerance policy.
Talent Development & Diversity Officer for Dublin Bus, Saoirse Murphy, who attended the Queeriosity interview with Somers last week, revealed that the Workplace Gender Transition Policy and Guidelines were devised in consultation with Trans Equality Network Ireland (TENI) in 2017.
TENI is Ireland’s leading trans activist organization, currently lead by interim CEO Tara Hewitt. Hewitt, a self-professed BDSM fetishist, has ties to another organization that has called for the release of all trans-identified prisoners regardless of conviction.
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