A male who identifies as a “transgender woman” has been sentenced to five years probation following a conviction for brutally abusing his physically and mentally disabled girlfriend.

Serenity Alana Mann, 34, appeared in a Montana court last week for a sentencing decision related to a case of domestic violence against his former partner. Mann had repeatedly strangled the woman, who was particularly vulnerable due to having an existing physical disability and traumatic brain injury, and threatened to harm her if she went to law enforcement.

At the sentencing hearing, the victim read a statement pleading with the court to not allow Mann to harm her.

Referring to Mann with “she/her” pronouns, the victim said: “All that I ask is please protect me and don’t let Serenity keep her word by hurting me or even killing me.”

The victim reportedly began a relationship with Mann prior to his gender transition.

Police first became aware of Mann’s abusive behavior towards his significant other in November of 2021. Officers were called to the property for an unrelated assault, and learned of a long-standing abusive relationship between Mann and the victim. The police spoke to the victim the next day, who reported Mann had knocked her down and placed her in a choke-hold which almost caused her to black out.

During the trial, the prosecution noted that Mann expressed a lack of remorse for his actions. Local media report that his primary defense appeared to be that he strangled the victim on a different date than was claimed.

While the prosecution argued for Mann to receive a term in state prison, noting that strangulation was “practice for homicide,” Mann was ultimately handed a suspended sentence. Over the course of five years, Mann will only spend one consecutive week in jail every year, equaling 35 days total. Mann will also serve a 200 hours of community service over the term.

According to the Independent Record, Mann will be placed on the violent offender registry and have to alert his probation officer to any future romantic partners, as well as alert the future partners of his status on probation. He has been barred from having any direct or indirect contact with his victim.

Mann, who is 6 feet tall and 330lbs, is currently listed as a “female” in the Montana Department of Corrections directory.

It is currently unclear if the 35 days of prison time he will serve over the course of five years will be in a women’s facility or a men’s facility. Reduxx has reached out to the Montana Department of Corrections for more details, but did not receive a reply in time for publication.

This is not Mann’s first time in custody after committing an act of violence against a woman.

In 2020, Mann was charged with felony assault with a weapon after a fit of road rage in which he brandished a crowbar to a female driver during a traffic altercation.

The incident, which took place in April, was reportedly caused by the other driver cutting Mann off while the two were turning out of a parking lot. The two vehicles came to a stop to engage with each other on what had happened, but culminated in Mann retrieving a crowbar from his car and screaming threats to murder the driver in the other vehicle.

At the time, Mann told officers he had a problem with his “anger” and otherwise controlling his violent impulses.

For the 2020 incident, Mann was handed a two-year deferred sentence for criminal endangerment. The sentence ended in September of 2021, just two months before Mann would be charged with strangling his partner.

In the media coverage of Mann’s past and recent run-ins with the law, he was referred to as a “woman.”

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A male who identifies as a “woman” appeared in court this week after paying to sexually abuse a 14-year-old girl. The court ultimately acknowledged the girl was a “prostitute” and the buyer hadn’t seen the transaction as unethical.

The trans-identified male, 31, met the girl in June of last year and paid her €100 (approx. $106 USD) for sexual services in a transaction that was brokered by a third party, local news reported. According to court discussions, the victim “had been working as a prostitute since she was 13,” and as the man in question was himself involved in the sex industry, it was claimed that he had merely “used the services of a younger colleague.”

The situation first came to light after it was reported to authorities by a local youth welfare office, which acted as a joint plaintiff on behalf of the child. However, the girl, now 15 years of age, did not want to participate in the trial, and her mother was reportedly uninterested in the case and didn’t offer her testimony. It is unclear how the case came to the attention of authorities.

While the age of consent is 14 in Germany, an individual must be over the age of 18 to enter the sex trade. Thus, the child’s age in this case does not appear to have been the more serious factor, and instead the concern was with the transactional nature of the sexual exchange.

Though the legal counsel agreed that the situation was abnormal, all involved, including the prosecutor, unanimously requested that the man be required to only pay a fine. After he confessed to paying the child for sex, he was handed a fine of €3150 (approx. $3,300 USD), to be paid to the state.

Due to Germany’s extremely strict privacy laws, the identity of the trans-identified male is not known at this time. However, he was recorded as a “woman” for the purposes of the criminal complaint, and was addressed by feminine pronouns in court.

The sex trade in Germany is fully legalized, and its widespread acceptance has led to the country earning the title of the “the brothel of Europe.”

Speaking to Reduxx on the case of the 14-year-old girl, Elly Arrow explained that children are considered “lucrative” for prostitution agencies, and fetch a higher price due to their lower age. Arrow is a German advocate for the abolition of the sex industry, and has been documenting German sex buyers since 2018.

“Legal ‘escort agencies’ repeatedly traffic minors using false papers if authorities show up… which they may well never do as there usually has to be a report to activate them,” Arrow says. “Our age of consent is 14, so strong restriction for the minors will and freedom need to be demonstrated in order to even charge and convict. De facto child rape is legal in Germany starting at age 14 as conviction rates are so incredibly low.”

Arrow expresses “disgust” at the court’s ruling, but explains it is a facet of a wider issue in Germany with the widespread normalization of what is commonly referred to as “sex work,” a legitimized field of employment.

“It is not uncommon to hear survivors say ‘I entered sex work at 14,’ and to react negatively if you suggests that they did not make a choice and that it is neither sex nor labour,” Arrow says, pointing to the utilization of normalizing language by academics, media, and even social workers.

“There are more and more social workers in Germany speaking the ‘sex work’ language and teaching [or] mirroring it to the exploited minors they interact with. The media helps by adopting the same language and narrative. In this example, calling the child a ‘colleague’ of their adult rapist.”

The sex trade in Germany is so massively normalized that there have been confirmed cases of men convicted of sexual violence being granted official permission to visit brothels with the explicit intention of “accumulating experience with women.”

In one program, which the Osnabrück Forensic Psychiatric Center has been running since 2001, women in the sex trade were invited to “aid” convicted rapists in learning about sexual consent.

Official organizations in Germany representing prostitutes have also made a recent push to re-brand the industry as an “essential service” in the same category as nursing and therapy with necessary “healing” powers.

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A trans activist has reportedly been arrested and charged with assault after a vulgar confrontation at Edinburgh University in December. Robyn Woof, 35, spat on a woman who had been attempting to attend a screening of a documentary critical of gender ideology.

Woof, who was the Trans and Non-Binary Liberation Officer for the Edinburgh University Students Association, went viral in December after he was caught on film blocking a woman who was trying to enter the building to attend a screening of “Adult Human Female.” The documentary is critical of gender ideology’s impact on women, and the showing was hosted by Edinburgh Academics for Academic Freedom.

Multiple camera-phone videos of Woof began to circulate on December 14, including one where he explains to the crowd of attendees attempting to enter the building that he was an “adult human female.”

During the clash, Woof was caught on film spitting at a woman.

The event was ultimately cancelled due to safety concerns, and police were called to the scene. No arrests were made at the time, and Woof congratulated protesters on successfully having blocked the showing of the film in a statement on his Instagram page.

News of Woof’s arrest was announced by Wings Over Scotland on February 8, with the digest sharing an official statement from Police Scotland which read that a “woman” had been charged in connection to the alleged assault which took place at the screening.

In addition to his vocal trans activism, Woof is also a member of the University of Edinburgh’s rifle club. Many on social media speculated that a criminal charge will likely lose him his license to own a firearm.

Woof has a history of staging aggressive counter protests, particularly against women.

In 2019, he became violent towards a group of elderly women who were staging a silent anti-abortion protest across from a clinic. Mancunian Matters reported the incident, describing Woof as “a six-foot aggressor.”

The seniors, who were members of the groups 40 Days For Life, were targeted by Woof as they were praying. Woof stopped his car to confront the protestors, grabbing their chairs and throwing their posters while screaming “you people fucking disgust me.”

In wake of his new charges, Woof has launched a GoFundMe seeking donations for a new van. Titled “I’ve been targeted by transphobic extremists,” the fundraiser explains that he had complained to his university about the “transphobic film,” but the administration instead recommended that he attend the screening and debate his position.

According to to his fundraiser, Woof explained that he arrived at the first venue and due to protesters, they were moved to a new location but five protesters arrived first and blocked the door.

“Everyone went to the new venue and when I arrived in the corridor leading to the lecture theatre there were about 5 young protestors blocking a doorway,” Woof recounts in the description. He also denies assaulting anyone, despite the fact his hurling of saliva was caught on film. Women who attended the event have said his description of the incident is flawed.

Woof has stated he will be using the donations to buy a new caravan due to “death threats” he has received due to the allegations online of assault. Woof is allegedly intending to live in the caravan.

Adult Human Female, the documentary Woof and the other trans activists had disrupted, has been highly controversial since its release last year. The film was directed by Deirdre O’Neill, and focuses on the clash between gender ideology and women’s rights. Screenings across the UK have been met with protests and aggression from trans activists.

On the film’s official Twitter account, the filmmakers announced they have made a formal complaint to GoFundMe regarding Woof’s fundraiser.

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An Australian mother has come forward to express concerns about an adult man who had been given access to her daughter’s Girl Guides event, ostensibly on the basis of his gender identity.

Every year, the Girl Guides in Australia holds a Jamboree advertised to Australian parents of as a week long adventure of female empowerment for their daughters. This year, over 1,000 young Australian girls between the ages of 10 and 17 attended the event in Ballarat, Victoria. For many, this was their first time away from home and family.

While most parents might assume that the staff in closest contact with their girls would be female, one Aussie mother was horrified to have received a text message from her daughter that there was a man in attendance.

Speaking to Reduxx, Queensland mother Sadie* says she had allowed her 14-year-old daughter to travel with her Guiding friends to the Jamboree, but shortly after received a text message from the girl informing her that there was a man “pretending to be a woman, wearing a Guide shirt.”

Sadie said she immediately contacted the camp leader and second-in-charge with the information her daughter provided. After a brief investigation, Sadie was told that the man was “was part of the Scouts group assisting the event set-up but not staying on site.” Sadie was initially told the man may have “borrowed” the shirt.

Sadie says that she understood that the usual procedure for males on Guide camp sites was for them to be chaperoned by a Guide Leader. But, as messages from her daughter continued to roll in, Sadie quickly learned the man was participating in events directly with the girls.

Sadie explains she received images and messages from her daughter of the man performing onstage in a skirt with the local hosting guide troop, mingling with the children, and appearing to act in a supervisory capacity.

“If I could have jumped in the car and brought her home, I would have… but this was the first time she had travelled interstate without me, I was even fearful of telling other parents as I didn’t want them to feel as distressed and helpless as I did. Parents should have been told that a man was participating as a Guide on-site at the Jamboree.”

Sadie once again contacted Camp Leaders, who told her they would “talk” to her daughter — something Sadie says she instructed them not to do. She told Reduxx she did not want her daughter singled out or disciplined, and was concerned her child would be “gaslit” by adult staff insisting the man was in fact a woman.

Upon returning home, Sadie says her daughter told her: “We could all see he is a man, he had facial fluff, but nobody dared say anything.”

Girl Guides Australia’s Child Safe Safety Frameworks places emphasis on that it is an “inclusive, supportive, safe and friendly girl-only environment,” but further policies articulate that “girls” can include anyone who identifies as such.

According to the organization’s Guidelines for Diversity and Inclusion: “Membership of GGA and SGGOs is limited to girls and women. Under the terms of this policy, ‘girls and women’ include persons who identity as and live their lives as, females. For the purposes of Australian Guiding membership, non-female gender is a lawfully permitted basis for denying membership.”

On the basis of these guidelines, Girl Guides Australia is open to any person, male or female, who expresses a “female’’ gender identity. Ironically, any female who does not have a “female” gender identity, such as those who identify as as “non-binary” or “trans,” would not be allowed to participate in Girl Guides membership.

The guidelines further state that the organization would not discriminate against any member on the basis of sex or gender identity.

Sadie believes the policies must be urgently reviewed in order to ensure the safeguarding of the young girls who participate in Girl Guides events.

“The Girl Guiding Inclusion policy … does not reflect community expectations. It must be reassessed by sensible voices who see safeguarding of our children as the priority, not the inclusion of men and boys able to roam unsupervised around our young daughters,” the mother says.

Sadie has told Reduxx she has reported the presence of a male at the Jamboree as an official incident with her daughter’s Girl Guide Leaders. At this stage, she said she feels her “concerns have been taken seriously.” If the response is considered unsatisfactory, Sadie may escalate her concerns higher in the organization.

Girl Guides Australia did not respond to a request for comment on their policies.

While the identity of the transgender male who oversaw the youth at the Jamboree is currently unknown, this is not the first time concerns have been raised about the global shift in “inclusivity” amongst Girl Guides organizations.

Last year, a frenzy was sparked in the United Kingdom after a trans-identified male with a disturbing social media history became the lead Commissioner for the Southwell division of Girlguding, the nation’s Girl Guides franchise.

Monica Sulley, a male who identifies as a woman, became the lead Commissioner for the Southwell division of Girlguiding in July of 2021, but came to widespread attention later on in the year after concerning social media posts emerged. Sulley had made posts on multiple platforms of photos of himself posing with weapons, dressed in bondage gear, and captioning himself “Mistress.”

Some members of the public who attempted to contact Girlguiding to submit complaints about Sulley were later contacted by police and threatened with arrest.

*The name of the mother interviewed has been changed to protect her daughter’s identity.

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A Japanese care industry leader has been charged with indecent exposure and is facing multiple accusations of sexual assault from female staff members. Kazumi Watanabe, 55, is a male who identifies as a “transgender woman.”

On February 7, Watanabe was indicted on charges of indecent exposure by Osaka police. The indictment came after he was accused of sexual assault by multiple female staff members.

Watanabe is the owner and head of Aoi Sodanshitsu, a public company that provides services for disabled or otherwise disadvantaged individuals and their families. The company had an agreement with the municipal government of Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture, which referred people with vulnerabilities to Aoi Sodanshitsu for assistance when needed. Watanabe and his staff would then provide supportive consultations and referrals to relevant welfare services.

Aoi Sodanshitsu is a subsidiary of Akari, a privately owned company that is also owned by Watanabe.

Law enforcement determined that Watanabe deceived his female victims, who were both staff at his company, by lying about his “gender identity” and also took advantage of his position as their employer. Watanabe stands accused of forcible sexual assault among other crimes, but has only been indicted on indecent exposure charges as of the writing of this article.

Charges related to the alleged sexual assaults have been put on hold while the indecent exposure charges are still being investigated, according to a report by domestic news outlet, The Mainichi.

Both women targeted by Watanabe report being victimized while employed at Watanabe’s privately owned company, Akari, in the spring of 2021.

According to The Mainichi, the 55-year-old is suspected to have “repeatedly performed sexual assault incidents while abusing his power as the victims’ boss so they could not refuse [his advances].”

Both victims report feeling deceived by Watanabe, who used his “gender identity” as a way of getting closer to them.

Watanabe often told others around him that his “body was a man,” but his “heart was a woman.” He dressed in women’s clothing, had manicured nails, and claimed to have “gender dysphoria,” a diagnosis he is not known to officially have.

One of the victims, a woman in her 50s, spoke to local media and said she felt “tricked” by her former employer.

 “I was tricked… and he used my weaknesses against me. He played dirty and it’s unforgivable.”

The victim had been working at the company for only a few months when the incident occurred. Part of her work duties included supporting disabled or disadvantaged clients and their families by listening to their concerns and engaging in consultations. She said she had enjoyed her job, which had been directly under Watanabe’s supervision.

The victim explains that in May of 2021, Watanabe approached her while the two were alone in the workplace. He offered her a massage to relieve her stressful posture. While the victim appears to have been reluctant to let Watanabe touch her body at first, the man quickly asserted: “I have gender identity disorder. I’m not interested in female bodies.” 

The woman eventually complied as she was scared to disrespect her boss and lose her job. Her guard lowered because of Watanabe’s claims about his identity, the victim allowed him to massage her. She says it started off with her shoulders, but gradually escalated until Watanabe was touching the lower half of her body. He then assaulted her.

Following the abuse, Watanabe threatened to strip the employee of her certification if she quit. She reported the case to the police following the threat. 

Another victim, a part-time worker in her 30s, had been lured to a hotel in Osaka under the pretenses that Watanabe, who claimed he was a trained aesthetician, would offer her a massage to help with physical pain. The woman reported being sexually assaulted in the hotel to police, the incident taking place in April 2021. 

In addition to the first two victims, police are now investigating reports by other women who have come forward, including by some who accessed the services of Watanabe’s private and public companies.

Watanabe has reportedly denied both allegations by his two female staff. 

Since news of the allegations against Watanabe has broken, some trans activists on social media have expressed concern about the media coverage, with one even claiming that coverage of the incident will be “used for trans hate.”

Twitter user @SaikiMako complained that The Mainichi‘s article had mentioned Watanabe’s self-declared gender identity, and called on the outlet to delete the content.

But the majority of Japanese netizens discussing the story on social media are pointing out the impacts of gender ideology on women and society at large. 

One Japanese Twitter user attempted to bring the story to an English audience, informing non-Japanese speakers that Japanese police and media have yet to send out “a word of concern for the women victims. In a city with a population of only 56,000, there was only one assailant, and multiple victims.”

They have not sent out a word of concern for the women victims.
In a city with a population of only 56,000, there was only one assailant, and multiple victims.

— 毛糸子 (@dompenguinn) February 8, 2023

The user continued, adding “Incidents like this need to be held accountable by those in authority who told us to believe the gender of our hearts.”

International rankings, including those from the World Economic Forum, consistently place Japan as one of the most unequal countries in the developed world in terms of political representation and economic opportunities for women. 

Sexual harassment, upskirting, and public groping are so prevalent in the nation that advertisements on public transportation can be seen warning passengers to be on alert for sexually-motivated crimes, and most major railways offer some form of specially designated women-only spaces or train cars. In addition, voyeurism pornography has been increasing in popularity in recent years, motivating men to install cameras in women’s spaces of undress in order to film them unaware.

Last month, Ko Onishi of the Communist Party of Japan was arrested after breaking into a building and committing an act of voyeurism. According to police, Onishi put a cell phone through the door of a women’s restroom and recorded a video an unidentified female in a state of undress.

Some women in Japan are also now being pushed to ignore their skepticism towards gender ideology and accept that men who identify as transgender are in fact “female.” 

As previously reported by Reduxx, Japan Women’s University (JWU), along with several other women’s universities, has begun accepting men who self-declare a transgender status as students. 

JWU announced it would be adopting a self-identification policy to be implemented at the start of 2024, despite half of the female students currently enrolled expressing opposition or hesitation. 

In response to female student’s concerns about the policy, JWU released a “Diversity Declaration” outlining how administrators intended to work towards convincing female students to change their views on gender ideology. Young women who express skepticism on the topic may be asked to speak with “gender-specialist counselors,” who will try to convince them that some men are actually women.

Gender ideology also appears to be colliding with Japan’s centuries-long tradition of public bathing and creating legal confusion. While the areas are presumed to be segregated based on sex, the introduction of legal document revision means that males who change their gender marker to “female” are technically able to access the facilities.

In January, Reduxx reported on Nao Wasada, a trans-identified man who also uses the name Suzanne Misaki. Wasada uploaded a video to his YouTube channel on December 5 titled “What Happened After a Former Man Took Off His Clothes and Entered the Women’s Bath.” In the vlog, Wasada described his experience entering the women’s section of the bath house in highly sexualized terms. 

Wasada also declared on social media that the visit documented in the vlog was not his first time entering a women’s public bath. He compared women’s breasts to a buffet, depicting the scenes of the women’s bathhouse as “all-you-can-fill boobs while your heart is pounding.” 

Many online users responded negatively to Wasada’s vlog, asserting that Wasada poses a threat to the women in the facilities he enters.

The Japanese government currently requires “sex-reassignment surgery” in order for individuals to alter sex markers on official documents, though activists are pushing for reforms which would allow for self-identification on the basis of a subjective gender identity with no medical transition. 

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The Navy veteran responsible for designing the transgender pride flag has announced on social media that he and his partner, also a trans-identified male, have adopted a “transgender” child.

Monica Helms, born Robert Hogge, designed the first trans pride flag in 1999. He currently resides in Georgia with his partner Darlene Darlington Wagner, another trans-identified male who is 23 years younger than him.

On December 22, Helms announced that he and Wagner were in the process of adopting a 14-year-old “trans daughter,” who was living with the two adults while the paperwork was being finalized. The child is a biological male who Helms claims is a “girl.”

Helms is currently 71-years-old, but the state of Georgia does not place maximum age restrictions on adoption.

According to his Facebook, Helms began the adoption process earlier in 2022. On July 16 of that year, Helms posted: “We just got word that our home study is done for the adoption. We now have to clean the house and prepare to see a child. I prefer to adopt a trans child. They need a solid home that will protect them from the crap in the world. We’re those parents.”

Days later, on July 21, Helms said: “We found a trans girl to adopt on the Georgia DFCS [Division of Family & Children Services] web site. More info later.” Another update was shared on August 10, with Helms stating, “We sent in a list of six children we would like to look at for adoption.”

In November, Helms asked his followers, “Has anyone ever heard of a trans couple adopting a trans child?” Several individuals commented to say that they believed this situation had occurred, and Helms pressed them for the identities of trans-identifying parents with trans-identifying adopted children ostensibly on the basis that he wanted to meet up with them for advice. One commenter, however, stated that Helms and Wagner may be “the first,” and said that such an adoption would be “historic.”

Subsequent updates state that the two men were being addressed as “mom” by the child.

“She wants to start calling us ‘Mom,'” Helms posted on November 14. A few days later, he updated his followers, writing: “Darlene and I are now Mom². We’ll probably become ‘square Moms.'”

Helms and his partner identify as “lesbians.” Helms in particular began to identify as a lesbian woman in 1997 while he was also working at a pornography shop in Arizona that “sold adult videos” and lingerie.

In September of 2022, Helms’ partner, Darlene Wagner, announced that the two had been approved as foster parents, and were offering their home to children for care. In the post, Wagner made a call for anyone who wanted child care.

“Monica and I are approved Foster Parents now. We were asked to provide respite care for a 16-year-old next weekend, but he doesn’t seem to be interested in staying with us…” Wagner wrote. “I’m somewhat disappointed after all this work of getting our home approved. Are there friends out there who would like to drop off their kid for a weekend at our house to get a break?”

As previously reported by Reduxx, Helms has a disturbing history surrounding his perception of age and sex.

Last year, Helms posted to Facebook announcing his transgender age as 25. Commenters wished him a happy 25th birthday, with one individual noting that by the same logic, his partner, Wagner, would be just 16 years old.

Helms has also authored fantasy stories involving themes of age regression, forced feminization, and lesbian body-swapping in a collection titled Tales from a Two-Gendered Mind.

In one tale, titled “A Woman Scorned,” an Arizona man finds himself being stalked by a young girl who looks “no more than sixteen years-old” and whom he initially mistakes for a Girl Scout.

“The beautiful girl looked at me with her alluring eyes… She announced, ‘All I want is you! I want to marry you,’” Helms wrote in the story.

The child later reveals herself to be a witch who claims to be older than she appears; among her powers is the ability to age very slowly, causing her to look “far younger than her true age.” The man marries her and they have a daughter who similarly does not age in a natural fashion.

Helms first began his “transition” in 1992 after he started illicitly taking Premarin, a form of estrogen developed as hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women. Five years later, he declared himself a ‘transgender woman’ and lesbian. In his 2019 memoir More Than Just a Flag, Helms describes how his obsession with presenting as a woman led to the breakdown of his marriage to his wife, Donna, after she had discovered he was hiding away family finances to purchase estrogen, women’s clothing, and to pay to attend cross-dresser conferences.

“I would cash my paycheck and put some in a personal account before depositing the rest into the family account. Donna knew I did this and occasionally got upset with me,” Helms states. Two years prior, the family had lost their home due to bankruptcy.

Yet Helms’ compulsive sexual behavior followed a pattern of escalation, which he describes as beginning with the theft of his mother’s underwear.

When narrating his childhood in the memoir, Helms details how, at the age of 12, he would steal his mother’s undergarments.

“I went into my parents’ bedroom and looked through my mother’s dresser drawers,” Helms writes. “I found several of my mother’s cotton panties and bras, nearly stacked in piles. The ‘Girl in the Shadows’ wanted to try them on. I wanted to try them on. When I did, they felt exciting to wear.”

While serving with the US Navy during the 1970s, Helms began stealing women’s underwear from the laundry room of his apartment complex in South Carolina. He explains his thievery first began after seeing a female tenant’s bra in a drying machine.

“Images of the days when I tried on my mother’s underwear came back to me, pulling primordial feelings with them… As I stood watching the bra swirl around in the dryer, I sensed a growing desire to dress as a woman and to see the hidden woman within me.”

Helms was secretly participating in erotic cross-dressing and attending drag clubs when met the woman he would eventually marry in 1978. She strongly disapproved of his fetishistic behavior.

“Six months into the marriage, I found out just how Donna really felt about my cross-dressing. She came home one day and found me wearing a dress. She went ballistic and told me in no uncertain terms that I would never dress like that at home ever again,” Helms wrote of the confrontation.

Throughout the course of their marriage, Helms continued to pursue his sexual fetish against his wife’s wishes, spending family finances on clothing, makeup, and hormones. He routinely invested in attending get-togethers, or “Holiday En Femme,” with other male cross-dressers, where lessons were provided on how to talk and walk “like a woman.”

He was also attending sex clubs in Phoenix during the early years of his ‘transition’, which “afforded patrons the chance to watch people have sex in windowed rooms.” Helms tells of how these clubs “enabled me to fulfill each and every fantasy I had concerning sex with men. This included orgies, hot tubs, you name it.”

Concurrently, Helms was working a day job at Sprint, and he began taking his cross-dressing fetish public by wearing prosthetic breasts and “dresses cut too short” to the office, which he attributes to having entered his “second puberty” at the age of 46.

According to his memoir, female co-workers began to complain about his presence in the women’s restrooms, but management ultimately sided with Helms and told women who were uncomfortable to use an alternative restroom located on a different floor of the building.

Helms goes on to write that once he had “gotten all that out of my system”, in reference to the orgies he was participating in, he began to identify as a lesbian woman. He attended lesbian clubs “three to four times a week” from 1999 to 2000, “flirting” and participating in “sensual dancing.” It was during this period that he says he designed the transgender pride flag.

When writing about the birth of his first child, Helms expresses a jealousy of his wife as he watched her go into labor.

“I felt especially proud of Donna for all she had to endure during childbirth… That being said, I have to say that, despite all the pain she went through, I felt strangely envious that she carried and gave birth to both of our boys and I didn’t.”

In November 2022, while Helms was in the process of selecting a “transgender daughter” to adopt, he authored an article for The Advocate in which he states that as a child, he had “prayed for God to turn me into a girl” because he knew he had been “born in the wrong body.” He condemned the “extremist beliefs” behind a number of bills being considered in various states that would restrict the medical ‘transitioning’ of children.

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