A Pennsylvania husband who hired a hitman through a porn site to kill his wife, allegedly because she wasn’t sexually available enough, is now claiming “diminished mental capacity” at his trial for her murder.
Edward Heck, 56, paid Kenneth Wayne Smith $10,000 to kill his wife, Sonja Rowe-Heck, in August of 2018.
Smith and Heck met on Motherless, a site which hosts extreme fetish pornography and snuff videos. Smith had posted in the comment section to a video that he had a fetish for killing, and Heck replied, “How about my wife?”
According to local news, the two men had been conversing on social media for about 18 months before the planned murder.
Text messages reviewed by authorities included those in which Heck said he fantasized about someone raping and strangling his wife. In messages to Smith, Heck stated that he hated his wife, called her offensive names, and complained about the fact the two did not share a bedroom.
On the day of the murder, Heck brought Smith to his home and helped him hide in the cellar. While there, Smith brutally murdered Heck’s two dogs. At about 1:50 a.m. on August 16, Heck texted Smith saying, “the time has come.”
Sonja Rowe-Heck’s body was found the following day by her daughter.
Kenneth Smith pleaded guilty in January 2020 to first-degree murder and other charges, and confessed that he had hit Sonja with a hammer while she slept before slashing her throat. He was sentenced to life in prison, but died shortly after incarceration due to cancer-related illness.
Meanwhile, the prosecution has theorized that a lack of sex caused Heck to reach a breaking point. First Assistant District Attorney Martin Wade claimed during a hearing in December 2021 that because the couple slept in separate bedrooms, sexual frustration led to heightened anger and a “desire to punish her.” The prosecution cited text messages between Heck and Smith where Heck complained about a lack of sexual satisfaction, as well as additional evidence showing Heck was adulterous.
Heck’s trial began today at a courthouse in Lycoming County, where his attorney has stated he is planning to argue he had diminished mental capacity. During the hearings last week, the court gave Heck’s lawyer permission to call an expert witness to testify on Heck’s mental health.
According to Penn Live, Dr. Barry Zakireh, a Philadelphia-based forensic psychologist, concluded that Heck suffered from severe mental disorders and impairment in cognitive behavior. The Judge has since ruled the report inadmissible because it called into question whether Heck could understand the wrongfulness of his conduct and it made references to sexual fantasies compromising his ability to regulate or resist urges. Irresistible impulse is not a valid defense in Pennsylvania.
Heck is being held without bail on homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, aggravated assault and the animal cruelty charges.
The trial continues this week.
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A man in England who crossdresses to satisfy a transvestic fetish targeted teenage girls for sexual harassment, flashing his genitals at them and asking for their clothing.
Andrew Keen, 41, was sentenced at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on April 27 on an indecent exposure offense and two charges of causing harassment, alarm or distress.
As reported by Wiltshire 999s, Keen, while wearing women’s clothing, approached a lone 17-year-old girl outside his home on September 26, 2021. Keen then asked the girl to give him the clothes she was wearing, claiming it was for a “charity.”
After the victim declined, Keen asked her to sign his skirt using lipstick that he provided. As she bent down, Keen lifted his shirt to reveal his genitals hanging out of his skirt.
“Shocked, confused and scared,” the girl then agreed to let him take a photograph with her. He asked if he could place his arm around her, but she declined.
The next day, Keen targeted a 16-year-old girl outside New College. He approached her and asked, “Will you take your clothes off so I can have them?” before requesting her phone number. The victim reported the incident to police.
On September 28, Keen harassed a 17-year-old girl as she got off the bus on Queens Drive, near New College. He asked if he could borrow her clothes, then requested that she take her clothing off.
Frightened, she ran into the college and reported the abuse. In a statement to police, the victim said she is now “scared and anxious about going to college.”
Keen was active in online sissy and crossdressing communities and posted YouTube videos of himself dressing in women’s clothing. While he has now deleted his Twitter account, archived snapshots of his posts remain. Keen was frequently interacting with transgender pornography and age regression accounts — including those pertaining to the “adult baby diaper lover” community, where participants dress up like children or infants for sexual purposes.
In a tweet posted two weeks before his sexual harassment spree, Keen ogled over a photo of two underage girls, complimenting their pantyhose. In another tweet posted on the same day as his first offense, September 26, Keen responded to a stocking fetish account beloning to a trans-identified male. “No one can resist a girl in tights, I know what you want to do with me,” the post read.
During the hearing, Emma Thacker, defending, told the court that “he accepts he is a crossdresser, but as we all know, there’s nothing wrong with that.”
Chief magistrate Martin Clarke told the defendant that the court was considering a prison sentence, though he ultimately neglected to do so.
“We’ve been thinking long and hard about what to do with you … What’s worrying here is that you deliberately target certain young females, these are young girls, young ladies, very young,” Clarke said, continuing: “One of them has actually said she was shocked and confused, she didn’t have a clue what you were talking about.”
Clarke imposed a 24-month community order and banned Keen from going near both New College sites for 12 months. He will be monitored by a GPS device.
He must also complete 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days, 200 hours of unpaid work and register as a sex offender for five years.
Some research suggests that men with crossdressing fetishes, also referred to as transvestic fetishism, are more likely to be sexually violent as compared with other men.
A study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that “fetishism and cross-dressing” are more often associated with sexual aggression than other paraphilias.
“… not only is transvestism associated with other paraphilias, it may go hand-in-hand with dangerous sexuality,” the authors wrote, noting that a 1989 study of serial sexual murderers found that 25% had engaged in cross-dressing, and 25% had engaged in acts of indecent exposure prior to committing an act of murder.
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A trans-identified male cartoon artist who came under fire last year for creating diaper fetish art based on real babies has been speaking at Canadian elementary schools as part of a North American book tour.
On April 18, Sophie Labelle, a Canadian transgender artist based in Finland, posted to his Facebook that he was set to speak at a number of schools and libraries in Canada and the United States as part of a North American Book tour. Labelle is most notable for being the artist behind Assigned Male, a comic which he has been illustrating since 2014. The comic mainly focuses on the life and adventures of a prepubescent transgender child named ‘Stephie,’ with heavy ideological themes worked into the storylines.
On Facebook, Labelle stated his plans to travel to North America for a series of school visits.
Since then, Labelle has posted photos from inside school classrooms and libraries where his events have already taken place, all of which seem to primarily involve an audience of young children.
While the names of the institutions Labelle has already spoken at have not yet been confirmed by Reduxx, a post by Labelle on the French-language Facebook account for Assigned Male states the schools were in Gaspésie, or the Gaspé region of Quebec.
In addition to his elementary school tour, Labelle announced that on April 30, he was set to speak at Librairie L’Alphabet bookstore in Rimouski, Quebec. He has also announced a book launch for his latest young adult novel at Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto, Ontario on May 3, a self-described “LGBTQ bookstore.”
But in February of 2021, Labelle came under widespread scrutiny after it was discovered that he had quietly been producing and posting diaper fetish art on stealth social media accounts, including “furry art” site FurAffinity.
WafflesArt, Labelle’s now-deleted alternate online persona was an “adult baby/diaper lifestyle” and “diaper fur” art account which published Labelle’s drawings of anthropomorphic baby animal characters modeling in diapers, onesies, and behaving like toddlers. The art is part of a fetish subculture known as paraphilic infantilism in which adults become sexually aroused by acting and dressing like babies.
Internet sleuths from KiwiFarms were the first to connect Labelle to the accounts using post history and art style. Facing the beginnings of a scandal, Labelle attempted to “come out” as a ‘little’ on Facebook — a person who role-plays as a child during sexual encounters.
“Littleness and littlespace are mindsets in which adults regress to carefree and responsibility-free safety,” Labelle wrote in the post continuing, “In the past, many trans people’s lives, especially trans women’s, have been broken after being outed as littles, which is why I chose early on to avoid mentioning it.” He also stated the purpose of roleplaying as a baby served the purpose of “connecting” with an “inner-child” for transgender people.
As backlash on social media increased, Labelle then admitted to creating the “diaperfur” art, but stated he “refused to be shamed for it,” and accused his critics of transphobia despite the fact many were transgender themselves.
Labelle’s attempt to quell the outrage didn’t sit well with many social media users, a few of whom uncovered that a portion of Labelle’s art had used photos of real babies for reference, with Labelle seemingly tracing directly over the picture of actual children to create his fetish art. Labelle would later admit to doing so.
While Labelle then attempted to insist the art was not sexual in nature, social media users interrogating the images noted that many appeared to have overtly sexual connotations, including one which showed a character in an open diaper lying with its legs spread on a changing table, and another which appeared to outline the vulva of the character through its diaper.
On his FurAffinity account, Labelle’s only ‘favorited’ drawing by another artist is one of a toddler-like furry in a backless onesie. On Twitter, Labelle followed dozens of accounts which almost exclusively posted pornographic content, with men roleplaying as children for the purposes of sexual arousal. One such follow was of a model who calls himself “Little Boy” and posts sexually suggestive photos and videos of himself in diapers and surrounded by children’s toys like stuffed animals.
One Twitter user even went so far as to respond to a Facebook post from Labelle with an egregious, satirical comment confirming the sexual nature of the ‘little’ fetish, writing “it’s a healthy expression to [role] play as a child and an adult in relationships. Thanks for advocating for this. Kink shamers should be blocked,” and tweeted out screenshots showing Labelle had ‘loved’ the reply.
Sophie Labelle should be cancelled once and for all. She has a sexual kink involving children. It is sexual as I made a satireacle fake comment to see how far I can go and she "loved it" disgusting. She's also saying MOST TRANS WOMEN DO THIS! IM HONESTLY DISTURBED! pic.twitter.com/EnkXmdCD87
While Labelle briefly deactivated his social media accounts due to the backlash, he quickly returned and continued to promote his art and trans activist causes.
Reduxx reached out to Librarie L’Alphabet with regards to the April 30 event featuring Labelle and was able to confirm the event was geared towards young children, but a store supervisor stated “no comment” when presented with the potential safeguarding issue.
Reduxx also reached out to the Eastern Shores School Board and the Commission Scolaire des Chic-Chocs, two administrative bodies responsible for primary schools in the Gaspé region. This article may be updated in the event either can confirm Labelle’s appearances at any of their facilities.
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Un artista de cómics que se dice trans, y que ya fue criticado el año pasado por crear obras basadas en el fetiche de pañales inspiradas en bebés reales, ha estado dando charlas en escuelas primarias canadienses como parte de una gira de promoción de su libro por América del Norte.
El 18 de abril, Sophie Labelle, un artista “transgénero” canadiense con sede en Finlandia, publicó en su Facebook que iba a dar charlas en varias escuelas y bibliotecas en Canadá y los Estados Unidos como parte de la gira de Libros de América del Norte. Labelle es más conocido por ser el artista detrás de Assigned Male (Asignado Hombre), un cómic que ha estado ilustrando desde 2014. El cómic se centra principalmente en la vida y las aventuras de un niño transgénero prepúber llamado ‘Stephie’, con fuertes temas ideológicos metidos en las historias.
En Facebook, Labelle anunció sus planes de viajar a América del Norte para una serie de visitas escolares.
Desde entonces, Labelle ha publicado fotos del interior de aulas escolares y bibliotecas donde ya han tenido lugar sus eventos, todos los cuales parecen involucrar principalmente a una audiencia de niños pequeños.
Si bien los nombres de las instituciones en las que Labelle ya ha hablado aún no han sido confirmados por Reduxx, una publicación de Labelle en su cuenta de Facebook en francés de Assigned Male afirma que las escuelas estaban en Gaspésie, o la región de Gaspé de Quebec.
Además de su gira por escuelas primarias, Labelle anunció que el 30 de abril, iba a dar una charla en la libreríaLibrairie L’Alphabet en Rimouski, Quebec. También ha anunciado la presentación de su última novela para adultos jóvenes en Glad Day Bookshop en Toronto, Ontario, el 3 de mayo, una autoidentificada “librería LGBTQ”.
Pero en febrero de 2021, Labelle fue objeto de un escrutinio generalizado después de que se descubrió que había estado produciendo y publicando discretamente arte fetiche de pañales en cuentas stealth de redes sociales (con un alias y que no guardan relación con sus datos personales), incluido el sitio de “furry art” FurAffinity. (Furry art es arte que representa figuras antropomórficas, muchas veces con carácer sexual, inciso mío)
WafflesArt, la persona alternativa y ahora eliminada de Labelle, era una cuenta de arte de “estilo de vida de bebé/pañal adulto” y “diaper fur” (persona que en un juego de roles representa a un adulto que necesita o quiere ponerse pañales) que publicaba los dibujos de Labelle de personajes antropomórficos de animales bebés que aparecían en pañales, onesies (monos de una pieza de bebés) y se comportaban como niños pequeños. Este arte es parte de una subcultura fetichista conocida como infantilismo parafílico en la que los adultos se excitan sexualmente al actuar y vestirse como bebés.
Los detectives de Internet de KiwiFarms fueron los primeros en conectar Labelle a las cuentas, utilizando la historia de la publicación y el estilo artístico. Para hacer frente al escándalo, Labelle intentó “salir del armario” como “little” en Facebook, una persona que asume el papel de niño pequeño durante los encuentros sexuales.
“Littleness y littlespace son estados mentales en los que los adultos retroceden a la seguridad despreocupada y libre de responsabilidad”, escribió Labelle en la publicación y continúa: “En el pasado, las vidas de muchas personas trans, especialmente las de las “mujeres trans”, se han roto después de haber sido desenmascarados como littles, por lo que elegí desde el principio evitar mencionarlo”. También declaró que el propósito de los juegos de rol como bebé servía el propósito de “conectarse” con su “niño interior” para las personas transgénero.
Al ver que aumentaba el rechazo en las redes sociales, Labelle admitió haber creado el arte “diaperfur”, pero declaró que “se negóaba a avergonzarse por ello” y acusó a sus críticos de transfobia a pesar del hecho de que muchos eran “transgénero“.
El intento de Labelle de calmar la indignación no les sentó bien a muchos usuarios de redes sociales, algunos de los cuales descubrieron que para una parte del arte de Labelle había utilizado fotos de bebés reales como referencia, con Labelle aparentemente dibujando directamente sobre la imagen de niños reales para crear su arte fetiche. Labelle admitiría más tarde haberlo hecho.
Si bien Labelle luego intentó insistir en que el arte no era de naturaleza sexual, los usuarios de las redes sociales que cuestionaban las imágenes notaron que muchos parecían tener connotaciones abiertamente sexuales, incluida una que mostraba a un personaje con un pañal abierto acostado con las piernas abiertas en un cambiador, y otra que parecía delinear la vulva del personaje a través del pañal.
En su cuenta de FurAffinity, el único dibujo “favorito” de Labelle hecho por otro artista es el de un bebé furry que tiene puesto un onesie sin espalda. En Twitter, Labelle seguía a docenas de cuentas que publicaban casi exclusivamente contenido pornográfico, con hombres haciendo roleplay de niños con fines de excitación sexual. Uno de esos es el de un modelo que se hace llamar “Little Boy” y que publica fotos y videos sexualmente sugerentes de sí mismo en pañales y rodeado de juguetes para niños como animales de peluche.
Un usuario de Twitter incluso llegó a responder a una publicación de Facebook de Labelle con un comentario indignante y satírico que confirmaba la naturaleza sexual del fetiche de little, escribiendo “es una expresión saludable el jugar el papel de niño y adulto en las relaciones. Gracias por abogar por esto. Kink shamers (gente que se burla de gente con fetiches) deberían ser bloqueados”, y tuiteó capturas de pantalla que mostraban que Labelle le había dado “me gusta” a la respuesta.
Si bien Labelle desactivó brevemente sus cuentas de redes sociales debido al rechazo, volvió rápidamente y continuó promoviendo su arte y su activismo trans.
Reduxx se comunicó con Librarie L’Alphabet con respecto al evento del 30 de abril con Labelle y pudo confirmar que estaba dirigido a niños pequeños, pero un supervisor de la tienda declaró “sin comentarios” cuando se le presentó el posible problema de salvaguardia.
Reduxx también se puso en contacto con la Junta Escolar de Eastern Shores y la Commission Scolaire des Chic-Chocs, dos órganos administrativos responsables de las escuelas primarias en la región de Gaspé. Este artículo puede actualizarse en caso de que cualquiera de los dos pueda confirmar las apariciones de Labelle en cualquiera de sus instalaciones.
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Un hombre canadiense acusado de crear material de explotación sexual infantil, dirigía una popular comunidad fetichista de Reddit dedicada a las fantasías de juego de roles de “juego de edad”.
Richard Burdett, de 55 años, usaba los nombres de usuario de Reddit “fstopvox” y “F_Stop_Fitzgerald” y ganó notoriedad en Internet al crear grabaciones de audio de juegos de rol basadas en fetiches extremos, incluidos los de violación, juegos de edad, abuso sexual infantil y más. Las grabaciones tenían la intención de ser sexualmente excitantes, y Burdett leía un guion en el que él generalmente hacía de hombre adulto en una posición de poder sobre una niña.
Una publicación archivada del subreddit de Burdett.
El subreddit que Burdett moderaba tenía más de 5.000 miembros y fue descrito como un archivo de grabaciones, en la mayoría de las cuales estaba Burdett que hacía roleplay de “papá” o “maestro” que castigaba a los niños. En una grabación, Burdett actuaba de policía que realizaba una entrevista sexualizada a una niña que había sido abusada sexualmente.
La popularidad de Burdett se reflejó en que algunos usuarios incluso crearon fan art de él, un usuario de Tumblr incluso dibujó escenas románticas con Burdett en el estilo de animación japonés.
Mientras trabajaba como profesor de teatro de secundaria en 2007, se descubrió que Burdett había escrito más de 1,300 mensajes íntimos y sexualmente explícitos a una estudiante de secundaria, incluida una descripción gráfica de cómo había soñado con practicarle sexo oral. Según The Toronto Star, Burdett también había hecho “la cuchara” con cuatro estudiantes de 15 y 16 años en pijama en su dormitorio durante un viaje escolar.
Después de que estos incidentes salieran a la luz, Burdett recibió una suspensión de 12 meses en febrero de 2011 y se le exigió que completara un curso de “violación de límites”. Al acabar el curso, se decretó que su reputación era buena y el Colegio de Maestros de Ontario le dio el visto bueno para reincorporarse a la enseñanza.
Durante este tiempo, Burdett también estaba tomando fotografías boudoir (fotos sensuales de mujeres) que, según The Toronto Star, involucraban a adolescentes.
Según un comunicado de prensa del Servicio de Policía de Toronto, Burdett fue arrestado el 20 de abril como parte de una investigación sobre la posesión de material de abuso sexual infantil.
Burdett fue acusado de esos crímenes después de que la policía ejecutara una orden de registro en su casa de Toronto. Se presentaron un total de 5 cargos, entre ellos engañar a un niño menor de 18 años, posesión de pornografía infantil, acceder a pornografía infantil, producción de pornografía infantil y poner a disposición de otros pornografía infantil.
Reddit ha respondido al incidente prohibiendo el subreddit y suspendiendo las cuentas de Burdett, pero los archivos de las páginas muestran que ambos eran populares y de acceso frecuente, y que Burdett era un usuario muy activo.
En declaraciones al Toronto Star, un portavoz de Reddit declaró que “el material de abuso sexual infantil no tiene cabida en la plataforma Reddit”, y que los usuarios que se descubrió que estaban difundiendo dicho material fueron suspendidos y denunciados a la policía.
Si bien el sitio web afirma tener una política que no permite ningún contenido sexual o sugerente sobre menores, incluidas las “fantasías” que incluyen un juego de roles de un niño, Reddit tiene docenas de muros activos dedicados a eso.
r/AgePlayASMR tiene un poco menos de 2.000 miembros y se dedica a contenido de audio similar al que Burdett estaba publicando. r/DDlg cuenta con más de 112,000 miembros y está destinado a personas interesadas en el estilo de vida de ‘daddy dom–niña’, y algunas usuarias publican fotos sexualizadas de sí mismas en pañales y con chupetes.
Reddit ha sido considerado durante mucho tiempo un centro de material pornográfico perturbador, y con frecuencia está en el centro de escándalos de abuso sexual infantil. El año pasado, el sitio fue demandado por una víctima de pornografía de venganza después de negarse a eliminar las imágenes de la víctima de cuando era menor de 18 años publicadas por su novio.
En 2021, Reddit sufrió protestas generalizadas en el sitio después de contratar a Aimee Challenor, un hombre identificado como trans cuyo padre fue sentenciado a 22 años de prisión por violar y torturar a una niña de 10 años. Challenor había contratado a su padre en una posición delicada de seguridad dentro del Partido Verde del Reino Unido, y ocultó su horrible pasado al público. La pareja de Challenor estaba igualmente envuelta en una polémica por haber admitido haber fantaseado con la violación de niños.
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A Canadian man charged with making child sexual exploitation material ran a popular Reddit fetish community dedicated to ‘age play’ roleplaying fantasies.
Richard Burdett, 55, went by the Reddit usernames of “fstopvox” and “F_Stop_Fitzgerald” and gained internet notoriety from creating role-play audio recordings based around extreme fetishes including those of rape, age-play, child sexual abuse, and more. The recordings were intended to be sexually arousing, with Burdett narrating a script which generally included him being an adult male in a position of power over a young girl.
An archived post from Burdett’s subreddit.
The subreddit Burdett moderated had over 5,000 members and was described as a repository for the recordings, most of which included Burdett roleplaying as a ‘daddy’ or ‘teacher’ chastising children. In one recording, Burdett acted as a police officer conducting a sexualized interview with a young girl who had been molested.
Burdett’s popularity was reflected in that some users even created loving fan art of him, with one Tumblr user drawing romantic scenes featuring Burdett in the Japanese animation style.
While working as a high school drama teacher in 2007, Burdett was found to have written more than 1,300 intimate, sexually charged messages to a female high school student, including a graphic description of how he had dreamt of performing oral sex on her. According to The Toronto Star, Burdett had also been “spooning” four Grade 11 and 12 pajama-clad female students in his dormitory bedroom during a school trip.
After these incidents came to light, Burdett was given a 12-month suspension in February 2011 and required to complete a “boundary violation” course. After that time, he was found to be in “good standing” and approved to teach again by the Ontario College of Teachers.
During this time, Burdett was also taking “boudoir” photography, which The Toronto Star asserts involved teenage girls.
According to a press release from the Toronto Police Service, Burdett was arrested on April 20 as part of an investigation into child sexual abuse material possession.
Burdett was charged with the crimes after the police executed a search warrant at his Toronto home. A total of 5 charges were laid, including luring a child under 18 years of age, possession of child pornography, accessing child pornography, producing child pornography, and making child pornography available to others.
Reddit has since responded to the incident by banning the subreddit and suspending Burdett’s accounts, but archives of the pages show both were popular and frequently accessed, with Burdett being an active user.
Speaking to the Toronto Star, a Reddit spokesperson stated that “child sexual abuse material has no place on the Reddit platform,” and that users found to be disseminating such material were both banned and reported to law enforcement.
While the website claims to have a policy that does not permit any sexual or suggestive content about minors, including ‘fantasies’ which include a role-play of a child, Reddit has dozens of active boards dedicated to just that.
r/AgePlayASMR has just under 2,000 members and is dedicated to audio content similar to what Burdett was publishing. r/DDlg boasts over 112,000 members and is intended for individuals interested in the ‘daddy dom – little girl’ lifestyle, with some female users posting sexualized pictures of themselves in diapers and using pacifiers.
Reddit has long been considered a hub for disturbing, pornographic material, and is frequently at the center of child sexual abuse scandals. Last year, the site was sued by a victim of revenge porn after failing to remove images of the victim from when she was under the age of 18 posted by her boyfriend.
In 2021, Reddit experienced widespread site protests after hiring Aimee Challenor, a trans-identified male whose father was sentenced to 22 years in prison for raping and torturing a 10-year-old girl. Challenor had hired his father into a safety sensitive position within the UK Green Party, and hid his horrific past from the public. Challenor’s partner was similarly embroiled in controversy for having admitted to fantasizing about children being sexually abused.
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The man arrested after launching a racist attack on an Asian man in a New York City subway station has now been indicted on multiple charges, officials announced Thursday, providing disturbing new details on the case.
On March 8, Christian Jeffers, 48, initiated a confrontation with an Asian man on the platform of a Chelsea, Manhattan subway station. After bumping into the man, Jeffers, who identifies as transgender, said, “You can’t see me? You don’t have eyes?”
Jeffers then stomped on the man’s foot before pulling out a hammer and striking him in the head, leaving him with a bloody wound. The victim’s wife rushed to his aid, at which point Jeffers threatened her with the hammer.
The horrific attack was caught on camera, with Jeffers in a wig and purple lipstick striking the victim with the hammer. He was arrested less than 24 hours later on Wednesday, March 9.
Jeffers in court. Photo Source: Steven Hirsch, New York Post
During his arrest, Jeffers spewed racial slurs at New York Police Department officers of Asian and Hispanic heritage, screaming: “By the time I get out of prison, first thing I’m going to do is get a gun and try to kill as many of you as possible.”
On April 28, Jeffers was formally indicted on charges of attempted assault in the first degree as a hate crime, assault in the second degree, and menacing in the second degree as a hate crime, amongst additional minor charges.
Prior to this incident, Jeffers had 47 previous convictions dating back to 2007.
“Hate-driven violence and slurs have no place in New York,” said Manhattan District Attorney Bragg in a statement released yesterday.
“Disturbingly, this alleged hate crime was just one in a wave of recent anti-Asian attacks. I want our AAPI neighbors to know that the Manhattan D.A.’s Office is here for you, and we are committed to your safety.”
Jeffers is currently being housed in the Anna M. Kross Correctional Center on Riker’s Island, a male facility. He has entered a plea of not guilty.
In media coverage of the attack, Jeffers was referred to by feminine pronouns.
In January of 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a policy that would allow trans-identified male inmates in the state to be transferred into women’s prisons on the basis of a self-declared “gender identity.”
New York City adopted a policy on transgender inmates in 2018, with inmates being housed based on their self-declared gender identity unless the outcome of a federally required safety assessment or the preferences of the inmate require alternative housing.
It is currently unknown if Jeffers specifically requested housing in a male correctional facility, or if he was deemed too dangerous to be transferred at this time.
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The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), a German federal government agency and biomedical research institute, has called women “people with short urethras” whose primary sex organs are the “front hole” or “pussy.”
In March, RKI released a questionnaire for “trans and non-binary people” in which one of the questions asked participants if they were female without using the words “female” or “woman.”
The text of the question read, “People with short urethras are sometimes at higher risk for certain infections, for instance inflammation of the urinary bladder. People with short urethras include, for example, people with a front hole, vagina, pussy, etc. Here we are referring to people who haven’t (yet) had gender reassignment surgery as well as people who have had gender reassignment surgery. Are you someone who has a short urethra?”
Netizens responded using the hashtag #Harnröhre, or urethra, and expressed outrage at what they described as “pseudo-scientific” and a waste of taxpayers’ money. Notably, though the question was written in German, the English language was used when listing the terms “front hole” and “pussy”.
The term “front hole” is frequently found in pornography that involves women who have taken testosterone to resemble men, euphemistically referred to as “trans men.” The expression linguistically situates female genitalia in reference to the anus, or “back hole.” Additionally, “pussy” is also used to refer to female anatomy in the pornography industry.
American trans-identifying academic Andrea Long Chu compared female anatomy to the anus in his 2019 book Females. In one chapter, Chu details “forced feminization” pornography, which he describes as involving “former men who have been feminized (sissified) by being forced to wear makeup, wear lingerie, and perform acts of sexual submission.” He continued to state that, in his view, the anus is “a universal vagina through which femaleness can always be accessed.”
The US-based organization the Human Rights Commission (HRC) may have been the first to recommend the use of “front hole” as a replacement for more anatomically correct labels, such as vagina or vulva. In 2016, the HRC published to their site a document titled “Safer Sex for Trans Bodies,” which was described as “a comprehensive sexual health guide for transgender and gender expansive people and their partners.”
According to the HRC guidance, women who identify as transgender or queer ought to refer to their genitalia as a “front hole” while men who identify as women should refer to their penile inversion as a “vagina.” The pornography-related terms “dick” and “strapless” are suggested, as well.
In 2018, Healthline Media, an American website and provider of health information headquartered in San Francisco, California, similarly published a LGBTQIA+ safe sex guide which used the term “front hole” when describing female anatomy.
“For the purposes of this guide, we’ve chosen to include alternative words for readers to use for their genitals,” Healthline stated. “Whenever we use the medical term ‘vagina,’ we’ll also include ‘front hole,’ as clinically recommended by researchers in the BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Trusted Source journal.”
Mimicking the rhetoric of the HRC, Healthline stated that many who are born female and identify as male may prefer call their vaginas “front holes” or “inside genitals” whereas those born male who claim a female identity may prefer to use the terms “girl dick” when referencing their penises.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that health chiefs in England had told midwives to use the terms “human milk” instead of “breast milk” and to say “front hole” instead of “vagina.” In a care guide from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, midwives and obstetricians were told: “Some individuals may have preferred terminology for their anatomy. These should be used wherever possible. For example, some people may talk about ‘front hole’ or ‘genital opening’ rather than ‘vagina.'”
A midwife employed at the trust disclosed that a number of maternity staff were unhappy with the language requirements but feared speaking out due to the political climate.
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A 29-year-old Scottish man who repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman is appealing the 23-month jail sentence he was handed in February after pleading guilty to the crime.
Laura Miller, a male who identifies as “gender neutral,” was sentenced at Inverness Sheriff Court in Scotland on February 11, 2022, after pleading guilty to the charge of sexual assault on the day his trial was set to begin.
As first reported in The Press and Journal, which uniformly referred to Miller by ‘they/them’ pronouns, the assaults took place in 2017 at a property on the Isle of Skye in northwest Scotland. The Court heard that “on several occasions” Miller sexually assaulted a woman while she was in a state incapable of giving consent.
In at least one instance, Miller filmed himself while he was assaulting the woman. In the video, he is described as being seen “removing [his] victim’s clothing, exposing her private parts and touching [her] breasts.” He is also heard making vulgar sexual remarks of an offensive nature towards her. Details on Miller’s relationship to the woman as well as how he had access to her are not clear.
While Miller was sentenced to 23 months in jail, after which he would be required to register as a sex offender for a period of 10 years, his lawyers are appealing the prison term today at the High Court of Judiciary and requesting more lenient punishment. This is despite the fact that the Court noted Miller had a previous criminal record with two past convictions resulting in imprisonment, and his crime was “a matter of grave concern.”
During the initial sentencing, Miller’s lawyers had attempted to convince the court to issue a non-custodial sentence, which had been rejected at the time.
As previously noted by Reduxx, Miller’s legal gender status and any past aliases he held are unknown and have not been made public, nor have the details of the past crimes he committed which the Court referenced at sentencing.
As per Police Scotland policies, Miller’s crime may have been recorded as having been committed by a woman depending on how he self-identified at the time of his arrest.
According to a 2019statement from then-Cabinet Secretary of Justice Humza Yousaf, Police Scotland “require[d] no evidence or certification as proof of gender identity other than a person’s self declaration.”
Similarly, under current Scottish Prison Service guidelines, Miller would also have been entitled to request housing at a women’s correctional institution, even if he had no legal documents demonstrating he has changed gender.
Miller’s current placement is unknown, and the appeal is ongoing.
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A los estudiantes de matronería de una prominente universidad en el Reino Unido se les enseñaba que los hombres biológicos pueden quedar embarazados y dar a luz por el pene antes de que los profesores se dieran cuenta y editaran apresuradamente un libro de trabajo que se les había dado.
Reduxx ha obtenido una exclusiva de esos recursos didácticos de estudiantes de matronería preocupados en una importante universidad de Escocia. Los estudiantes, que deseaban permanecer en el anonimato por temor por sus carreras, inicialmente recibieron instrucciones biológicamente imposibles sobre cómo cuidar a los hombres embarazados o que están pariendo. El nombre de la Universidad es conocido por Reduxx, pero no se publica a petición de los estudiantes denunciantes. Se puede proporcionar en el futuro si Reduxx es capaz de conseguir el consentimiento de todos los estudiantes involucrados.
En un módulo sobre el cuidado de las mujeres durante el parto, a los estudiantes se les proporcionó inicialmente un “Libro de trabajo de competencias” sobre cateterismo que contenía una orientación significativa sobre el manejo de los genitales masculinos y el cuidado de las “personas que dan a luz” biológicamente masculinas.
De acuerdo con el libro de trabajo, se explicó a los estudiantes que: “Es importante tener en cuenta que, si bien la mayoría de las veces la persona que da a luz tendrá genitales femeninos, es posible que estén cuidando de una persona embarazada o en parto que está en transición de hombre a mujer y aún puede tener genitales masculinos externos”.
Aunque la introducción del manual podría pensarse que es un error, una errata o cosa de un individuo no iniciado que intenta utilizar un lenguaje “inclusivo”, el libro de trabajo hecho por la Universidad claramente pasa a proporcionar a los estudiantes instrucción sobre cómo acomodar a un hombre biológico embarazado.
El libro informa a los estudiantes que es posible que deban familiarizarse con los procedimientos de cateterismo para “anatomía femenina y masculina”, señalando que, como resultado del hecho de que tanto hombres como mujeres pueden estar dando a luz, solo utilizará el término “persona que da a luz” en el libro.
El libro de ejercicios recuerda a los alumnos que la “persona que da a luz” puede ser un varón biológico en dos secciones separadas.
En la sección 4.4 del manual, se proporcionan los procesos de cateterismo para los hombres biológicos, con imágenes de un instructor que demuestra el procedimiento en el pene y el escroto de una figura masculina.
También se administraron dosis de gel anestésico en función de la biología masculina y femenina, y se recomienda que la mujeres reciban 6 ml de gel analgésico, y los hombres 11 ml.
En otra sección, se proporcionan instrucciones especiales para la extracción de catéteres con consideración para las glándulas prostáticas, y se instruye a los estudiantes a advertir a las “personas masculinas” de “incomodidad a medida que el balón desinflado pasa a través de la glándula prostática”.
Si bien los profesores se dieron cuenta más tarde de los errores cometidos, la edición apresurada de la guía solo corrigió la redacción inicial en la introducción, cambiando “hombre a mujer” por “mujer a hombre”. Todas las referencias al manejo de un pene, la glándula prostática y la biología masculina se conservaron, pero también agregaron la sugerencia de que una persona transgénero de mujer a hombre podría dar a luz a través de un “pene” construido quirúrgicamente.
A pesar de la edición aparentemente chapucera, estudiantes y expertos siguen preocupados por la falta de cuidado dado al manual y la formación.
A finales de marzo, se reveló que los errores en Shrewsbury y Telford NHS Trust en Inglaterra resultaron en la muerte innecesaria de más de 200 bebés y 9 madres a lo largo de dos décadas. Según las investigaciones internas, “las repetidas fallas en la calidad de la atención y la gestión” fueron las culpables, con 1.486 familias a mayores y 1.592 incidentes registrados como resultado de una supervisión inadecuada de la atención de maternidad.
En declaraciones a Reduxx sobre el contenido del libro de trabajo, Elaine Miller dijo que estaba “profundamente preocupada”.
Miller, miembro de la Chartered Society for Physiotherapy, es la creadora de Gusset Grippers, un galardonado programa educativo centrado en la salud pélvica de la mujer. Cuando se le mostraron los materiales del curso, Miller expresó incredulidad ante la cantidad de información objetivamente incorrecta que se proporcionaba a los estudiantes.
“No es posible que una persona masculina quede embarazada”, dijo Miller, y continuó diciendo que incluso las ediciones apresuradas que hicieron los instructores estaban plagadas de imposibilidades.
“Una [mujer] con una diferencia de género puede quedar embarazada pero no tendrá genitales masculinos”, señala, expresando su preocupación de que incluso si se diera formación sobre cómo atender a pacientes transgénero de mujer a hombre, la información seguía siendo incompleta y poco realista.
“La mayoría [de las mujeres] que usan testosterona, en las dosis utilizadas para la ‘transición’, desarrollarán atrofia vaginal. El frágil tejido de una vagina atrofiada es incapaz de estirarse para acomodar la cabeza de un bebé”, dice Miller, señalando también que las personas transgénero de mujer a hombre que desean dar a luz naturalmente corren el riesgo de sufrir “nuevos tipos de lesiones de nacimiento” que aún no se han estudiado o investigado.
“Examinar este riesgo potencial es probablemente más importante que aprender a extraer un catéter de una glándula prostática inexistente”.
Las preocupaciones de Miller son compartidas por Susan Bewley, profesora emérita de Obstetricia y Salud de la Mujer en el King’s College de Londres. Al comentar los materiales proporcionados para su revisión por Reduxx, Bewley los calificó de “desconcertantes” y dijo que inicialmente se cuestionó si podrían haber sido una broma.
“No hay circunstancias en las que se pueda pedir, o esperar, a las matronas cualificadas que catetericen un pene como parte de su trabajo profesional”, dice, “Los escritores parecen haber acabado la escuela completamente ignorantes de la biología básica, sexo y anatomía”.
Bewley ha escrito extensamente sobre embarazos de personas transgénero de mujer a hombre, pero discrepa incluso con las ediciones realizadas en el libro de trabajo después de leer que una mujer podría dar a luz después de tener un pene construido quirúrgicamente a través de una faloplastia.
“Unas pocas [de mujer a hombre] se someten a cirugía genital pero, en general, aquellas con un neopene creado quirúrgicamente simplemente no se pueden quedar embarazadas porque se someten a una histerectomía al empezar el proceso”, dice. “Estos materiales son lo opuesto a la formación de alta calidad que los pacientes necesitan de parteras y médicos. El proyecto puede haber surgido de la compasión y el entusiasmo, pero es preocupante que los escritores no parezcan conocer, importarles o verificar los hechos”.
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