A transgender pedophile has pleaded guilty to dozens of child sex offenses among other horrific crimes at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today. Matthew Green, also known as Kaleigh Green, reportedly showed “little remorse” during his hearing, according to the Age.
Green, 29, appeared remotely today from Ravenhall prison, where he is being held in the Forbes unit, a high-protection section of the jail. His guilty plea covered 36 offenses, including child rape, producing and transmitting child abuse material, and performing sexual acts in front of a child. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of bestiality and one count relating to possession of a child-like sex doll.
The pedophile had originally faced a startling 194 charges. Those charges were struck out and replaced by the 36 offenses to which he pleaded guilty. Green’s sentencing will take place in March of 2027.
Green was first arrested by sex-crime detectives in September of last year as part of the investigation that had earlier led police to notorious pedophile Joshua Brown.
Some of Green’s social media pages.
Brown had worked in the Victorian childcare sector for several years and had been employed at over 20 early-learning centers across Melbourne and Geelong. Brown’s offending is believed to be so widespread that authorities were prompted to urge the parents of 1,200 children to get them tested for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis.
Police initially alleged that Brown had offended against eight children at Creative Garden Early Learning Centre in Point Cook between April 2022 and January 2023. The children were aged between five months and two years.
Brown was initially charged with more than 70 offences, including alleged sexual offences against children and offences involving child abuse material. But the investigation subsequently expanded, and police identified additional alleged victims and examined Brown’s employment history across the childcare sector.
By December 2025, Brown faced a staggering 156 charges involving at least 12 alleged victims.
The additional charges included allegations of sexual assault, attempted sexual penetration, sexual activity in the presence of a child, producing child abuse material, transmitting child abuse material, causing injury and assault.
Like Green, police also charged Brown with offenses involving bestiality. Those allegations were separate from the childcare allegations.
Notably, the father of one child who attended the Creative Garden Early Learning Centre under Brown’s supervision came forward last year to reveal he had suspicions about Brown, but failed to report him due to concerns that he would be labeled as “homophobic.”
A Melbourne father whose son went to a childcare centre where alleged paedophile Joshua Dale Brown worked says he found him "weird and creepy" but didn't report his concerns for fear of being labelled "homophobic".
The offenses to which Green pleaded guilty are separate from the allegations involving Brown’s work in childcare, and Green’s offenses are not believed to have taken place in a childcare setting. Police have not alleged that Green and Brown jointly committed the offense for which either man has been charged. At this time, it is unclear exactly how the investigation into Brown led police to Green.
Green appears to have begun identifying as transgender in 2025, when he uploaded a photo of himself to his Facebook wearing bright blue lipstick.
But even prior to adopting his new identity, he appears to have been closely aligned with the “furry” subculture. Furries are a subculture of individuals who enjoy fantasy materials featuring anthropomorphic animal characters. Some enthusiasts will spend thousands of dollars creating customized “suits” to take on the appearance of their favorite animal character, and many incorporate the characters into sexual or pornographic acts. While many furries deny any connection between their subculture and paraphilias, there have been multiple cases of furries being indicted in sex crimes in recent years.
While some of Green’s social media pages have been deleted since his arrest, likely at the request of authorities, his Facebook does reveal he had been an avid gamer and streamed under the username GeenPants and ShadowFire666. Some clips from his Counter Strike streams are still available on YouTube and Twitch.
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A trans-identified male football player who has been competing in the women’s category was the recipient of a prestigious top goal scorer award, prompting criticism from a professional female athlete. Maximillia Kostur, who has been playing in the National Premier League, the highest level of women’s football in Victoria, was recently handed a Nike FC Cup honor.
The Nike FC Cup is a major women’s football knockout competition in Victoria, Australia. It’s run by Football Victoria and sponsored by Nike. The cup features a Golden Boot / top goal-scorer award, and this year the award was handed to Kostur, a male player for FC Clifton Hill who “identifies” as a woman.
In response to the news, former American professional footballer Addison Steiner came forward in opposition to the inclusion of male athletes in women’s competitions. Speaking to The Daily Mail, Steiner addressed the situation without naming Kostur, presumably to protect herself from a lawsuit.
However, a search for the recipient of the award reveals that FC Clifton Hill celebrated the win on social media and named Kostur, noting that he scored 11 goals in women’s matches during the 2026 season and thereby “contributed to our best Cup run ever.”
Steiner had played against Kostur during a match in Melbourne. “This player was undeniably faster, stronger and more technical, out running some of the quickest players in the league,” she said. “I found myself thinking, damn this player is an absolute beast and shocked by their abilities, unaware she was a transgender woman until the game was finished.”
“It’s about protecting women’s sports where we have fought so hard for decades to be respected, seen, heard and given equal opportunities and resources,” Steiner continued. “We are forced to succumb to these decisions made by the soccer federations here without any choice.”
Another female player spoke to The Daily Mail anonymously, noting that “many players admitted being too scared to go in for tackles against [him].”
The anonymous player contacted Football Victoria to express her views on the unfairness of Kostur’s participation due to his physical advantages. She was told the organization’s “foremost priority” was inclusion.
Dan Birrell, Football Victoria’s chief executive, told The Herald Sun the organization’s current policy does not require athletes to disclose their sex in order to play in the women’s category.
“There is no current requirement for born/biological sex disclosure from any player/person behind their identified gender,” he stated. Birrell also claimed that there was no evidence that male athletes benefit from greater strength, or that they pose a risk of injury to female players.
1/4 Things are so dire in Australia right now that men who play in women's sports cannot even be named for fear of punishment and retaliation from the government.
Football Victoria’s official website published a statement in support of the “LGBTQIA+ Community” at the beginning of 2025 – around the same time Kostur began playing on the Alamein United FC team. “We believe being inclusive is reflecting the diversity of our local communities and that everyone should have the opportunity to be included and engaged through football in a way that is positive and meaningful, regardless of sex, sexuality, gender identity or any other defining characteristic,” reads the statement. “Football Victoria has zero tolerance for homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in our game, and is committed to fostering safe, welcoming and inclusive environments for all participants.”
The organization’s policy aligns with Australian football’s wider approach. Earlier this year, a female player came forward to reveal she had been retaliated against for refusing to play against against a team with five trans-identified male players. The Flying Bats have consistently dominated women’s matches in Australia’s Premier League of the North West Sydney Football Association (NWSFA), and have reportedly injured multiple women on the field.
In 2024, the team won the pre-season Beryl Ackroyd Cup, netting a $1,000 prize. With the news that the men had joined, racking up victory after victory, 24 women dropped out of playing in the league in protest. The decision was influenced by reports that the men had repeatedly injured some of the female players to the point of no longer being able to play football. Later that year, the Flying Bats also won the NWSFA Premier League tournament, having gone the season completely undefeated. They hadn’t lost a single game among the 17 they had played, although six of those were because the opposition had forfeited the match in silent protest.
While the Flying Bats accrued victories, reports emerged of multiple female players sustaining injuries on the field after run-ins with the male players. One as-yet-unnamed male player for the Flying Bats is said to have broken a female player’s leg in two places.
Reduxx spoke with Frank Parisi, president of St. Patrick’s Football Club, who confirmed that after “a clumsy tackle from behind,” a woman playing for his team “had her leg broken in two places, and she’s no longer playing football.”
“One of our players rushed over to try to help her, she was screaming in so much pain. At that time, she made a derogatory remark to the Bats player, which we apologized for. [She was] suspended. The Bats player, nothing happened to [him].” Parisi clarified that following this incident, the player was suspended from matches for a total of eight weeks.
Despite this, women in one of the top football leagues in Sydney were recently banned from forfeiting matches against the Flying Bats. The women of the Northern Suburbs Football Association were reportedly forced to sign an agreement that explicitly barred them from forfeiting matches against the team with five male players.
AUSTRALIA: Women in one of the top football leagues in Sydney have been banned from protesting against an "LGBTQIA+" team known to have multiple male players.
The women have been told to sign a document agreeing not to forfeit any matches in protest.https://t.co/gc5oz9nADD
In addition to social retaliation, female athletes and coaches have been threatened with egregious fines should they attempt to voice opposition to policies allowing men to play football against women.
Heads of Football New South Wales (FNSW) and North West Sydney Football (NWSF), John Tsatsimas and Matthew Geracitano, convened a meeting in spring of 2024 and required the attendance of all football club presidents under their jurisdiction. During the March 20 meeting attendees were told that a decision to boycott participation by forfeiting matches against The Flying Bats would result in “disciplinary action” being issued.
Additionally, Geracitano sent an email to all club presidents citing policies put forward by eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant in the Online Safety Act 2021. The email states that possible violations of the legislation include “publishing private or identifying information about an individual with malicious intent to cause serious harm,” and cautions that “individuals responsible for posting seriously harmful material” can be fined up to $111,000.
Currently, one woman who raised safety concerns about male players in women’s football leagues is appealing a “vilification” conviction for referring to the athletes as men. Kirralie Smith was ordered to pay a staggering $95,000 AUD to the two trans-identified men who brought a discrimination complaint against her after she sounded the alarm using publicly available information.
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A trans-identified male cyclist who has competed in more than 60 women’s events has recently defied official policy by competing in a renowned professional bike race in Philadelphia. James Olson Tait, who changed his name to “Amanda” in 2014, violated rules put forward both by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and USA Cycling barring males from competing in women’s categories when he competed in the Philadelphia Cycling Classic.
On September 15, 2025, USA Cycling updated their formal participation category policy, after having been directed to do so by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Just months before the policy went into effect, the women’s professional cycling world had been gripped by multiple controversies involving trans-identified males smashing women’s records and winning major competitions.
According to the updated guideline, any individual, “irrespective of sex assigned at birth,” may compete in the Men’s / Open Category. However, the Women’s Category would restrict participation to females, which it defined as “a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell.”
At the time, the change to policy was met with tremendous backlash from trans activists, who claimed trans-identified males were being “excluded” from cycling by not having permission to enter women’s races. However, some trans-inclusive cycling clubs vocally opposed the policy, and issued vague ultimatums that suggested they either would not comply or would find loopholes to secure the participation of trans-identified males.
While many trans-identified male cyclists openly condemned the change, some appear to have attempted to obfuscate their sex with the intention of continuing to compete in violation of the policy.
James Olson “Amanda” Tait has ridden in over 50 women’s races sanctioned by USAC since the new policy came into effect, and has placed first in several competitions, including at the Prospect Park Cycling Series in Brooklyn on August 8.
In addition to women’s cycling, Tait has also been participating in women’s Ironman triathlons.
Last year, after the policy was first introduced, Tait posted to his Instagram that he intended to help other trans-identified male racers violate the policy by “shunning” anyone who challenged the inclusion of a male in the women’s category, and encouraged others to violate or disregard the policy as well. Tait later deleted the post.
Tait’s now-deleted post on the USAC policy update.
Despite having no known prior record in men’s racing, Tait has aggressively risen through the ranks of women’s cycling, enabling him to compete in elite-level USA Cycling events in just over one year. In March of 2025, Tait began cycling in the women’s development category, which is for beginners. By mid-2026, he already qualified to participate in professional USA Cycling events and acquired a UCI international, pro-license to compete in Sunday’s race against professional and Olympic-level female riders.
In June, Tait competed in the USA Cycling Masters and Junior Road National Championship, where he achieved a 4th place finish against some of the best female cyclists in the country. Tait’s win pushed Gwen Jorgensen, an Olympian who won the USA’s first ever triathlon gold medal, off the podium and out of the Top 5.
On August 30, Tait participated in the elite women’s category of the Philadelphia Cycling Classic, an iconic American road race considered to be one of the most prestigious events outside of Europe. The August 30 race was the first time the Classic was held in 10 years, and involved elite cyclists from international teams. Tait acquired a “did not finish” (DNF) result, which is not uncommon for races of this calibre, but his participation in the event triggered massive concern amongst women’s sports advocates aware that he was a biological male.
“Allowing a male athlete who would be unremarkable in the men’s category to rise among the world’s top female athletes at unprecedented speed is humiliating to the elite women who have spent years competing at this level. It sends two damaging messages: first, that the governing body does not respect women’s cycling enough to enforce basic eligibility standards; and second, that a male cyclist who might, in the men’s category, be a ‘weekend warrior’ competing locally can be presented as somehow equivalent to the world’s best women. That does a profound disservice not only to those athletes, but to the credibility and reputation of women’s cycling itself,” the representative said.
ICONS considers USAC historically one of the “biggest offenders” when it comes to male athletes competing in women’s competition. It notes that USAC has had more known men competing in the women’s category than any other national governing body overseeing an Olympic sport in the United States. Since the official policy change, USAC has now been confronted with major enforcement shortfalls as male cyclists continue to participate in the women’s category.
Earlier this year, another male cyclist, Jordan Johnson, was seen participating at a USAC-sanctioned race.
What was male Jordan Johnson doing in the women's cat 3/4 yesterday at the CU Criterium in Boulder?
“This is an embarrassment and a breach of trust across the Olympic cycling movement. Eligibility rules are meaningless without timely screening and enforcement,” the ICONS representative continued.
“USA Cycling has demonstrated that they have no intention of enforcing their own eligibility rules. A man has been openly flaunting those rules and encouraging others to do the same, yet USAC has made no moves to stop him. They have also made it impossible for women to petition his participation, as ‘only USA Cycling shall have the right to contest the individual’s Women’s Category status.’ Eligibility rules without enforcement are meaningless. With their lack of enforcement, USAC has made it clear that their intentions with the updated rules were not to ensure fairness in the female category, but rather to stop women complaining about the unfairness they have allowed and are still allowing to continue,” a representative of the platform stated.
Both HeCheated and ICONS have campaigned for the introduction of non-invasive sex tests to ensure category eligibility. Such tests are commonly completed via a quick cheek swab where DNA markers associated with sex chromosomes can be readily determined.
“A simple SRY screen for every athlete entering the female category would be an easy and cheap way of solving the issues of enforcement. The test can be done right at registration, not after athletes and organizations have invested significant time, money, and resources,” the representative from ICONS stated.
“Female athletes deserve to know the rules protecting their category are enforced before they reach the starting line and that violators will face punishment.”
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A trans-identified male previously convicted of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 13 has landed back in a Minnesota women’s prison after being convicted on new felony charges. Daniel Patrick Benz, 39, had recently been released from the state’s only facility for female inmates, where he had been allegedly exposing himself to women, when he was arrested again on June 1 after being in found in possession of firearms he had been forbidden from owning due to multiple prior convictions.
Benz has a lengthy criminal history spanning two decades. Yet despite his many convictions for robbery, assault, and the sexual abuse of a 6-year-old girl, Benz was released last year from women’s prison MCF Shakopee. He had been transferred into the facility in 2023 while serving a sentence in a men’s prison for the theft of a motor vehicle in 2018, a charge which carries a maximum ten-year sentence.
On February 27, 2023, Benz filed a civil rights complaint which ultimately resulted in his transfer into Minnesota’s only women’s prison. The complaint was lodged ahead of his legal name change to Danielle Marie Whitebird in June of that year, after his petition was approved by the state of Minnesota. In addition to the name change, Benz also was supplied with a “replacement birth record” which declared his sex as female, despite not having undergone any surgeries, according to his own legal complaints.
After his most recent release from Shakopee in September 2024, Benz was again arrested in June this year for threatening law enforcement upon their discovery that he was in possession of illegal firearms. As reported by Alpha News, an officer noticed his pickup truck exit from an area of storage units after midnight. The truck was missing its front license plate, causing the officer to become suspicious.
Law enforcement confronted Benz and discovered a power tool in his pocket, as well as bolt cutters and a pry bar inside the truck. Officers soon observed that three storage units had been broken into, and a search of the pickup truck uncovered a loaded handgun, a modified 12-gauge shotgun, and 20 rounds of ammunition. Officers ran a background check, noted Benz’s extensive criminal history, and saw that he had been prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition due to four prior violent felony convictions, including burglary with a dangerous weapon and criminal sexual predation.
Upon his arrest, Benz managed to slip out of his handcuffs and unbuckled his seatbelt. He then began threatening to kill the officers, shouting, “One of us is not coming out of this alive.” He lashed out violently, banging his head on the divider and kicking, and continued to scream and threatened to kill the officers’ families when he got out of jail. He was eventually subdued and charged with three counts of illegally possessing firearms or ammunition, threats of violence, possession of a short-barreled shotgun, possession of burglary tools, obstructing the legal process, and a gross misdemeanor count of carrying weapons without a permit.
The incident was reported in local media as having been committed by a woman.
In 2007, Benz was convicted of criminal sexual misconduct with a victim under the age of 13. According to court records obtained by Reduxx, St. Louis county police officers responded to a tip from the Eveleth Police Department in July regarding the sexual abuse of a minor.
Eveleth police had received a text message informing law enforcement that Benz had “played a game of touch the peanuts” with a 6 year-old girl. The informant, whose name has been redacted, said the girl had been acting oddly for two weeks. The child divulged to the individual that “Dan” had sexually molested her on multiple occasions.
Benz had been staying in the same residence as the victim after having been evicted from his apartment. During an interview with a social worker, the girl stated that Benz had been touching her genitals.
“One night when her mommies went to pick up her daddy, she was with Dan at her house,” reads the 2007 complaint. “They were sitting together watching a movie… [The girl] stated that Dan reached with his hand and went inside of the left leg of her pajama pants. He then put his hand inside her panties and touched her on top of her vagina.” The victim also described other similar instances of abuse.
Benz was handed the maximum 25-year sentence. However, his long history of criminal behavior indicates that he was released after serving just five years, in approximately 2012, when he was convicted of a misdemeanor for giving a police officer a false name – a charge that appears multiple times throughout his criminal record.
Benz was convicted of the theft of a motor vehicle in 2018, a charge which carries a maximum ten-year sentence. Police records filed after his arrest in 2017 state that Benz had “active warrants” out of Crow Wing County for “failure to register as a predatory offender” as well as a domestic assault report.
While incarcerated in a men’s facility, Benz began claiming to experience “gender dysphoria”. When filing a request for a change of name and legal sex in February 2023, Benz claimed to be a “transgender woman [whose] legal documents do not match my gender and gender identity.”
“It is painful, difficult, and uncomfortable for the party addressing me, when they inquire about the ‘male’ legal name, and my ‘male’ sex identifier are on my legal documents,” Benz wrote.
He continued: “I humbly request this court changes my ‘current legal name’ Daniel Patrick Benz to Danielle Marie Whitebird, and my current sex identification from ‘male’ to ‘female’, in order to match my gender and gender identity. This will alleviate my unnecessary suffering.”
Concurrently, Benz had also filed a human rights complaint requesting a transfer to the women’s prison MCF Shakopee on the basis of the Eighth Amendment’s clause against “cruel and unusual punishment.”
“Ms. Benz-Whitebird’s case satisfies both elements of the deliberate indifference test,” Benz wrote in his complaint, referring to himself in the third person. “She has presented extensive evidence that, despite hormone therapy, she continues to experience gender dysphoria so significant that she continues to have thoughts of self-castration and is at serious risk of acting on that impulse again.”
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) violated Benz’s human rights, he claimed, by failing to transfer him to MCF Shakopee in a “timely manner,” and “failing to house Plaintiff in a female facility according to her gender identity which would ensure safety and reduce the risk of sexual victimization.”
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
A transgender pedophile was housed in Minnesota's only women's prison after launching a discrimination lawsuit against the state.
A female inmate at the facility says Daniel Benz exposed himself to her after being transferred in.https://t.co/iJEFoxV6vj
During his brief period at Shakopee, Benz was said to have been exposing his penis to female inmates.
Benz’s placement in the women’s prison was confirmed both through court records and by an inmate who spoke to Reduxx via women’s prison advocate Rebeca Warmbo – herself once an inmate at the facility.
Warmbo provided documented exchanges from a woman who was a former victim of sex trafficking. In order to protect her identity, Reduxx used a pseudonym when reporting on the incident in 2024.
“[There was a] man who introduced me to drugs and then prostitution, which eventually led to the charges I am here for now,” said Cate, adding that while he was in MCF-Shakopee, Benz “showed me his penis… I was terrified.”
Cate went on to explain that though she had reported the incident to prison officials, “nothing was done” and “everyone turned their cheek.”
Cate stated that she believed action was not immediately taken on the basis that her report was seen as “homophobic” or bigoted.
“We just want to be protected here and not abused or taken advantage of. Most of us come from a background of abuse and we shouldn’t allow it here. We should be safe and protected, but they are allowing abusers in,” she added at the time.
Conviction records state that Benz was sentenced to spend a period of approximately 93 months in the women’s prison, though his anticipated release date is set for 2029, or less than half of that time.
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A trans-identified male has been convicted of kidnapping after deliberately striking a lone woman with a van, dragging her towards the vehicle and strangling her during a terrifying roadside attack earlier this year.
Sean Haverty, 28, now known as Safiya Anna Haverty, targeted the woman as she walked alone along Micheldever Road, near Andover in Hampshire, in March. According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Haverty drove the van into the victim from behind without warning before getting out and attempting to drag her towards the vehicle. He then strangled her as she fought to escape.
The victim, who was reported at the time of Haverty’s arrest to be in her fifties, eventually managed to break free and run to safety. She managed to alert nearby members of the public, who contacted police.
On August 25, a jury at Winchester Crown Court found Haverty guilty of kidnapping, intentional strangulation, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and perverting the course of justice. Haverty had already pled guilty to dangerous driving at the same court earlier this year, and admitted being behind the wheel of the vehicle that struck the woman.
Though the victim had not seen her attacker’s face, police investigators and prosecutors established Haverty’s identity using eyewitness accounts, automatic number-plate recognition records, mobile phone data, and forensic evidence.
Haverty as seen in a 2023 Facebook photo.
“This was a chilling attack on a complete stranger,” Senior Crown Prosecutor Natalie Cheesman said in a statement, adding that “Haverty drove to Hampshire before striking a lone woman with a van, dragging her towards the vehicle and strangling her.”
Cheesman said prosecutors had worked with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary to assemble the evidence required to prove Haverty was responsible. “We hope these convictions provide some reassurance to the victim that Haverty has been brought to justice,” she added.
When Haverty was first charged in March, police and local media explicitly identified him as a man and referred to him using his birth name. However, shortly after the trial began Judge Rufus Taylor informed jurors that Haverty had changed his name and was biologically male but that he was “presenting as a woman” in court. It is unclear when Haverty began identifying as a woman or formalized his new name, but it appears to have been following his arrest.
The original local report on the brazen attack also described the incident as an attempted kidnapping with intent to commit a sexual offense. But the CPS’s post-verdict announcement lists a conviction for kidnapping, rather than kidnapping with intent to commit a relevant sexual offense, and does not record a separate sexual offense conviction. Haverty is due to be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on November 13.
Public records and archived online profiles show that Haverty had previously presented exclusively as a man.
A Backstage acting profile for Haverty lists him as a male model from Newquay, Cornwall, and photographs on the page appear to match images he had previously used across his social media accounts.
A LinkedIn profile using the same photograph identified Haverty as a freelance filmmaker from Quintrell Downs, near Newquay. In January 2024, Haverty also posted in an online casting group seeking male and female actors aged between 21 and 30 for a student film he was producing in Cornwall.
Companies House records listed under his name list the same month and year of birth, December 1997, and the Newquay address cited when Haverty was charged. The records show that he had served as a director of two since-dissolved companies, Notorious Apparel Limited and Preferred Recruitment Ltd.
The unprovoked attack bears similarities to several other cases previously reported by Reduxx involving trans-identified males targeting strangers.
In Australia, trans-identified male sex offender Lisa Jones stalked a woman walking home alone before grabbing her, pinning her down and attempting to rape her. The victim escaped after screaming her location during a telephone call and fighting Jones off until bystanders intervened. A sentencing judge described that assault as a “brazen and opportunistic” attack against a complete stranger. Jones, who had previously served six years in a male prison for sexually abusing a six-year-old girl, was later transferred to a women’s prison.
In Scotland, repeat child sex offender Connor Tait selected an 11-year-old boy “completely at random”, hid near where the child was playing and sexually assaulted him after grabbing him from behind. Tait later adopted a feminine identity after being released from prison.
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From Left: Skeggi Hildof Katrinssonr, Andrew Kennedy, and Szeth Aslan Magnus. All photos courtesy of the WADOC.
Three depraved criminals housed in a Washington state prison are suing the Department of Corrections for human rights violations after they say they were deprived of adequate “gender affirming” care and treatment. Reduxx can name the inmates involved in the suit as Michael R. Caldwell, who raped two children, Hunter S. Christian, who raped multiple dogs, and Andrew S. Kennedy, who murdered an infant.
In the men’s original 324-page complaint, which was filed in December of 2025, the three men separately outline their grievances against the state’s Department of Corrections, and attempt to leverage the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to make their case that the denial of “gender affirming” care and treatment is unlawful, using a recent precedent set by Autumn Cordellione, another transgender inmate convicted of murdering a baby who successfully argued that the state of Indiana should have to pay for his “gender affirming” care.
The complaint, obtained by Reduxx, is opened by Caldwell, who now goes by the name Skeggi Hildof Katrinssonr or “Hildi.” Caldwell was convicted in 2014 of raping two young girls trusted to his care, and was handed a 26.5 year sentence for the crimes. During the trial, it was revealed that he had initially blamed one of the children for seducing him and provoking the sexual abuse.
Michael Caldwell, who now goes by the name Skeggi Hildof Katrinssonr. Photo courtesy of the Washington Department of Corrections.
In his list of complaints, Caldwell reveals that his facility has a personal laser hair removal device for transgender inmates to use, and that the inmates were allowed to use the device in a private room within the medical clinic once or twice per week. But in 2024, the clinic discontinued access to the private room, and told transgender inmates they would have to use the device in their own cell. Caldwell deems this unacceptable, writing: “My cell door has a 34×34 [inch] window where any male inmate or officer can see inside my cell and watch me use the device on my maturing female body.”
Caldwell refers to this lack of privacy as “sex discrimination,” and says his proposed remedy – which was to use the device in the shower area – was rejected or ignored.
Caldwell goes on to claim that not being able to use the device in a private area constitutes the Department of Corrections delaying or depriving him of “prescribed medical treatment,” emphasizing that his “gender dysphoria” is impacting his mental health and ability to perform his daily errands.
“I seclude myself from having to associate with anyone,” Caldwell complains. “My mental health has regressed, elevating anxiety, depression, skipping meal times, no appetite, becoming overwhelmed in my daily activities where I at times cry … The Defendants expect me to consent to relinquish my right to privacy. I will not consent to any relinquishment of my Fundamental Rights.”
In another complaint, Caldwell states that he was hired at the correctional textile shop, where inmates are expected to wear a specific uniform, and that not being provided a separate changing room from the other male inmates represented a breach of his constitutional rights.
“This process of men and trans-women stripping in the same area together is undignified, sex discrimination, practicing conversion tactics, and shocks the social conscience. The lack of any protocol fosters discrimination across the board.”
Caldwell says he forfeited his job at the shop as a result of the changing room policy, in order to “protect” his “mental health and well-being.” He then goes on to outline additional complaints, including alleged violations of his First Amendment rights.
The complaint continues with the declaration of Hunter S. Christian, who changed his name to Szeth Aslan Magnus. Christian identifies as “non-binary” and “intersex,” and declares he/him and they/them pronouns in the document.
Hunter Scott Christian, also known as “Szeth Aslan Magnus.”
Christian was arrested in 2018 on charges related to bestiality and possessing child sexual abuse material. Christian raped at least three dogs, including a Rottweiler, an older Chihuahua mix, and a black Labrador. He filmed the sexual acts and was found in possession of the videos, along with depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. In 2019, he was convicted on multiple felony charges, including 1st Degree Animal Cruelty With Sexual Motivation.
In his grievances, Christian claims that he was denied access to Minoxidil treatments for head hair growth because he had no diagnosis for gender dysphoria and no desire to start feminizing hormone therapy. Christian also claims he was denied access to low-dose testosterone, which he wanted to begin to address his shrinking testicle size.
Like with Caldwell, Christian also notes he was eventually given access to a personal laser hair removal device for his body, but refused to use it due to a lack of privacy in his cell.
“I have suffered not only setbacks in my prescribed treatment plan, but reversal of effects of the prior treatments, mental anguish, exacerbation of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and a loss of the forward momentum in maintaining the delicate balance between my masculine and feminine sides …” Christian wrote in his declaration.
The final complainant in the case is Andrew Steven Kennedy. Curiously, Kennedy identifies himself as “non-binary” and “two-spirit.” Two-spirit is an identity associated with some of the Indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States, but there is no evidence Kennedy himself is Indigenous. Kennedy also identifies as “intersex.”
Kennedy is serving a sentence of 31 years for the murder of an 11-month-old relative for whom he was the primary caregiver. According to the Washington Supreme Court’s account, the infant girl suffered repeated abuse and torture while in his care, including episodes in which Kennedy intentionally caused her to stop breathing, a broken arm, bruising, and multiple head injuries.
Andrew Kennedy. Photo courtesy of the Washington Department of Corrections.
The child ultimately died of a head injury, and Kennedy was charged and subsequently convicted of homicide by abuse in 2007. The details of the case were so horrific that the court imposed an “extraordinary” sentence above the standard sentencing range.
In his declaration, Kennedy claims to have been repeatedly misgendered by a medical specialist at his facility, with the doctor treating him “as a cisgender man” on the basis of his overtly masculine appearance before denying him access to the “gender affirming” care he was requesting.
Kennedy says that at one point, he raised the possibility of being intersex and requested DNA/blood testing to investigate that possibility, but that a medical care provider within the facility refused. That same provider also allegedly told Kennedy that he was not eligible for “gender affirming” care because he had no desire to undergo physical or hormonal interventions. Kennedy characterizes this denial as a violation of his human rights and as contributing to a deterioration of his mental health.
Kennedy ends his declaration with an appeal to his “divine rights.”
“I see my curves and hips as a gift from the Goddesses and my masculine traits as a gift from the Gods. I was, from birth, granted the boon of seeing feminine and masculine within myself, yet too blind and misled to truly see them,” Kennedy writes.
From Kennedy’s declaration.
“I am being told I must either be a man or woman and identifying as two-spirited/nonbinary/intersex is not an option that is allowed. This immoral disregard for my Divine Rights granted to me by my Creators, to be who and what I am, shows blatant disregard for the law, for my authenticity, for my sovereignty, and to my Divine Rights to be me.”
All three men are currently housed at the Coyote Ridge Correctional Facility, a medium security men’s prison.
In January, the court identified a number of issues with the original complaint and invited the three men to re-file. They did so in June, expanding their claims and listing specific remedies including concrete orders concerning gender-affirming-care policy, psychological evaluation, electrolysis, body-contouring services, and related “gender affirming” treatment, as well as significant monetary compensation.
But in an August 11 order, U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Kate Vaughan said the amended complaint still presented significant problems.
The judge said the amended pleading effectively contains three separate sets of claims. Although the plaintiffs raised some common legal issues, each plaintiff has different factual allegations and individual claims that would require separate evidence and analysis. The court said allowing all three to proceed in a single case could create “delay and confusion.”
The court therefore ordered the plaintiffs to show cause as to why Christian and Kennedy should not be dismissed from the lawsuit without prejudice, allowing them to pursue their claims in separate civil actions.
The judge also criticized the substance and organization of the amended complaint, finding that it does not provide the “short and plain statement” required by federal rules. According to the order, the pleading contains lengthy and confusing descriptions, vague and conclusory allegations, extensive legal argument and case citations, but too few clear and specific facts connecting individual defendants to the alleged violations.
The court has not ruled on the merits of the men’s underlying allegations. Instead, the current dispute concerns whether the claims have been properly pleaded and whether they can proceed together in the same lawsuit.
An update is expected in September.
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A trans-identified male serving a 27-year sentence for the incestuous rape of his young sister is suing the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Corrections in an attempt to overturn a state ban on using taxpayer funding to provide transsexual medical procedures to convicted criminals – and, presumably, to ultimately secure a transfer to a female prison. Wayne Allison, 43, has adopted the name “Astrid,” and his case is receiving the support of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
In December 2013, Allison, of Bloomington, Indiana, was charged with five counts of child molestation and one count of incest. Allison, who was 30-years-old at the time, preyed upon his younger sister, who was 11-years-old. According to an affidavit provided to Reduxx by the Monroe Court, Allison raped his sister both vaginally and anally on several occasions during the period between July and November 2013.
In addition to repeatedly raping the girl, he groomed her by showing her pornography.
From court records detailing the case against Allison.
Now, Allison has begun calling himself “Astrid” and has recently secured the legal representation of the ACLU of Indiana in a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC).
In April 2024, Allison filed a formal complaint against the IDOC signaling his intent to challenge the constitutionality of a recently-implemented state law banning public funds being spent on “gender-affirming” surgeries for inmates.
On April 1 2022, the IDOC established formal procedures for diagnosing gender dysphoria and evaluating prisoners for “gender-affirming surgeries” utilizing Standards of Care published by lobby group the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Indiana state DOC Health Care Services Directive, titled “Health Services for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients,” provided medical pathways for inmates to receive psychotherapy, exogenous hormones, and the euphemistically name “gender-affirming” surgeries.
Governor Eric Holcomb signed HEA-1569 into law, which explicitly bans the IDOC from authorizing the use of state funds, state resources, or federal funds to facilitate what the statute defines as “sexual reassignment surgery” for incarcerated offenders. The ban went into effect on July 1, 2023.
“Astrid Allison, also known as Wayne Allison, is an adult transgender female prisoner confined in a male institution [New Castle Correctional Facility] within the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC). She is diagnosed with gender dysphoria and has been receiving female hormones and a hormone to suppress her testosterone for more than three years,” reads the complaint, filed in April 2024. “Although the hormones have helped to lessen the debilitating symptoms of gender dysphoria, surgery is necessary to relieve her continuing symptoms of serious depression and anxiety.”
Allison states that he had one interview with a psychologist in February 2023 before the process of securing a recommendation for genital surgery was halted. He argues that a castration surgery to invert his penile tissue is a “medical necessity” and that denying cosmetic surgery for his genitals violates the Eighth Amendment, which protects inmates from “cruel and unusual punishment”.
The legal complaint cites standards devised by the for-profit organization the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and the lobby group known as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Reduxx has repeatedly exposed the APA, which sells their manuals to medical professionals, as having involved academics who advocated favorably for, or sympathized with, pedophilia. Similarly, WPATH devised its latest Standards of Care while gathering the opinions of anonymous men involved in a pedophilic castration fetish forum.
Despite having raped his 11-year-old sister when he was 30, Allison claims to have been “female” since he was a child.
“Although plaintiff’s birth-assigned sex is male, she has identified as female since she was 10,” reads the complaint. “The misalignment of her gender identity with her birth-assigned sex has caused her, and continues to cause her, enormous depression, anxiety, and distress. Her penis and testicles absolutely disgust her. She cannot go to the bathroom without thinking of castrating herself.”
Wayne Allison as seen in an inmate file photo provided to Reduxx by the Indiana Department of Corrections.
Allison claims that he “did not come out to the world as a woman” until 2017, when he told a mental health professional at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility that he was a “woman.” He began requesting castrating surgery in 2019. In 2020 Allison was diagnosed with gender dysphoria while in the DOC and in January of 2021, he was prescribed estrogen and spironolactone, an anti-androgen hormone that suppresses testosterone.
“With the hormones she has developed breasts and her body fat has changed to contour her body like a birth-assigned female,” Allison claims. “She has attempted to live as a female to the greatest extent possible as she is in a male prison. She wear a bra and women’s underwear. She wears lipstick that she is able to purchase on commissary. She wears makeup… Every morning she gets up and wants to die because of her gender dysphoria.”
Allison’s legal claim, which seeks to overturn the statewide ban on taxpayer-funded transsexual surgeries, is being supported by the ACLU of Indiana, and by the legal team which includes Kenneth J. Falk, Gavin M. Rose, and Stevie J. Pactor. The ACLU and its associated foundation hold combined total assets of roughly $962 million to over $1.1 billion.
In October 2025, the ACLU filed a motion to consolidate the convicted pedophile’s sex discrimination claim with another legal claim filed by a man who brutally physically abused his 4-month-old son, resulting in the infant’s death. Cory Wallace was convicted of battery and negligence resulting in the death of his infant son, Jensen, and sentenced to 72 years in prison.
In 2023, Wallace teamed up with the ACLU to challenge the statute prohibiting the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) from utilizing state or federal resources to facilitate or fund surgical gender-reassignment procedures for inmates.
Both men, Allison and Wallace, are being held at the same prison, the New Castle Correctional Facility.
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
The ACLU has teamed up with a transgender inmate in Indiana to fight a ban on taxpayer-funded "gender affirming" surgeries for prisoners.
The inmate, Cory "Nikki" Wallace, is serving a 72-year sentence for brutally murdering a baby.https://t.co/fO16WmM3MJ
For the first time in the United States, the state Indiana Department of Corrections is making a legal argument which challenges the medical authority of WPATH. In a response, legal counsel for the DOC has stated that prison officials “deny the appropriateness” of the two criminals’ diagnoses of gender dysphoria. The DOC also “denies that sexual reassignment surgery is necessary to relieve Plaintiffs of the serious depression and anxiety that accompanies their gender dysphoria.”
As previously revealed by Reduxx, another trans-identified male convicted of the grisly murder of an infant in the state of Indiana was represented by the ACLU in a legal claim to various cosmetic “gender-affirming” surgeries. recently released on parole a full 30 years early.
Jonathan Richardson, who now uses the name Autumn Cordellioné, was convicted in 2002 after his 11-month-old stepdaughter died in his care while her mother was at work. Having served less than half of his 55-year sentence, Richardson was quietly released in late December of 2025.
In 2023, the ACLU of Indiana – and the same attorneys who are currently representing Wallace and Allison – filed a legal complaint on behalf of Richardson claiming that the IDOC was subjecting him to “cruel and unusual punishment” by denying him the various plastic surgeries he had demanded.
In the suit, ACLU lawyers refer to Richardson as an “adult transgender female prisoner confined in a male institution,” and complains that “the total ban on gender-affirming surgery violates [his] right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.”
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
A trans-identified male convicted of murdering a baby has been quietly released from prison 30 YEARS EARLY.
Jonathan "Autumn Cordellioné" Richardson was turned loose in Evansville, Indiana, with no notice given to prosecutors or the public.https://t.co/DZbbXPe6Ys
Among a list of demands prepared by Richardson and presented as evidence in court was a document titled “Surgeries to Reach My Ideal Self.” The first item on the list, the court heard, was a “vagina,” followed by: breast implants, a brow lift, a brow reduction, a tummy tuck, gluteal implants (BBL), a uterus transplant, hair removal, and wigs.
During his deposition, Richardson told the legal counsel for the IDOC, Alex Carlisle, that in 2018, he had been informed about gender identity by another male inmate at CIF who went by the name of “Pearl.” According to Richardson, Pearl had brought in pamphlets from California state prisons that explained the concept of “gender identity” and introduced to him, for the first time, the idea of taking feminizing hormones.
According to social media posts made by Richardson, the two trans-identified males who were both convicted of killing infants – Richardson and Wallace – are in a romantic relationship.
“I can’t sleep because I miss my trans significant other,” Richardson states in a video he posted to Instagram. “I call her my wife, but we’re not legally married. Her name’s Nikki, she’s beautiful. We spent so much time in the cell holding each other,” Richardson says, referring to Wallace.
In the video Richardson explains how he met Wallace after having been previously in a sexual relationship with the president of the Sureños, also known as the Sur 13 gang. Referring to Wallace with feminine pronouns, Richardson says, “She ended up moving in to the cell with me… The first night she moved in, I was like, ‘Want me to suck your d**k?’”
Richardson has made multiple images using AI generators, including images which imagine himself and Wallace with two young sons. Both men have tattoos bearing the names of the infants they killed.
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A veteran University worker in Brazil has been sentenced to 1 year in prison for “misgendering” a trans-identified male student. Luís Adripaulo Mendes Barros was charged under the nation’s notorious “social racism” law after a trans-identified male student reported him to police for “transphobia.”
The incident occurred on October 14 of 2022 at the Federal University of Paraíba, one of the two main public Universities in the coastal eastern state of Paraíba, Brazil. That day, a male student named Odara Moraes entered one of the women’s washrooms on campus only to be confronted by a female janitor who challenged his presence in the women’s facilities.
Speaking to Reduxx last year, the female janitor noted that she was initially confused by Moraes, seeing him as a biological male wearing a “crop top and mini skirt.” But the janitor, whose name Reduxx is withholding for her privacy, politely informed him that he was not in the correct washroom, a statement she said had not been intended to cause offense.
Odara Moraes, the trans-identified male student at FUP who reported two University workers to police for misgendering him. Photo: Instagram
“I didn’t mean to offend or hurt anyone. I just spoke to him politely, and I was politely bothered. Because it was a female space, not a male one. I was simply speaking about a fact, about a right — my right as a woman to defend our space, a female space. I had never seen anything like that before — a man using a women’s bathroom,” she says. But Moraes immediately became combative, pulling out his phone to begin filming her and calling her “transphobic.” He also demanded that she refer to him with feminine pronouns.
Upon realizing that the janitor was a contracted employee at the University, he demanded to speak with campus administration. Unsure of what else to do, the janitor brought Moraes to the office of Luís Adripaulo Mendes Barros, the school’s administrative director. During the short journey to the office, Moraes continued to lambast the female janitor, calling her names and accusing her repeatedly of transphobia.
Barros attempted to de-escalate the situation, but Moraes refused and instead repeatedly asserted that he would call the police and press charges against the janitor for “transphobia” – a criminal offense in Brazil.
Unsure of what to do, Barros asked Moraes if he had any documents proving he was legally a woman, but Moraes responded that his “word” should simply be enough. As Moraes continued to insist he was a ‘woman,’ Barros attempted to calmly clarify: “You are trans, not a woman.”
Moraes then stormed out of the office screaming that he had been “discriminated against.”
Four days later, both the janitor and Barros were contacted by police, informing them they were under investigation for criminal transphobia.
Barros, who had been working at the University for nearly 40 years, says he began to struggle with anxiety around this time.
“I came to work feeling discouraged, almost angry, struggling to avoid depression and not pass on the psychological and emotional pressure I was experiencing to my subordinates. I became distracted from my work activities and fell behind on many tasks,” he told Reduxx.
Barros proudly standing outside of his office. Photo Supplied.
After learning about the incident, trans activists on campus, likely under the instruction of Moraes, began targeting Barros directly. Graffiti was spray-painted outside of his office, and he was labeled a “fascist” by other students.
The female janitor ultimately lost her job after the school refused to renew her contract, and she was left unemployed after almost more than a decade. After being made aware of their situation, MATRIA Brazil, a women’s rights organization, stepped in to offer legal assistance to the two workers and launched a fundraiser to assist the janitor support her family.
Both the janitor and Barros were formally charged in October of last year with aggravated prejudice under the classification of “social racism,” an offense created by Brazil’s Supreme Court in 2019 when it found that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity was in fact covered under already pre-existing anti-discrimination laws relating to race or national origin. The trial itself began in March of 2025, and concluded in June of 2026.
Reduxx has now been provided with a copy of court records detailing the final outcome of the case.
The female janitor was acquitted of her charges, with Judge Manuel Maia de Vasconcelos Neto determining that he was unsatisfied that her conduct, in her particular role and circumstances, met the standard for criminal conviction.
Barros, however, was found guilty because the court determined that he knowingly and authoritatively denied the transgender student’s “right to use the bathroom” corresponding to his self-declared gender identity, and rejected his explanations that he was merely protecting women or following his duties.
Judge Vasconcelos Neto ruled that even Barros’ attempt to verify Moraes’ self-declared gender identity constituted a criminally discriminatory act.
“The requirement of ‘documentary proof’ of femininity […] constitutes, in itself, a discriminatory act,” the Judge wrote in his ruling. “By demanding documentation and repeatedly stating that [Moraes] ‘was not a woman,’ Luís Adripaulo was not acting to repel any aggression, but to deny a right.”
From the judgement against Adripaulo.
The court imposed a one-year custodial sentence in the initial “open” regime, but substituted imprisonment with a restriction-of-rights penalty, meaning he would not serve the sentence in prison. The judgment also imposed 10 day-fines, calculated at 1/30 of the minimum wage applicable in October 2022 for each day-fine, but did not specify the total.
Speaking to Reduxx, Barros said he was “deeply shaken” by the verdict, and turned to his deeply-held faith for solace.
“There is a battle going on in my mind as I try to understand, above all, God’s plan for me. God had already prepared me for all of this, but when it actually happens, it is different,” he says, speaking through a translator provided by MATRIA Brazil.
“I do not want to feel sorry for myself; that is not what this is about. But I have fallen out of my normal routine because, when I go through something I never planned for and did nothing to bring about, it really disrupts my life. My mind is not functioning properly. I am normally an avid reader, and I have not been reading. I have not been sleeping well, and I have been worried about my children.”
While Barros has not lost his job at the University, he was effectively demoted and stripped of a leadership role he had held for 13 years following his conviction. The demotion came with a severe blow to his income.
“I try to protect my family — my wife and my children — from the emotional impact of all this. I try to show strength, to find strength, so that these things do not psychologically affect the people closest to me. When I hear people saying that they want to destroy my family, there is an immense perversity of heart in that,” he expresses. “And then I see the justice system supporting it. Judges have families, members of Congress have families, everyone has a family. When an agenda like this is supported, where do I turn?”
Barros has filed an appeal and intends to try and fight the verdict.
Throughout the case, Barros was supported by MATRIA Brazil, an independent women’s rights organization which regularly lends support to those impacted by Brazil’s extreme gender identity laws.
Clarice Saadi, a representative of MATRIA, expressed outrage at the verdict and anger towards the state of freedom of speech in Brazil.
“It seems like every week now we are dealing with someone being sentenced to jail time for recognizing a man is a man. The situation in Brazil is extreme right now,” Saadi says.
“[Luís] was convicted for seeing a man in front of his eyes and referring to him accordingly, in the masculine form, as is usual in Portuguese. Ironically, both the judge and the federal prosecutor did the same during the hearings but, according to the judgement handed down, it is ‘very different’ in their case, as they ‘slipped’ and had no intent to disrespect,” she explains.
“The ‘clearly hateful’ intent attributed by the judge to Mr. Barros comes from him having stood his ground, saying to ‘Odara’ Moraes: ‘you are trans. Not a woman.’ We seem to be living a nightmare, where the truth doesn’t matter anymore and the courts are convicting people for supposedly hurting men’s feelings.”
The news of Barros’ conviction comes just days after another ruling in Brazil saw influencer Bianca Barreto sentenced to two years in prison for “criminal transphobia.”
As previously reported by Reduxx, Barreto received her sentence from the 9th Criminal Court of Salvador on July 29, after she was found guilty of the “intentional and pejorative use of the gender opposite… [to a] self-declared identity.”
The sentence followed a lengthy case stemming from a 2024 video posted to social media by Barreto. In the video, she criticized Duda Salabert, a member of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies. Salabert is a member of the left-wing Socialism and Liberty Party, and was one of the first openly trans-identified people to be elected to the Chamber.
In her video, Barreto described Salabert as “a guy who says he’s a trans woman, but he’s married to a woman and has a son or daughter.” She continued, saying that whatever “she does in her private life is not my problem. Now, it will always be a problem when these people try to impose things on us that are not real, that are a product of her imagination. By ‘her’ I mean the person, because a man is a man, a woman is a woman, and that’s it.”
Barreto argued in court that her content was legitimate political discourse, and that as a Christian she had the right to advocate for candidates that share her values, but that she was neither encouraging violence against nor hating trans-identified individuals.
But the judge disagreed, claiming that it was a form of “marginalization” to refer to trans-identified males with masculine pronouns. Citing the 2019 Supreme Court “social racism” ruling, the judge argued that the recognition of self-declared gender identity is completely mandatory in Brazil, because it is an “inseparable element of personality rights and the dignity of the human person.” The judge added that “the deliberate use of biological sex at birth to ridicule and disqualify the social identity of a trans woman in a public arena is not merely an exercise of opinion; it is an act that refuses to recognize her citizenship.”
Barreto was ultimately sentenced to two years in prison, to be served in the “open” system, which is similar to house arrest in that her movement will be restricted and she will be required to check in with a police officer or judge regularly. Barreto was also forced to pay damages of R$20,000, which is approximately $3,800 USD.
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A Swiss politician is seeking to overhaul the nation’s exceptionally lenient identity change protocol after a controversy broke out at a women’s nudist zone. Zurich National Councillor Nina Fehr Düsel has announced she is planning on submitting a motion to abolish simple gender changes in the upcoming autumn session.
“This procedure used to be more complicated. The hurdles were deliberately high. Today, the gender change in the civil status register is far too easy. What was sold to us at the time as liberal progress leads in practice to problems that affect us all. A large part of the population also sees this,” Fehr Düsel wrote. “The consequences are becoming more and more obvious. Women’s spaces have come under pressure.”
In her statement, Fehr Düsel references a recent incident at Bern’s Marzilibad. famous outdoor swimming and riverside bathing area at the Aare River. Marzilibad has a designated, segregated nude area called the “Paradiesli” which is only open to women.
In June, a controversy erupted after a male claiming to be transgender entered the nude area and caused discomfort amongst the female sunbathers.
The man, who was described as having a beard, back hair, and penis, was confronted by multiple patrons who asked him to leave. He claimed he had a right to use the area because of he identified as a woman.
Schluss mit dem Gender-Irrsinn. 👇 Der einfache Geschlechtereintrag soll wieder rückgängig gemacht werden.https://t.co/7gCok56w1C
Female sunbathers then escalated their concerns to the park’s security, which called the regional police after the man continued to refuse to leave. Police arrived and attempted to check the man’s ID for evidence he was “legally” a woman, but the man would not provide it. He was then arrested.
The man was brought to the regional police station where his ID was checked and it was confirmed that he had changed his legal sex marker. He was released shortly after, at which point a local Antifa faction in Bern staged an impromptu “solidarity rally” on his behalf.
The city later issued an apology to the trans-identified male, concluding that he had been “improperly removed” from the women’s area.
“All people who identify themselves as women and live as such have access to the voluntary nudist area Paradiesli,” the city wrote in a statement.
Fehr Düsel highlighted the bizarre situation in her August 10 statement.
“The incident in Bern’s Marzilibad has shown where [gender] policy is leading: A trans woman – a biological man – was in the naked area of the women’s zone. Many women felt harassed by this. The trans woman did not want to identify herself, nor would she follow the instructions of the staff or the police,” Fehr Düsel wrote. “Such conflicts are not a coincidence, but the direct consequence of absurd legislation that simply hides biological facts.”
Fehr Düsel continued: “Women’s rights must again be consistently protected – in changing rooms, on toilets or specific women’s areas. Today’s regulation is a mistake. The 2022 change in the law must be reversed. The SVP will work for this in the coming session. Switzerland finally needs more reason instead of gender ideology.”
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A trans-identified male has been jailed for 3 years after being found in breach of his sex offender conditions. Alex Smith, who was born Matthew Burren, was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court last Friday after being caught using a private web browser.
Smith has been convicted of at least nine breaches of sexual harm prevention orders over the years, and this latest jail sentence is the most recent episode in Smith’s lengthy history of convictions beginning from when he was a child.
In 2006, when he was just 12-years-old, Smith was convicted of raping a 5-year-old. Despite his young age, the offense was so serious that it resulted in a custodial sentence. While the total length of time he spent in prison is unknown, he was later released on extended license under extreme restrictions intended to prevent further offending, including controls concerning contact with children and access to electronic devices.
By 2011, Smith, then 18, was again before the authorities following the discovery of prohibited material involving children on electronic devices. Later reporting describes material including prohibited computer-generated or drawn depictions of children. A Sexual Offences Prevention Order was subsequently imposed, placing further restrictions on his conduct.
But those restrictions once again failed to prevent Smith from offending.
In 2015, he was again convicted in connection with prohibited images of children and breaches of his sexual offense prevention orders including communication with children.
Yet another case followed in 2019. Police discovered a PlayStation 4 at Smith’s home, and court reporting revealed that he had been using the console to access the internet. Browsing information on the device had been tampered with, and pornographic websites had been bookmarked on the device. Smith admitted viewing pornography but disputed knowing whether material accessed was illegal. The court imposed a two-year community order, including 30 days of rehabilitation activity, rather than immediate imprisonment.
Alex Smith in a 2026 mug shot. Photo Credit: Wiltshire Police
It was around this time that Smith began publicly identifying as transgender and moved to change his name from Matthew Burren.
In March of 2021, officers arrived at Smith’s home in Swindon to check compliance with the Sexual Harm Prevention Order. They asked whether Smith possessed any internet-capable devices of which the authorities were unaware. Smith reportedly said there were none, but officers examined the home’s router and found an unknown Samsung mobile phone connected to it. Smith initially denied knowing about the device, before officers found the phone hidden in the home.
The routine home check then escalated when Smith picked up a pair of scissors, approached an officer and threatened to kill himself, according to reports of the proceedings. Smith was arrested and taken to Gablecross Police Station and subsequently pleaded guilty to breaching the Sexual Harm Prevention Order. The breach was reported as the fifth conviction for breaching the order.
Smith received a 26-week prison sentence, but it was suspended for two years. An indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order was also imposed with further restrictions concerning children. The sentencing judge was reported to have taken Smith’s gender transition and concerns about vulnerability in prison into account when deciding to suspend the custodial sentence. The decision did not remove the restrictions imposed on Smith, and the order continued to regulate contact with children and the use of technology.
But the restrictions were breached yet again in 2024. In November that year, Smith pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the notification requirements of the sex offenders register and to three breaches of the Sexual Harm Prevention Order, involving failures to notify police about internet-accessible devices. A neighbor also alerted police after seeing Smith burning what appeared to be correspondence outside of his home. Police then found letters addressed to an alias, “Rezzed Nova.”
On December 13 of 2024, Smith was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court to two years and three months in prison for the breaches.
Less than two years later, however, Smith was returned to the courts again. Wiltshire Police said Smith was arrested on July 7, 2026, after being found to have breached the Sexual Harm Prevention Order by using a private web browser.
On August 7, Smith was remanded in custody and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
In announcing the latest sentence, Wiltshire Police referred to the history of convictions dating back to the original child-rape conviction, including subsequent breaches of Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, breaches of notification requirements and possession of indecent images of children. Police confirmed that Smith remains subject to lifelong notification requirements and a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
In reporting on his latest conviction, some media outlets opted to refer to Smith by his preferred pronouns.
A prolific paedophile in Swindon who's been convicted of numerous child sexual abuse offences over the last 20 years, including raping a child under the age of 13, has been jailed again.
He now says he identifies as a woman, so was referred to as 'she / her' by some media. pic.twitter.com/FjVrxL1FYw
Wiltshire999, a local news outlet, referred to Smith by “she/her” pronouns until a hasty edit replaced all instances with “they/them.” However, past articles published by Wiltshire999 on Smith’s historic offenses still use feminine pronouns for the predator.
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