The Kansas City Star has published a glowing profile on a transgender inmate convicted of operating a multi-state sex trafficking ring, praising his “fight for rights” while incarcerated at a Kansas prison. Ayana Satyagrahi, formerly known as Marcus Choice Williams, is serving 30 years in a federal institution for his crimes against women.
Written by journalist Katie Pierce, the piece opens by describing Satyagrahi’s childhood fascination with his sister’s clothing.
“Ayana Satyagrahi was five when she found herself playing in her bedroom closet and putting on her younger sister’s yellow sundress. Now 49, she lives in a cell at the men’s prison in Leavenworth not much larger than that closet,” the article begins, noting that “Satyagrahi is one of an estimated 2,170 transgender people under the supervision of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.”
The vast majority of the article is dedicated to Satyagrahi’s claimed struggles as he is incarcerated in a men’s prison, with Satyagrahi claiming that that the Bureau of Prisons is “hostile” towards transgender inmates.
‘Live my truth’: Transgender woman fights for rights inside Leavenworth men’s prison https://t.co/yhh4AQWAGw
Just one line is dedicated to Satyagrahi’s crimes, with Pierce writing that he was “sentenced to 30 years in a sex trafficking case,” and later dismissing Satyagrahi’s crimes as “recruiting women into sex work.”
But court records and Department of Justice releases paint a drastically different picture of Satyagrahi’s crimes, revealing that he was a violent pimp who targeted the most vulnerable women and trapped them the sex trade using violence.
According to a 2011 release by the FBI, Attorney General for Civil Rights Thomas E. Perez said that Satyagrahi’s exploitation of vulnerable women through sex trafficking was the equivalent of “modern-day slavery.”
Beginning in 2003, Satyagrahi began operating as a pimp in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In 2006, he expanded his operations into a multi-state sex trafficking enterprise, operating “escorting” websites and facilitating the sexual purchase of women.
Satyagrahi would specifically target vulnerable women, specifically single mothers from troubled backgrounds, and, in some cases, he used a combination of deception, fraud, coercion, threats and physical violence to keep the women under his control. The FBI release emphasized that the victims “suffered physical assaults, sexual abuse, and daily degradation,” and that Satyagrahi had a “callous disregard for them as individuals.”
Satyagrahi required each woman to meet a daily “quota,” giving him all of the money they collected. While Satyagrahi prostituted numerous women over the years, five sex trafficking victims were named in his 2011 indictment, all of whom were single mothers of small children.
In 2020, Satyagrahi filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus, seeking relief after being punished for threatening a correctional officer during an altercation over “gender affirming” clothing items while incarcerated at USP Marion. According to the complaint, Satyagrahi had been given male boxers rather than feminine undergarments as he had requested, and lashed out at a correctional officer as a result.
According to the officer, Satyagrahi said: “you ain’t gonna’ do nothing for me you fuckin’ pussy. When I get out of [special housing] I’m gonna’ whoop your ass you fuckin’ cracker.’” Satyagrahi was written up for abusive language as a result, and lost some privileges after a disciplinary hearing found him guilty of the infraction.
The Kansas City Star article notes that Satyagrahi has launched a “Transgender Accessible Prisons Initiative,” advocating for trans-identified male inmates to have pat downs conducted by female officers or a body scanner, the option for single-cell housing, and the creation of a transgender-only recreation yard.
As noted by the Kansas City Star article, Satyagrahi is one of over 2,000 transgender people in federal custody, 1,295 of whom are males who identify as “women.” Of them, just over 47% were incarcerated for sex offenses.
In January of 2022, the Bureau of Prisons re-issued its Transgender Offender Manual, which included guidelines previously scrubbed by the Trump administration with respect to gender self-identification for federal inmates. Under Trump, housing was based on biological sex alone, but the Biden policies re-invoked Obama-era guidelines which make a transgender inmate’s “personal safety” a priority.
The guidelines also state that “misgendering” is expressly forbidden, and that taxpayers must subsidize cosmetic surgeries, sex hormones, and brassieres for men who claim to identify as transgender.
While housing decisions are made on a case-by-case basis, with a Transgender Executive Council reviewing decisions every few months, extremely violent trans-identified males have successfully been transferred to women’s federal prisons after logging civil rights complaints.
As previously reported by Reduxx, a trans-identified male convicted of rape and child sexual abuse was transferred to a women’s federal prison after launching a lawsuit against the Bureau of Prisons claiming “discrimination.” July Justine Shelby, born William McClain, was convicted on multiple counts of child pornography trafficking after being caught distributing photos of infants being sexually abused.
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El muy esperado juicio de un hombre canadiense acusado de asesinato se enfrenta a contratiempos después de que solicitara cambiar su nombre en la acusación debido a su estatus de transgénero. Gabriella Sears, nacido Dereck Donald Sears, lleva en prisión desde 2021 por asesinar y descuartizar brutalmente a un hombre en Kelowna, Columbia Británica.
Como ya informó Reduxx (artículo en español), Sears fue detenido en 2021 y acusado de asesinato en segundo grado e interferencia con restos humanos en el caso de la muerte de Darren Middleton, de 49 años, que había contratado a Sears para realizar trabajos ocasionales para él.
El cuerpo de Middleton fue descubierto el 16 de junio de 2021 por su pareja, Brenda Adams, que fue a buscarlo a casa de Sears después de que éste no regresara del trabajo esa tarde. Middleton fue encontrado en el baño de Sears parcialmente vestido junto a una bañera con el grifo abierto.
Aunque según los informes, Middleton murió tras recibir un golpe en la cabeza, los fiscales de la Corona revelaron que recibió otras lesiones perturbadoras post mortem, como la extirpación parcial del pene y los testículos, un corte en la garganta que “era tan profundo que Adams podía ver el interior” y otras heridas de arma blanca. Además, Adams señaló que Middleton llevaba puesta la ropa de otra persona.
Después de ver el cadáver descuartizado de su pareja, Adams huyó de la escena del crimen, gritando. Cuando salía corriendo de la casa, vio a Sears bailando en medio de la calle “con los ojos cerrados y los brazos en el aire” sin música.
Aunque Sears, que tenía una barba poblada en el momento del arresto, les dijo a Adams y Middleton que era una mujer dos días antes de cometer sus atroces crímenes, la policía lo identificó como un hombre.
El juicio se inició el otoño pasado, pero quedó en suspenso cuando Sears despidió a sus abogados, Jordan Watt y Tom Forss, a los 18 días. A pesar de que sus confesiones fueron excluidas como prueba durante el juicio, Sears los acusó de “hacerle luz de gas y de confabularse con la Fiscalía”. Watt y Forss también argumentaron que, dado que Sears había sufrido presuntos abusos sexuales por parte de Middleton, el cacheo al desnudo y el hisopado rutinarios realizados por la policía “fueron traumáticos e insensibles”.
Varios meses después, despidió a otro abogado, Mark Swartz, quien anunció que ya no representaba a Sears debido a una “ruptura fundamental en la relación abogado-cliente”.
“Gabriella” Sears
Aunque, como informa Castanet, está previsto que el juicio se reanude en julio, la solicitud de Sears de que se cambie su nombre en la acusación, invocando sus “derechos de igualdad” descritos en la Sección 16 de la Carta Canadiense de Derechos y Libertades, puede causar más retrasos.
En respuesta a la petición de Sears, el fiscal de la Corona, David Grabavac, dijo durante una comparecencia esta semana que “comprende” el razonamiento de Sears para querer cambiar su nombre, pero no cree que fuera el momento adecuado para presentar su solicitud.
“Se trata de una cuestión jurídica novedosa que puede tener consecuencias de gran alcance … Nunca he visto que el artículo 15 de la Carta se utilice así en un asunto penal”, explicó Grabavac. “No hemos tenido la oportunidad de investigar este asunto… Vamos a necesitar un par de semanas para averiguar qué postura tenemos al respecto, si es que tenemos alguna”.
A continuación, Grabavac expresó que, dada la gravedad de la situación y la brutalidad del asesinato, conseguir que el juicio concluya con prontitud debe ser una prioridad.
“La prioridad, con el mayor respeto para todos, debe ser concluir el juicio lo antes posible (…) No sé cuánta investigación tendrá que dedicarse a esto y si pasamos uno o dos días discutiendo sobre esto en unas pocas semanas, eso nos quita tiempo a la preparación del juicio”.
Además de que Sears tiene varios problemas para decidir sobre su representación legal, el juez Ross, el anterior juez del caso, se va a retirar en virtud de una enmienda constitucional que exige que todos los jueces se jubilen a los 75 años. Como resultado de este cambio, Sears tendrá la autoridad para decidir si continúa con el proceso que comenzó el otoño pasado o empieza el juicio de nuevo.
Aunque no está claro cómo piensa proceder Sears y su nueva abogada, Frances Mahon, dijo que las deliberaciones futuras aún no se han decidido, es probable que Sears pida a los testigos civiles que vuelvan a declarar y que “permitirá que las pruebas forenses y el testimonio de la RCMP del otoño pasado sigan vigentes”.
Sears tiene previsto comparecer ante el tribunal dentro de dos semanas, lo que aclarará cómo se desarrollará el juicio en el futuro.
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La conocida escritora española Lucia Etxebarria respira aliviada después de que un tribunal de Las Palmas fallara a su favor tras ser demandada por una “persona trans no binaria” por “malgenerización”. El demandante, Marcos Ventura, interpuso una demanda solicitando 11.000 euros por daños y perjuicios, pero ha sido condenado a pagar las costas judiciales de Etxebarria.
Como ya informó en su momento Reduxx (artículo en español), Ventura es un travesti que se dice “persona trans no binaria que emplea los pronombres y el género gramatical femeninos para referirse a sí misma”. El año pasado había interpuesto una demanda contra Etxebarria por un supuesto delito contra el “derecho a la dignidad, a la igualdad de trato y a la no discriminación”. Las reclamaciones de Ventura se basaban en una publicación de 2020 en las redes sociales que Etxebarria había escrito en la que lo identificaba como “hombre”.
Según The Objective, que ha tenido acceso a la sentencia, el juez dictaminó que las declaraciones de Etxebarria cumplían con “la necesaria constatación de una base fáctica suficiente sobre la que expresar la opinión pública”. El juez también estuvo de acuerdo en que Ventura tenía una estética y unos atributos físicos suficientemente masculinos que llevarían a una persona razonable a identificarlo correctamente como varón.
El juez ha desestimado la demanda y ha impuesto las costas procesales al demandante.
Esta sentencia, aunque no es firme y cabe recurso, es un paso importante en la defensa y prevalencia de la libertad de expresión frente a quienes quieren imponer la censura fundamentada en cuestiones identitarias. En mi opinión, ES UNA SENTENCIA HISTÓRICA https://t.co/IvUkHyLRXH
Ventura, que rehusó la posibilidad de conciliación, había solicitado 11.000 euros en concepto de daños por haber estado “sujeta a acoso y escarnio públicos, insultos múltiples y numerosos comentarios ofensivos derivados de la exposición pública y la diana que la demandada puso” sobre él, al “exponerla a sus cientos de miles de seguidores”.
Pero el juez refutó las afirmaciones de Ventura, afirmando que no había posibilidad de que se hubiera cometido un delito y no estaba de acuerdo en que el travesti hubiera sufrido daño alguno. Ventura podrá apelar la decisión.
La abogada de Etxebarria, Guadalupe Sánchez, elogió el fallo y señaló que “esta sentencia, aunque no es firme y cabe recurso, es un paso importante en la defensa y prevalencia de la libertad de expresión frente a quienes quieren imponer la censura fundamentada en cuestiones identitarias”.
Lucia Etxebarria
En declaraciones de Etxebarria a The Objective, la escritora agradeció los mensajes de apoyo y de enhorabuena durante el agotador juicio.
“Quiero agradecer muchísimo las muestras de apoyo, pero quiero dejar claro, sobre todo, una cosa: esta sentencia es particularmente importante porque crea un precedente. Y lo creo porque si yo no hubiera ganado, ley en mano, una sentencia distinta se hubiera podido utilizar para imponer criterios ideológicos y para llevar a cabo vendettas personales, al menos esta es mi opinión personal”, escribió.
Como ejemplo de vendetta personal, Etxebarria utilizó el reciente y extraño caso de un travesti condenado por un delito de odio contra otro travesti por negarse el primero a afirmar la identidad de género del segundo.
Como ya informó Reduxx (artículo en español), la Audiencia de Barcelona condenó a un varón que se dice trans a seis meses de prisión tras ser declarado culpable de cometer un delito “contra los derechos humanos fundamentales y las libertades públicas” por publicar comentarios “transfóbicos” en las redes sociales.
Etxebarria explica, usando lenguaje y pronombres femeninos, que “a la mujer transexual le condenaron a pagar 720 euros y a pasar por un “curso de reeducación” – así en plan estalinista o maoísta – para “curarse su transfobia”. Y a seis meses de cárcel. (Que no cumplirá porque aceptó el curso de reeducación). Los jueces le atribuyen un delito de odio (artículo 510) en concurso con un delito contra la integridad moral del artículo 173 del Código Penal”.
Y termina: “Pero hay un trasfondo importante en estas dos historias, la de la mujer transexual condenada y la mía. Este tipo de leyes ideológicas se promulgan por dos razones fundamentales. Una, destruir las creencias centrales de la población para poder someter las más fácilmente. Y dos, la luz de gas”.
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A female darts player has forfeited her match against a trans-identified male in a protest of his participation in the women’s category. Deta Hedman refused to play against Noa-Lynn Van Leuven during the Denmark Open quarter-final yesterday.
Hedman, of Whitham, UK, is a three-time WDF World Champion runner-up, and has been a fixture in the women’s darts world since the 1980s, having played in both the World Masters and the Dutch Open amongst her numerous other career highlights.
Hedman’s latest match was the Denmark Open in Esbjerg, where she was due to compete against Van Leuven in the quarter-finals. But Hedman refused to play against Van Leuven, taking a strong stance against male participation in women’s sports. As a result, Van Leuven was sent straight through to the semi-finals.
Just days before the match was due to take place, Hedman took to her Facebook page to denounce trans-identified male inclusion in the women’s category.
“Women & girls deserve to be CHAMPIONS in their own sports,” read a graphic Hedman posted to her page.
Hedman’s forfeiture did not come as a surprise to some, who noted that she had been outspoken on the issue of keeping sports single-sex for a number of years. In 2023, Hedman specifically named Van Leuven in a statement she penned on the issue.
“For many months I’ve struggled with transgenders playing in the women’s world ranked events. I have thought this is wrong since day one,” she wrote. While she stressed that she had no issues with individuals identifying how they chose in day-to-day life, she emphasized that she did not believe men should be playing in female sporting categories.
“I’m not close to Noa-Lynn in darts but in fairness seems a lovely person, at Lakeside I met Victoria Monaghan and must admit she is a right character we had banter and a fair few laughs, but my personal view is trans shouldn’t be playing in women’s ranked events.”
Despite Hedman making her motivation for her forfeiture clear, some sports journalists misrepresented the situation, claiming she had dropped out of the match due to illness rather than her values.
Yesterday, Phil Barrs, a sports presenter for Online Darts, claimed Hedman had informed tournament organizers that she was “in pain and unable to play,” suggesting that Van Leuven’s participation was not the motive for her forfeiture.
But Hedman quickly set the record straight on X, responding: “No fake illness, I said I wouldn’t play a man in a ladies event . Don’t listen to @phillbarrs he knows sweet [fuck all], nor does his reliable source.”
Barrs then quoted Hedman and accused her of being transphobic, going so far as to say that her words “should be addressed by the sporting authorities.”
Having the debate around Trans athletes in Women’s sport is one thing.
But this comment calling a trans woman a man is simply transphobic and should be addressed by the sporting authorities as there should be no place for it. https://t.co/suF9j284JH
Hedman is not the first female darts player to refuse to compete against Van Leuven.
As previously reported by Reduxx, two female darts players from the Netherlands dropped out of the Dutch Women’s Team in response to Van Leuven’s inclusion.
Aileen de Graaf and Anca Zijlstra sent shockwaves through the sport after they both announced their departure in March, with the women no longer wanting to form a team with Noa-Lynn Van Leuven.
Zijlstra issued a statement revealing she would be stepping back after Van Leuven dominated the Women’s Series tournament on March 23, beating Zijlstra 4-0 and seizing the Series Title 2 from Ireland’s Katie Sheldon in the final round.
That same month, Van Leuven became the first “woman” to win a Challenger Tour, seizing a £2,500 cash prize with a victory over former Premier League Darts competitor John Henderson in the quarter-finals.
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Un hombre que se dice trans competirá en un campeonato nacional de waterpolo femenino este fin de semana, poco después de proclamarse campeón de ajedrez femenino en Michigan. Alicia, anteriormente Johnny, Paans, es una de las estrellas del equipo del club de waterpolo femenino de la Universidad de Michigan.
Se espera que Paans, de 31 años, participe en el Campeonato Nacional Universitario de Waterpolo (CWPA) de 2024, que se celebrará del 3 al 5 de mayo en la Universidad A&M de Texas. En la competición participarán 16 equipos con sede en Estados Unidos que compiten por el título nacional femenino en su deporte. El primer partido de Paans será contra la Universidad Estatal de Texas el 3 de mayo a las 9:00 GMT.
Paans también compitió en el equipo de la Universidad de Michigan en 2023, con el que ganó el título nacional femenino contra la Universidad de California-Santa Bárbara. En esa misma competición, Paans anotó goles en el partido que perdieron por 17 a 5 contra la Universidad de Virginia, y en el que perdieron por 17 a 6 contra la Universidad de Washington.
Aunque no está claro cuándo Paans comenzó a identificarse como “mujer”, en una publicación de Facebook de 2013 revela que sus amigos seguían refiriéndose a él por su nombre de nacimiento cuando lo felicitaron por haber empezado la educación secundaria en su país de origen, los Países Bajos. Paans parece haber emigrado de Europa a California en 2017 cuando comenzó una pasantía para Volo San Diego, un club deportivo social, y se ha quedado en el país para estudiar desde entonces. En 2023, comenzó una carrera de trabajo social en la Universidad de Michigan.
Según el Consejo Independiente de Deportes Femeninos (ICONS), los padres de las contrincantes de Paans han confirmado que utiliza los vestuarios e instalaciones femeninas cuando compite.
En declaraciones a Reduxx, Jennifer, la madre de una waterpolista que participó en el campeonato nacional de 2023 con Paans, explicó que le había parecido “obvio” que Paans era un hombre desde el momento en que lo vio. El nombre completo de Jennifer no se ha revelado para proteger a su hija.
“Mi marido y yo lo vimos primero, de pie junto a la piscina antes del primer partido [de la Universidad de Michigan]. Nos miramos sorprendidos e inmediatamente supimos que era un hombre”, dice, y agrega: “Observé a Alicia bastante durante el torneo, en parte por preocupación por las mujeres, y también preguntándome cómo se comportaban sus compañeras de equipo a su alrededor”.
Jennifer dice que le había angustiado la idea de que su hija pudiera verse obligada a participar contra un hombre, y se sintió “aliviada” cuando el enfrentamiento no llegó a producirse.
“A ninguna de estas mujeres se les dijo en un principio que se le había permitido jugar a un hombre”, señaló Jennifer. “Muchas de las jugadoras del equipo de mi hija estaban casi en estado de shock por la situación, y hablaron entre ellas sobre su incomodidad al respecto. Pero que yo sepa, nadie habló con los organizadores del torneo. Pensaron que no se haría nada dado que estaba permitido según la política [de la CWPA]”.
En enero de 2024, la CWPA publicó una política sobre atletas transgénero que permitía explícitamente a los hombres competir en categorías femeninas. La política dice: “Los atletas transgénero que se identifican como mujeres pueden competir tanto en la Liga Mixta como en la Liga Femenina”.
Los hombres identificados como trans también deben proporcionar una “carta de confirmación” con respecto a su identidad de género, ya sea del atleta mismo o, si es menor de edad, de un progenitor o tutor; una prueba de niveles de testosterona por debajo de 10 nmol/L en los 60 días anteriores a la competición; y una nota del médico que demuestre que el deportista está comenzando una “transición física de género/supresión de testosterona”. La asociación pretende garantizar “la equidad, el respeto y la igualdad de oportunidades para todos”.
ICONS ha criticado esa política, y la define como una “vía para que los hombres” entren en el waterpolo femenino.
Breaking: Collegiate Water Polo Association @CWPAClubs releases pathway for men into women’s water polo
En una declaración oficial, ICONS criticó la CWPA, y destacó los riesgos de seguridad asociados con permitir que los hombres se autoidentifiquen del sexo opuesto para acceder a los deportes de contacto.
“La Asociación Universitaria de Waterpolo ha dejado claro en su política que no da prioridad a una competición segura o justa para las mujeres en el waterpolo”, dijo la cofundadora de ICONS, Marshi Smith. “El anuncio de su política discriminatoria se produjo después de haber coronado al equipo de la Universidad de Michigan con un título nacional, a pesar de haber usado un jugador masculino, un arma secreta a la que no tenían acceso otros equipos femeninos del torneo”.
Smith continúa diciendo que, a pesar de que el waterpolo es un deporte de alto contacto, las atletas femeninas fueron arrojadas al agua sin que se les avisara de los riesgos adicionales de competir contra un hombre.
“Los campeonatos nacionales de este año se perfilan como un trágico déjà vu de dominación para las oponentes femeninas que simplemente buscan una oportunidad justa de triunfar. “
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The long-awaited trial of a Canadian man accused of murder is facing setbacks after he filed to change his name in the indictment due to his transgender status. Gabriella Sears, born Dereck Donald Sears, has been in prison since 2021 for brutally murdering and dismembering a man in Kelowna, British Columbia.
As previously reported by Reduxx, Sears was arrested in 2021 and charged with second-degree murder and interference with human remains in the death of 49-year-old Darren Middleton, who had employed Sears to do occasional work for him.
Middleton’s body was first discovered on June 16, 2021, by his partner at the time, Brenda Adams, who went looking for him at Sears’ home after he failed to return from work that evening. Middleton was found in Sears’ bathroom partially clothed next to a bathtub with the water running.
Although Middleton reportedly died after receiving a blow to the head, the Crown prosecutors revealed he received several other disturbing injuries post-mortem, including the partial removal of his penis and testicles, a gash to his throat that “was so deep Adams could see right inside,” and other stab wounds. Additionally, Adams noted that Middleton was wearing someone else’s clothing.
After seeing the dismembered corpse of her common-law partner, Adams fled the crime scene, screaming. As she ran from the house, she saw Sears dancing in the middle of the road “with his eyes closed and his arms in the air” to no music.
While Sears, who had a full beard at the time of the arrest, did tell Adams and Middleton he was a woman two days before committing his heinous crimes, he was identified by police as a man.
The trial was underway last fall but was put on pause after Sears terminated his attorneys, Jordan Watt and Tom Forss, 18 days in. Despite successfully having his confessions excluded as evidence during the trial, Sears accused them of “gaslighting [him] and colluding with the Crown.” Watt and Forss also argued that because Sears was allegedly sexually abused by Middleton, the routine strip search and swabbing conducted by police “was traumatic and insensitive.”
Several months later, he parted ways with another lawyer, Mark Swartz, who announced he was no longer representing Sears due to a “fundamental breakdown in the solicitor-client relationship.”
“Gabriella” Sears
Although, as Castanet reports, the trial is set to recommence in July, Sears’ application to have his name changed on the indictment, citing his “equality rights” outlined in Section 16 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, may cause further delays.
In response to Sears’ request, Crown prosecutor David Grabavac expressed during an appearance this week that he is “not unsympathetic” to Sears’ reasoning for wanting to change his name but doesn’t believe the timing was right to bring forth his application.
“This is a novel legal issue which may have far-reaching consequences … I’ve never seen Section 15 of the Charter used like this in a criminal matter,” explained Grabavac. “We haven’t had a chance to research this issue … we’re going to need a couple weeks to figure out what position, if any, we have on this.”
Continuing, Grabavac expressed that given the gravity of the situation and the brutality of the murder, getting the trial completed promptly needs to be a priority.
“The priority, with the greatest respect to everyone, should be getting the trial completed as soon as possible … I don’t know how much research is going to have to go into this and if we’re spending a day or two fighting over this in a few weeks, that’s taking away from trial prep.”
In addition to Sears having several issues committing to legal representation, Justice Ross, the former judge on the case, is stepping down per a constitutional amendment that requires all judges to retire at 75 years old. As a result of this change, Sears will have the authority to decide whether to continue with the proceedings that started last fall or start the trial over.
Although it is unclear how Sears plans to proceed, and his new attorney Frances Mahon, said that future deliberations are as of yet undecided, Sears will likely ask civilian witnesses to re-testify and will “consent to allowing forensic evidence and RCMP testimony to carry over from last fall.”
Sears is currently scheduled to make a court appearance in two weeks, which will clarify how the trial will proceed moving forward.
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Famed Spanish writer Lucía Etxebarria is breathing a sigh of relief after a Las Palmas court ruled in her favor after she was sued by a “non-binary trans person” for misgendering him. The plaintiff, Marcos Ventura, launched the suit seeking 11,000 Euros for pain and suffering, but has now been ordered to pay Etxebarria’s legal costs.
As previously reported by Reduxx, Ventura is a transvestite who defines himself as a “non-binary trans person who uses feminine pronouns and grammatical gender to refer to himself.” He had launched a lawsuit against Etxebarria last year for an alleged crime against the “right to dignity, equal treatment and non-discrimination.” Ventura’s claims were based on a 2020 post on social media Etxebarria had written in which she identified him as a “man.”
According to The Objective, the judge ruled that the Etxebarria’s statements complied with “the necessary finding of a sufficient factual basis on which to express public opinion.” The judge also agreed that Ventura had sufficiently male aesthetics and physical attributes which would lead a reasonable person to correctly identify him as being male.
The judge dismissed the lawsuit and ordered Ventura to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Esta sentencia, aunque no es firme y cabe recurso, es un paso importante en la defensa y prevalencia de la libertad de expresión frente a quienes quieren imponer la censura fundamentada en cuestiones identitarias. En mi opinión, ES UNA SENTENCIA HISTÓRICA https://t.co/IvUkHyLRXH
Ventura, who refused the initial possibility of a settlement agreement, had requested 11,000 Euros in damages for having been “subjected to public harassment and scorn, multiple insults and numerous offensive comments derived from the public exposure and the target that the defendant put” on him, by “exposing [him] to her hundreds of thousands of followers.”
But the judge refuted Ventura’s claims, asserting that there was no possibility a crime had been committed and disagreeing that Ventura had suffered any damages. Ventura will be allowed to appeal the decision.
Etxebarria’s lawyer, Guadalupe Sanchez, praised the ruling, noting that “this sentence, although not final and subject to appeal, is an important step in the defense and prevalence of freedom of expression against those who want to impose censorship based on identity issues.”
Lucía Etxebarria
In a statement from Etxebarria given to The Objective, the writer thanked the supporters who stood by her through the taxing trial.
“But above all I want to make one thing clear: this ruling is particularly significant because it creates a precedent. And I believe this because, if I had not won, a different sentence could have been used to impose ideological criteria and to carry out personal vendettas, at least this is my personal opinion,” she wrote.
As an example, Etxebarria referenced the recent bizarre case of a trans-identified male convicted of a hate crime against another trans-identified male for refusing to affirm his gender identity.
As previously reported by Reduxx, the Barcelona High Court sentenced a male who claims to be transgender to six months in prison after he was found guilty of committing a crime “against fundamental human rights and public freedoms” for posting “transphobic” comments on social networks.
Referring to the case, Etxebarria explains that “the transsexual woman was sentenced to pay 720 euros and to undergo a ‘re-education course’ – in a Stalinist or Maoist fashion – to ‘cure [his] transphobia.’ And to six months in jail (which [he] will not serve because [he] accepted the re-education course). The judges charged [him] with a crime against moral integrity, according to article 173 of the Penal Code.”
Etxebarria concludes by noting that “ideological laws” are intended to fulfill two purposes. “One, to destroy the core beliefs of the population in order to more easily subdue them. And two, to gaslight people.”
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A trans-identified male is set to compete in a national women’s water polo championship this weekend, shortly after becoming a women’s chess champion in Michigan. Alicia, formerly Johnny, Paans, is a star member of the University of Michigan’s Women’s Water Polo club team.
Paans, 31, is expected to appear at the 2024 National Collegiate Water Polo Championships (CWPA), which will be held from May 3 to 5 at Texas A&M University. The competition includes 16 US-based teams vying for the women’s national title in their sport. Paans’ first game will be against Texas State University on May 3 at 9:00 GMT.
Paans also competed on the University of Michigan team in 2023, during which time they won the national women’s title against the University of California-Santa Barbara. In the same competition, Paans was noted to have scored goals in a 17 to 5 defeat against the University of Virginia, and in a 17 to 6 defeat against the University of Washington.
While it is unclear when Paans began to identify as a “woman,” a 2013 Facebook post reveals that friends still referred to him by his birth name while congratulating him for beginning his secondary education in his home nation of the Netherlands. Paans appears to have immigrated from Europe to California in 2017 when he began an internship for Volo San Diego — a social sports club — and has remained in the country for education ever since. In 2023, he began a social work degree at the University of Michigan.
According to the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS), the parents of Paans’ opponents have confirmed that he uses the female locker rooms and facilities when he competes.
Speaking to Reduxx, Jennifer, the mother of a female water polo athlete who participated in the 2023 national championship with Paans, explained it had been “obvious” that Paans was male from the moment she had seen him. Jennifer’s full name is being withheld for the protection of her daughter.
“My husband and I saw him first, standing aside the pool before [University of Michigan’s] first game. We looked at each other in surprise, and immediately knew it was a man,” she says, adding: “I observed Alicia quite a bit over the tournament, partly out of concern for the women, and also wondering how his teammates acted around him.”
Jennifer says she had been distressed by the thought that her daughter might have been forced to participate against a male, and was “relieved” when the match-up did not come to fruition.
“None of these women were initially aware a man had been allowed to play,” Jennifer noted. “Many of the player’s on my daughter’s team were almost in shock at the situation, and spoke to one another about discomfort with it. But to my knowledge, no one spoke to the organizers of the tournament. They felt that nothing would be done given that it was allowed based on [CWPA] policy.”
In January of 2024, the CWPA released a transgender athlete policy which explicitly allowed males to compete in women’s categories. The policy reads: “Transgender athletes who identify as female are eligible to compete in both the Co-ed League and the Women’s League.”
Trans identified males are also required to provide a “letter of confirmation” regarding their gender identity, either from the athlete or, if underage, a parent or guardian; proof of testosterone levels below 10 nmol/L within 60 days of competition; and a physician’s note to prove that the athlete is starting “physical gender transitioning/testosterone suppression.” The association purports to ensure “fairness, respect, and equal opportunities for all.”
The policy has been slammed by ICONS as a “pathway for men” to enter women’s water polo.
Breaking: Collegiate Water Polo Association @CWPAClubs releases pathway for men into women’s water polo
In an official statement, ICONS condemned the CWPA, highlighting the safety risks associated with allowing males to self-identify into contact sports.
“The Collegiate Water Polo Association has made it clear in their policy that they do not prioritize safe or fair competition for women in water polo,” said ICONS co-founder Marshi Smith. “Their discriminatory policy announcement came after they had crowned the University of Michigan team with a national title, despite utilizing a male player – a secret weapon not accessible to other women’s teams in the tournament.”
Smith continues that despite water polo being a high-contact sport, female athletes were thrown into the water with no disclosure of the added risks of competing against a male.
“This year’s national championships are shaping up to be a tragic deja vu of domination for the female opponents who simply seek a fair chance to succeed.”
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Un travesti, que cumple tres cadenas perpetuas por delitos contra mujeres, ha presentado una demanda por discriminación para intentar que lo trasladen a la población general entre reclusas de sexo femenino. Thomas Preston Lamb, también conocido como Michelle Renee Lamb, se encuentra actualmente detenido en una cárcel de mujeres en Topeka, Kansas, pero separado de las reclusas, lo que Lamb considera inaceptable.
Lamb, de 82 años, alega que el Centro Penitenciario de Topeka y el Departamento Penitenciario de Kansas lo están discriminando por estar recluido en una parte separada, en lugar de poder relacionarse con frecuencia con las mujeres encarceladas.
Lamb presentó una demanda contra la gobernadora Laura Kelly, el Centro Penitenciario de Topeka y el Departamento Penitenciario de Kansas el pasado noviembre, y se espera que se dicte sentencia a principios de mayo.
Las autoridades del Centro Penitenciario de Topeka (TCF) tomaron la decisión de separar a Lamb de la población carcelaria femenina debido tanto a su historial como delincuente sexual como a su conducta durante su estancia en prisión. Lamb, que fue trasladado calladamente a la cárcel de mujeres (artículo en español) en enero de 2023, ha ignorado repetidamente las órdenes de no contacto y ha estado acosando sexualmente a las funcionarias de prisiones. En al menos una ocasión, fue acusado de conducta lasciva hacia una reclusa.
Un hombre condenado por múltiples crimes contra mujeres es trasladado a una cárcel de mujeres.
Thomas Lamb secuestró y violó a una mujer y asesinó a otra por referirse a él como "hombre" y luego culpó a su alter ego femenino del crimen.https://t.co/en9xQkkb2Z
Según un informe del Departamento Penitenciario de Kansas (KDOC), el director del Centro Penitenciario de Topeka tenía la intención de alojar al asesino convicto entre la población general de reclusas, pero se empezó a preocupar cuando se negó a responder preguntas sobre sus delitos durante una evaluación de admisión utilizada para determinar el estado psicológica de los presos.
Los funcionarios de la prisión dijeron que la negativa de Lamb a responder preguntas sobre su pasado era “preocupante” porque sus “delitos más graves son acciones violentas específicamente contra mujeres, y porque ésta sería la primera vez en 50 años que el demandante conviviría con mujeres… La negativa del demandante a responder fue una señal de alarma”.
El informe también explicaba que la clasificación de Lamb de riesgo para la seguridad, que lo cataloga de amenaza potencial para las mujeres detenidas en TCF, se debía a la naturaleza de sus delitos y al riesgo potencial para las reclusas. A Lamb se le asignó entonces un alojamiento restrictivo con el objetivo de integrarlo finalmente en la población general femenina.
Sin embargo, su estatus de riesgo para la seguridad sigue vigente porque su conducta ha sido “depredadora hacia una residente y manipuladora hacia el personal de seguridad”, una acusación que Lamb ha rebatido en una queja de la Ley de Eliminación de Violaciones en Prisión (PREA).
Lamb tiene un informe disciplinario por infringir una regla contra la conducta lasciva al darle a una reclusa “un abrazo que continuó con otro apretón, que parece ser un ‘doble abrazo'”.
Además, Lamb había preguntado repetidamente a una funcionaria de prisiones si sus genitales [de él] “se veían bien y naturales” como resultado de la cirugía a la que se sometió, y le hizo preguntas a otra funcionaria diferente sobre su propia anatomía y hábitos sexuales. Los continuos comentarios sexuales llevaron a que la supervisora, la mayor Dona Hook, ordenara que Lamb fuera siempre escoltado por dos funcionarias de prisiones.
En una queja manuscrita de septiembre de 2023, Lamb argumentaba que su designación como riesgo para la seguridad, establecida solo dos meses después de su traslado a la prisión de mujeres en enero del año pasado, constituía un “delito de odio” contra él.
“Esta es una queja contra todos los involucrados en ponerme en estado OSR [riesgo de seguridad de otro tipo] y HR [restricción de alojamiento], y en mantenerme en ese estatus durante lo que ahora son ya seis meses”, escribió Lamb. “Solicito que se me coloque en el estatus de población general de inmediato, y que se elimine de mi expediente toda la información utilizada para colocarme en este estatus OSR”.
En una carta de queja separada presentada el mismo mes, Lamb afirmaba que las restricciones que se le habían impuesto eran tan “severas” que había estado sufriendo de ansiedad, había desarrollado erupciones cutáneas, se le había subido la tensión y corría el riesgo de morir de un ataque al corazón o de un derrame cerebral. También declaró que había comenzado a sufrir diarrea crónica como resultado de su falta de acceso a la población general femenina.
“He tenido numerosos ataques de diarrea debido a mis altos niveles de depresión, ansiedad y estrés causados por este ambiente tóxico y restrictivo”, escribió Lamb. “Me tratan como si fuera el enemigo público número uno aquí en TCF, estoy bajo escoltado de dos funcionarias todo el tiempo. Estoy triste y me despierto llorando por la noche. Se me niega la necesidad más básica, especialmente para nosotras las mujeres: la necesidad de tener contacto cercano y relaciones con otras mujeres”.
Las actas judiciales indican que Lamb había entablado una relación con una mujer problemática de 30 años con un historial de comportamiento disruptivo. Esta situación había provocado que Lamb “incumpliera repetidamente las normas y órdenes restrictivas de no contacto en el centro”.
Los funcionarios de la prisión también señalaron que a Lamb ya se le habían permitido múltiples excepciones a las reglas del centro, como el permiso para comprar maquillaje y pendientes. Desde que declaró “una identidad femenina” en 2006, el Departamento Penitenciario de Kansas (KDOC) ha proporcionado a Lamb “ropa interior femenina” en la cárcel, que es descrita como “terapéutica para la disforia de género de Lamb”. También se le han suministrado estrógenos y medicamentos bloqueadores de testosterona.
En respuesta a las quejas, el alcaide David McCabe señaló que a Lamb se le ofrecía tiempo fuera de su celda, tiempo al aire libre, interacciones grupales y “pleno acceso a profesionales médicos y de salud mental”, e instó a Lamb a “participar en interacciones y actividades positivas” con el fin de trabajar para que se le retirara su estatus de riesgo.
Thomas Preston ‘Michelle Renee’ Lamb, Departamento Penitenciario de Kansas
Antes de su demanda de noviembre, Lamb había estado amenazando a las funcionarias de la prisión en un intento de aumentar su acceso a la población reclusa femenina.
En julio de 2023, Lamb envió tres cartas a la coordinadora de reinserción de TCF, Angela Golightley, y a la supervisora del equipo de su unidad, Linda Hull-Viera, que había presentado el informe disciplinario contra él. En las cartas, Lamb se quejaba de que su salud se veía seriamente afectada por sus restricciones y ofrecía un acuerdo extrajudicial a sus demandas.
Si la dirección no accedía a sus deseos, Lamb amenazaba con “enviar a la ACLU una copia de mi demanda”. La Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU) ha estado detrás de múltiples demandas por todo Estados Unidos que han tenido como consecuencia el traslado de violadores y delincuentes varones a prisiones de mujeres.
Las cartas manifestaban que si Golightley eliminaba el estatus de Lamb de riesgo para la seguridad, borraba el historial de su expediente, lo apoyaba para que saliera en libertad condicional en el plazo de un año y lo transfería a la población general, “todo desaparecería”.
Lamb, en un tono siniestro, animaba a Golightley a reunirse personalmente con él: “Ven a verme para que podamos llegar a un acuerdo, y todo esto puede terminar ya. Depende de ti”. Además, amenazaba con pasar información sobre su demanda a un periodista, Blaise Mesa, de Kansas City Beacon, “para que pueda hacer el reportaje que quiera… No te hará quedar bien. Tengo su palabra”.
La directora legal de la ACLU de Kansas, Sharon Brett, es la que representa a Lamb en su demanda. En los últimos meses, su biografía en el sitio web de ACLU Kansas se ha hecho privada. Para acceder a ella, se necesita un nombre de usuario y una contraseña.
Lamb, descrito como “mujer” en el Sistema de Información de Justicia Penal del estado y llamado “mujer transgénero” en las actas judiciales, fue condenado por secuestrar y asesinar a Karen Sue Kemmerly, una estudiante de 24 años de la Universidad de Kansas-Missouri, alrededor del 5 de diciembre de 1969.
Lamb asesinó a Kemmerly después de que ella comentara que era un “hombre guapo” y le dijera que era “muy competente sexualmente”, lo que le produjo una furia violenta ya que se veía a sí mismo como una mujer. Lamb estranguló a la joven y dejó su cadáver desnudo en un campo de maíz. El cuerpo de la joven estudiante fue encontrado unos días después de su muerte, el 7 de diciembre.
Además de Kemmerly, Lamb también fue condenado por el secuestro de Patricia Ann Childs, de 18 años, el 15 de enero de 1970. Childs fue devuelta a su familia después de que su padre pagara el rescate de 3.500 dólares exigido por Lamb. Durante la terrible experiencia, Lamb ató las manos de Childs y la violó, según las actas judiciales, aunque nunca fue acusado formalmente por la agresión sexual.
Lamb fue finalmente condenado por dos cargos de secuestro y un cargo de asesinato en primer grado, y ahora cumple tres cadenas perpetuas consecutivas. Durante su estancia en la cárcel, Thomas Preston Lamb comenzó a llamarse Michelle Renee Lamb y, en julio de 2006, solicitó un cambio de nombre legal.
Sin embargo, a pesar de afirmar ser mujer y someterse a cirugía genital y tomar suplementos hormonales, el historial de violencia de Lamb contra las mujeres indica un patrón inquietante de patología sexual sádica.
El 25 de febrero de 1970, se le ordenó que se sometiera a una evaluación psiquiátrica. Lamb, que renunció a su derecho a un juicio con jurado, fue entrevistado por el Dr. Joseph Satten, un psiquiatra especializado en criminología de la Fundación Menninger de Topeka, quien filmó la conversación. El video se mostró al tribunal como prueba para apoyar la declaración de demencia. Antes de reproducir la grabación para los espectadores, el juez Harold Riggs avisió del contenido “vulgar y obsceno”.
“En mi opinión, la razón del acusado estaba gravemente perturbada en el momento de cometer los crímenes y no tenía el conocimiento normal de la naturaleza y la categoría de los actos que supuestamente ha cometido”, testificó Satten. “Ahora, en cuanto al segundo elemento, en cuanto a saber si están mal [los actos], no estoy tan seguro”.
Lamb le dijo a Satten que “pensaba que era una chica” cuando cometió los crímenes contra las dos mujeres. En opinión de Satten, Lamb era “inteligente” y consciente de los delitos que cometió. Sin embargo, enfatizó “peculiaridades” en su personalidad.
“En algunos momentos, durante el transcurso de los secuestros, debió de tener cierta conciencia de que lo que estaba haciendo estaba mal. Pero durante los dos secuestros, se encontraba en un estado mental peculiar en el que se sentía una chica”, dijo Satten.
El médico continuó culpando a la “versión femenina” de Lamb de los crímenes, insinuando que su “versión masculina” no estaba mentalmente presente en el momento de los delitos.
“Tal vez ‘ella’ conocía la naturaleza y la categoría de los delitos, tal vez ‘ella’ sabía que lo que se estaba haciendo estaba mal, pero el Thomas Lamb normal, creo, probablemente no”, agregó Satten.
El médico continuó diciendo que Lamb tenía una “preocupación primordial de que todos sus problemas giraran en torno a la necesidad de someterse a una operación de reasignación de sexo”. En una declaración aparentemente contradictoria, Satten dijo que Lamb no tenía prejuicios contra las mujeres, sino que creía que “tenían todas las ventajas”.
Olathe News, 27 de mayo de 1970
El asesino convicto ha utilizado repetidamente el sistema legal a su favor. En una moción de 2017 presentada por Lamb contra KDOC, alegó que se estaban violando sus derechos de la Octava Enmienda contra el castigo cruel e inusual. Lamb había exigido “un tratamiento más integral de su disforia de género, acceso a más artículos femeninos en prisión, reconocimiento de su cambio de nombre y traslado a un centro penitenciario sólo para mujeres”.
La solicitud original de Lamb de 2017 de ser transferido a un centro penitenciario femenino fue denegada en un principio por el juez de distrito Eric Melgren. En la decisión, se afirmaba que “Lamb no tiene derecho a ser transferido a un centro para mujeres”.
Continuó, refiriéndose a Lamb con pronombres femeninos: “A Thomas se le ordenó cumplir tres cadenas perpetuas para que nunca más volviera a matar o hacer daño a otra mujer. Thomas ahora es Michelle, pero Michelle sigue siendo una secuestradora y asesina de mujeres convicta, y la justificación de su condena no ha cambiado”.
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A trans-identified male inmate serving three life sentences for crimes against women has filed a discrimination lawsuit in an attempt to be transferred into the general population among female prisoners. Thomas Preston Lamb, also known as Michelle Renee Lamb, is currently detained in a women’s facility in Topeka, Kansas, but has been kept separate from the female inmates — an arrangement Lamb deems unacceptable.
Lamb, 82, alleges he is being discriminated against by the staff of Topeka Correctional Facility and the Kansas Department of Corrections on the grounds that he is being held in restricted housing instead of being allowed to frequently interact with incarcerated women.
Lamb first filed his legal claim against Governor Laura Kelly, Topeka Correctional Facility, and the Kansas Department of Corrections last November, and a ruling is expected to be reached by early May.
Authorities at Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF) made the decision to separate Lamb from the female prison population due to both his history as a sex offender and his conduct while in prison. Lamb, who was quietly transferred into the female prison estate in January of 2023, has repeatedly ignored no-contact orders and has been sexually harassing female correctional officers. On at least one occasion, he was charged with lewd conduct with a female inmate.
A man convicted of multiple violent crimes against women has been quietly transferred to a women's prison in Topeka, Kansas.
Thomas Lamb murdered one woman because she called him a 'man,' then blamed his female alter-ego for the slaying.https://t.co/xtmMmfsiwf
According to a report by the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC), the warden at Topeka Correctional Facility had intended to house the convicted killer among the general population of female inmates, but became concerned after he refused to answer questions about his crimes during an intake evaluation used to assess a prisoner’s psychological condition.
Prison officials said Lamb’s refusal to answer questions about his past was “worrying” because his “most serious crimes are violent actions specifically against women, and because this would be the first time in 50 years that Plaintiff would be co-habitating with women … Plaintiff’s refusal to answer was a red flag.”
The report also explained that Lamb’s security risk classification, which labels him a potential threat to the women held at TCF, was due to the nature of his crimes and the potential risk to other inmates. Lamb was then placed in restrictive housing with the aim of eventually integrating him into the general female population.
However, Lamb’s security risk status remains in place because his conduct has been “predatory towards another resident and manipulative towards security staff,” an allegation that Lamb has disputed in a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) complaint.
Lamb has had a disciplinary report for violating a rule against lewd activity by giving a female inmate “a hug that continue[d] through another squeeze — appearing to be a ‘double hug.'”
Lamb additionally had repeatedly asked a corrections officer if his genitals “looked good and natural” as a result of the surgery he had, and posed questions to a different officer about her own anatomy and sexual habits. The ongoing sexual remarks led to an order from supervisor Major Dona Hook that Lamb must always be escorted by two female prison officers.
In a hand-written complaint dated September 2023, Lamb argued that his designation as a security risk, established just two months after he was transferred into the women’s prison in January of last year, constituted a “hate crime” against him.
“This is a grievance against everyone involved in placing me on OSR [other security risk] and HR [housing restriction] status, and keeping me on this status for what is now six months,” Lamb wrote. “I request I be placed on general population status immediately, and all information used to place me on this OSR status be removed from my file.”
In a separate grievance letter filed the same month, Lamb claimed that the restrictions placed on him were so “severe” that he had been suffering from anxiety, had developed rashes and elevated blood pressure, and was at risk of death by heart attack or stroke. He also stated he had begun experiencing chronic diarrhea as a result of his lack of access to the women’s general population.
“I have had numerous bouts of diarrhea due to my high levels of depression, anxiety, and stress caused by this toxic and restrictive environment,” Lamb wrote. “I’m being treated as if I’m public enemy number one here at TCF, being escorted by two officers all the time. I feel miserable and wake up crying at night. I’m denied the most basic need, especially for us females: the need to have close contact and relationships with other females.”
Court records indicate that Lamb had developed a relationship with a troubled 30-year old woman with a history of disruptive behavior. This situation had caused Lamb to “repeatedly break restrictive housing no-contact rules and orders.”
Prison officials also noted that Lamb had already been allowed multiple exceptions to housing rules, including permission to buy makeup and earrings. Since claiming a female identity in 2006, Lamb has been provided with “female undergarments” by the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) while incarcerated, with the intimate clothing described as “therapeutic for Lamb’s gender dysphoria.” He has also been provided with estrogen and testosterone-blocking drugs.
In response to Lamb’s grievances, warden David McCabe noted that Lamb was being offered time out of his cell, time outdoors, group interactions, and “full access to medical and mental health practitioners,” and urged Lamb to “engage in positive interactions and activities” in order to work towards having his risk status removed.
Thomas Preston ‘Michelle Renee’ Lamb, Kansas Department of Corrections
Leading up to his November lawsuit, Lamb had been threatening prison officials in an attempt to increase his access to the female prison population.
In July of 2023, Lamb sent three letters to TCF Reentry Coordinator Angela Golightley, and the supervisor for his Unit Team Manager Linda Hull-Viera, who had filed the disciplinary report against him. In the letters, Lamb complained that his health was seriously impaired by his restrictions and offered an out-of-court settlement to his demands.
If the administrators did not comply with his wishes, Lamb threatened to “send the ACLU a copy of my lawsuit.” The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been behind multiple lawsuits across the United States which have resulted in male rapists and criminals being transferred into women’s prisons.
The letters expressed that if Golightley removed Lamb’s security risk status, expunged the history from his record, supported him for a parole release within the year, and transferred him into the general population, “it will all go away.”
Lamb, in a sinister tone, encouraged Golightley to personally meet with him: “Come see me so we can come to an agreement, and this can all stop now. It’s up to you.” He further threatened to pass information about his lawsuit on to a reporter, Blaise Mesa, for Kansas City Beacon, “so he can do the story he wants to do… It will not make you look good. I have his word.”
In his lawsuit, Lamb has claimed to be represented by Legal Director at the ACLU of Kansas, Sharon Brett, though no evidence to support this claim exists. In recent months, her listed biography on the ACLU Kansas website was made hidden behind a login and password prompt.
Lamb, who is described as “female” in the state Criminal Justice Information System and referred to as a “transgender female” in court records, was convicted of kidnapping and murdering Karen Sue Kemmerly, a 24 year-old student at the University of Kansas-Missouri, around December 5, 1969.
Lamb murdered Kemmerly after she commented he was a “handsome man,” and told him he was “very capable sexually,” which sent him into a violent rage as he saw himself as a woman. Lamb strangled the woman to death, and left her nude corpse in a cornfield. The young student’s body was found approximately five days after her death on December 7.
In addition to Kemmerly, Lamb was also convicted on charges of kidnapping 18-year-old Patricia Ann Childs on January 15, 1970. Childs was returned to her family after her father paid out a $3,500 ransom demanded by Lamb. During the ordeal, Lamb bound Childs’ hands and raped her, according to court documents, though he was never formally charged for the sexual assault.
The Wichita Eagle, 19 May 1970
Lamb was ultimately convicted of two counts of kidnapping and one count of first degree murder, and is now serving three consecutive life sentences in prison. While in prison, Thomas Preston Lamb began going by Michelle Renee Lamb, and in July 2006, filed for a legal name change.
Yet despite claiming to be a woman and undergoing genital surgery and hormone supplements, Lamb’s record of violence against women indicates a disturbing pattern of sadistic sexual pathology.
On February 25, 1970, Lamb was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Lamb, who waived his right to a jury trial, was interviewed by Dr. Joseph Satten, a psychiatrist specializing in criminology at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, who filmed the exchange. The video was shown in court as evidence to support an insanity plea. Before playing the recording for the spectators, Judge Harold Riggs warned of “vulgar and obscene” content.
“In my opinion, the defendant’s thinking was severely disturbed at the time of the crimes and he did not have the normal knowledge of the nature and quality of his acts alleged to have been committed,” Satten testified. “Now, as to the second element, as to knowing whether they’re wrong, I’m a little more uncertain.”
Lamb told Satten that he “thought he was a girl” when he carried out the crimes against the two women. It was Satten’s view that Lamb was “intelligent” and aware of the crimes he committed. However, he emphasized “peculiarities” in his personality.
“At times, during the course of the kidnappings, there must have been some awareness that what he was doing was wrong. But during both of the kidnappings, he was in a peculiar state of mind in which he felt himself to be a girl,” Satten said.
The doctor went on to blame the “female version” of Lamb for the crimes, insinuating that the “male version” of Lamb was not mentally present during the time of the offenses.
“Maybe ‘she’ knew the nature and quality of it, maybe ‘she’ knew what was being done was wrong, but the normal Thomas Lamb, I believe, probably did not,” Satten added.
The doctor continued that Lamb had an “overriding preoccupation that all of his problems revolved around the need to have a sex reassignment operation.” In a seemingly contradictory statement, Satten said that Lamb did not hold prejudices against women, but believed “they have all the advantages.”
Olathe News, 27 May 1970
The convicted killer has repeatedly used the legal system to his advantage. In a 2017 motion filed by Lamb against the KDOC, he alleged that his Eighth Amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment were being violated. Lamb had demanded “more comprehensive treatment of [his] gender dysphoria, access to more female items in prison, recognition of [his] name change, and transfer to a female-only prison facility.”
Lamb’s original 2017 request to be transferred to a women’s correctional facility was initially denied by District Judge Eric Melgren. In the decision, it was stated that “Lamb is not entitled to transfer to a female facility.”
He continued, referring to Lamb with feminine pronouns: “Thomas was ordered to serve three life sentences so that he would never kill or hurt another woman again. Thomas is now Michelle, but Michelle is still a convicted kidnapper and murderer of women, and the justification for her sentence has not changed.”
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