A trans activist who sent death threats to Scottish National Party Member of Parliament (MP) Joanna Cherry has been identified as an American man who creates transgender pornography, Reduxx can reveal. Sean Johnson, who is based in New Jersey, identifies as a woman and uses the name “Sylvie.”
Earlier this week, threats from Johnson prompted widespread concern for the safety of three politicians in the UK known for being critical of gender ideology. While the Metropolitan Police initially refused to open a case on the threats, they have since reversed their decision and will be investigating the tweets under the Communications Act of 2003.
On June 12, Johnson sent two menacing messages expressing a desire to commit violence against Cherry, stating, “I’d kill her with my bare hands if I ever saw her irl [in real life],” and “each of them should be murdered in broad daylight on a crowded street,” in reference to Cherry and two other MPs, Rosie Duffield and Neale Hanvey, who spoke during a Commons debate on Monday discussing the importance of maintaining the definition of biological sex within the Equality Act of 2010.
Johnson also called the MPs “Nazi bigots” who were “riled up over bathrooms” and commented, “There is no winning except with their violent ends.”
I am hoping the Metropolitan police will reconsider their decision on the criminality of the first tweet threatening to kill me in the light of the second tweet threatening not just my life but that of 2 other MPs @RosieDuffield1 & @JNHanvey https://t.co/WXJiJUjUQT pic.twitter.com/R9MD0c2RK4
— Joanna Cherry KC (@joannaccherry) June 14, 2023
The aim of the Equality Act 2010 is to protect citizens in the UK from discriminatory treatment based on protected characteristics. Those characteristics include age, disability, marriage status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexuality, and “gender reassignment.”
However, controversy has ensued in recent years after an apparent clash between women’s rights and males who make a legal claim to a female “gender identity.” The ongoing debate prompted Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, who is also Minister for Women and Equalities, to suggest clarifying the definition of “sex” by adding the qualifier “biological,” to distinguish between women and men who claim to be women.
Monday’s debate in the House of Commons related to the definition of biological sex and how best to protect the rights of women to single-sex spaces and services.
During the debate, MP Cherry was seen to be visibly amused and exacerbated as one of her pro-gender ideology colleagues read out a statement rejecting the concept of biological sex. Cherry was then subject to derision from trans activists, some of whom called her reaction “unprofessional.”
London’s Metropolitan Police force initially deemed the threats directed at Cherry and her colleagues to be below the threshold of criminality, prompting outcry on social media. Through her Twitter, Cherry reiterated her concerns that the matter wasn’t being taken seriously.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling even became involved, mocking the Met Police for their lack of action with a joke that referenced how “misgendering” is often treated as a “hate crime.”
But on Wednesday, the Met Police revised their decision and clarified that they would be opening a case.
“On Tuesday, June 13 the Met was made aware of a tweet received by a serving MP. The contents were assessed and it was deemed it did not meet the criminal threshold for an offense,” the statement read.
See attached statement from @metpoliceuk regarding an update in this case pic.twitter.com/o9la5sLlGq
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 14, 2023
“The matter was logged for intelligence purposes. However, we have today, June 14, become aware of a further tweet linked to the same account and with these being taken together, we will now be investigating this matter for potential criminal offences under the Communications Act 2003.”
While the Twitter account which published the threats was hastily deleted, Reduxx has investigated and determined the identity of the individual involved as belonging to Sean Johnson of New Jersey, USA.
Johnson violently opposes single-sex services and provisions to safeguard women’s privacy, and uploads pornography of himself “as a woman” to PornHub.
Several videos are described by Johnson as involving his “girldick,” a term repeatedly used to caption and title his explicit content.
In addition to using the name “Sylvie,” Johnson has also adopted the moniker “Bellatrix,” which is associated with his pornography. In a now-deleted Twitter post, Johnson says he chose the name after a female character in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series “for ironic purposes,” as he “hope[s] it disgusts her to have a trans woman go by her character’s name.”
Johnson uses she/her, they/them, or it/its pronouns according to his multiple online profile pages, claims to be “poly-aroflux panromantic,” and has listed a series of personality disorders in one instance.
In a profile linking to his PornHub page, Johnson explains that he has begun creating adult content in order to “get money for laser hair removal, face surgeries, and support for bottom surgery in the future.”
He also invites viewers to suggest sexual activities and offers “personal custom content” for “the right price.”
A recent Instagram post under the handle @ditzykonuichi reveals that Johnson recently altered his sex marker on his legal identification to say “female.”
Johnson’s Instagram primarily features selfies, but the man also seems to be obsessively cataloguing his “transition” progress, regularly uploading side-by-side shots of his face and body.
While Johnson has been taking estrogen since 2022, prior to his “transition,” he utilized several different profiles and names on social media, where he can be seen interacting with multiple trans activist influencers, including Chelsea Manning and YouTuber ContraPoints.
Among his many deactivated Twitter accounts are the handles @transmutedmoon, @bellatweetrix, @demonslutAU, and @bloodbathmcgraw.
Johnson did not appear to be located in the United Kingdom when he made the threats towards Cherry, Harvey, and Duffield.
Feminist researcher Joanne Doors separately uncovered and provided information revealing Johnson appears to be in Wildwood, New Jersey based on an Amazon wish list account she found. Among the items on the wishlist uncovered by Doors include sex toys, trans pride merchandise, striped stockings, and fishnet clothing items.
Disturbingly, Johnson claims to be in custody of a child. On his LinkedIn, he states that he is a “dedicated stay at home parent” who was “looking for work,” though the profile picture associated with the account suggests it has not been updated since 2021. Prior to deactivating his Twitter, some users caught a snapshot of Johnson wearing an employee tag associated with America’s Best, an eyeglasses store which has a franchise a short drive away from Wildwood.
Reduxx has passed all relevant information on to the London Metropolitan Police, and has invited them to be in contact for any additional concerns they might have.
This is not the first time threats have been directed towards prominent women critical of gender ideology.
JK Rowling has experienced a barrage of violent harassment online, but two threats in particular have been escalated to police concern due to the level of chilling detail.
Last summer, Rowling called out Twitter’s lack of policy enforcement after an account which released her address with a threatening message was allowed to remain active for days despite reports.
Originally posted by user @fuckfinegael, the quote retweet featured two images — one of Rowling with her address overlayed on her face and a pipe bomb in the corner, and the other of an Improvised Munitions Handbook. The guide, originally published by the US Army in 1969, was created for the purposes of teaching soldiers how to create explosives and weapons using limited resources.
In her tweet of the screenshot, Rowling clarified she had covered her family’s address to prevent further circulation. The threatening message had been in direct response to a post Rowling had made in support of a male detransitioner.
More recently, Reduxx revealed a gay man in Scotland had been behind a number of disturbing threats targeting Rowling, Kellie-Jay Keen, and MP Rosie Duffield.
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