Alabama Pastor Kills Himself After Trans Alter Ego Revealed

metroweekly.com:

1819 News, F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, the mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, and the pastor at First Baptist Church in Phenix City, apparently cultivated an online persona named “Brittini Blaire Summerlin,” who referred to herself as a “Transitioning Transgender Curvy Girl.”As Summerlin, Copeland frequently posted to Reddit and had a private Instagram page, where he encouraged people to follow him.

He regularly commented on other posts, and encouraged trans-identifying individuals to pursue hormone therapy.1819 News claims Copeland posted pictures of himself in female clothing, even one time wearing an outfit that his wife had previously worn, as well as photos in lingerie, and links to transgender pornography with vivid captions describing being a “whore” and getting “fucked.”The blog also alleges Copeland authored transgender fiction and erotica online.When 1819 News approached him for comment, Copeland reportedly admitted to running the Brittini Blaire Summerlin social media accounts, saying his wife was aware of his activity, but nobody else was.He reportedly claimed that dressing up as a woman had been a “hobby” since youth and served as a way to release anxiety, but denied actually identifying as transgender.“It’s a hobby I do to relieve stress,” he is quoted as saying. “I have a lot of stress, and I’m not medically transitioning.

It’s just a bit of a character I’m playing. I don’t go out and seek solicitation or anything like that. I have not done anything outside of my own home besides post or publish anything on the internet, and that does not affect anything with inside my jurisdiction.”He asked the blog not to publish the story about his social media accounts and later deleted all the Summerlin accounts.