Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.

Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.

  • PeleSpiritEnglish
    75•2 years ago

    Do we know if he was anti-trans? It’s super sad that he had to actually kill himself because he couldn’t be himself. The GOP has created a really shitty life for a lot of people.

    • @Carnelian@lemmy.world
      36•2 years ago

      Reading other articles it seems like no, he was generally very positive and encouraging to others online. The impression I get (from 10 minutes of reading, not saying this conclusively) is that he was not overtly hostile whatsoever to trans people.

      There are enormous social pressures in small conservative towns, and the man was 63. I can imagine life leading someone otherwise pro-trans into being a republican preacher in that environment. An awful tragedy

    • @TheFriar@lemm.ee
      2•2 years ago

      If you read the article, it said, about halfway through, that he never spoke up on LGBTQ issues despite being a Republican.