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

A small-town Alabama pastor and mayor killed himself Friday, days after a local conservative news website published a story that included photos of him wearing women’s clothing and makeup.

F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, who was the mayor of Smiths Station and the pastor at First Baptist Church in Phenix City, shot himself in front of police during a welfare check, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.

Copeland’s private life was exposed Wednesday by the conservative blog 1819 News, which was once owned by the right-wing Alabama Policy Institute and whose top editor is a former Breitbart News contributor.

  • ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    264·
    1 year ago

    Conservative = death cult

    Pity; if he lived in a progressive city, he could’ve gotten help for whatever underlying issues he had with depression and such, and learned to accept his gender expressions as something beautiful and not shameful. Plus we have excellent drag venues…

    [Note: this comment was made before discovering the individual identified as “transgender curvy girl” online, and so was quite likely transfem.]