Suicide and the Question of Whether It’s Ever OK to Out Someone

The suicide of an Alabama mayor and pastor shows the cruelty of being outed and raises the question if outing someone is ever appropriate even as retribution for hypocrites.

Advocate.com

#Alabama #mayor #dies of apparent #suicide days after #Farright #website #publishes #pictures of him allegedly in #women's #clothes.

#SmithsStation #Mayor #FLCopeland "Bubba" was a good man and a great mayor who fell victim to a mean, bitter world, former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-mayor-dies-apparent-suicide-days-website-publishes-pictures-al-rcna123714

Alabama mayor dies of apparent suicide days after website publishes pictures of him allegedly in women's clothes

A small-town Alabama mayor died by apparent suicide just days after a conservative news site published pictures of him allegedly wearing women's clothes and makeup, officials said Sunday.

NBC News
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On November 1th, an alt-right outlet published that mayor of #SmithsStation and pastor at #FirstBaptistChurch in #PhenixCity
-small towns in #Alabama-
had a second life as #CrossDressing running profiles on #Reddit and #Instagram where he impersonated a character going thru gender transition
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After exposé, mayor committed suicide by shooting himself in front of #LEOs of #LeeCounty
The secret life of Smiths Station Mayor and Baptist pastor F.L.…

In 2016, when F.L. “Bubba” Copeland challenged incumbent Smiths Station Mayor LaFaye Dellinger, he ran with the vision of growing the Lee County hamlet between Opelika and Phenix City. | Alabama News

1819 News

Alabama, Smiths Station Mayor Bubba Copeland ‘took his own life’ due to “LGBTQ” related activities being found out.

https://www.wrbl.com/top-stories/lee-county-sheriff-smiths-station-mayor-bubba-copeland-took-his-own-life/amp/

#Alabama #SmithsStation #MayorBubbaCopeland #LGBTQ #Suicide #News #Politics #News