{"id":240580,"date":"2023-11-06T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=240580"},"modified":"2023-11-06T19:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T19:01:00","slug":"how-bubba-copeland-became-a-transitioning-transgender-curvy-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/how-bubba-copeland-became-a-transitioning-transgender-curvy-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"How Bubba Copeland became a transitioning &apos;transgender curvy girl&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Inside the secret life of Bubba Copeland: How Alabama mayor and pastor adopted a second persona online &#8211; becoming a transitioning curvy girl called Brittini &#8211; before killing himself\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Bubba Copeland, 49, committed suicide in Beulah, Alabama on November 3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0He was outed by news site 1819 for appearing as Brittini Blaire Summerlin online<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Hateful messages about Copeland were deleted following his death<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bubba Copeland was a pillar of the community in\u00a0Alabama until November 3 &#8211; the day he took his own life following a slow pursuit by police in Beulah.<\/p>\n<p>A pastor at the First Baptist Church of Phenix City, the 49-year-old was outed by the conservative news site 1819 for dressing up as a &#8216;transgender curvy girl&#8217; named Brittini Blaire Summerlin\u00a0two days before his suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Even after Copeland&#8217;s death, Dan Elkins was forced to remove hateful comments on Phenix City&#8217;s First Baptist Church\u00a0Facebook\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p>The politician was more than a man with a female alter ego &#8211; he was considered an upstanding member of the community who even met with then-President Donald Trump\u00a0after a devastating tornado in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>So, what else was Copeland known for before his death, and how did the creation of Brittini Blaire Summerlin possibly play a role in his suicide?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/15\/77462047-12715755-image-a-5_1699285149801.jpg\" height=\"542\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bubba Copeland committed suicide via gunshot wound on November 3 in Beulah, Alabama &#8211; two days after being out for dressing as\u00a0a &#8216; transgender curvy girl&#8217; named Brittini Blaire Summerlin<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/16\/77460299-12715755-Brittini_was_an_online_persona_created_by_Copeland_as_a_way_to_r-a-14_1699287263252.jpg\" height=\"1117\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brittini was an online persona created by Copeland as a way to relieve stress. He never planned on a gender transition, but has cross-dressed since his youth<\/p>\n<h2><span>Who was Bubba Copeland before being outed?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Baptist pastor and Alabama mayor born May 27, 1974, in Columbus, Georgia\u00a0to Fred L. Copeland, Sr. and Cora Annell Flowers Green.<\/p>\n<p>He has three sisters: Kimberlee, Terri, and Ginger, and two brothers: Mike and Bill.<\/p>\n<p>He attended\u00a0Smiths Station High School, and graduated from Auburn University in with a degree in hotel and restaurant management.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copeland owned and operated the Country Market convenience store in Salem, Alabama and continued to do so prior to his death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He eventually became a senior pastor at Phenix City First Baptist Church after previously attending the congregation for over three generations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/15\/77461243-12715755-image-a-11_1699285301747.jpg\" height=\"313\" width=\"311\"><\/p>\n<p>Copeland graduated from Smiths Station High School, and earned a degree in\u00a0hotel and restaurant management from Auburn University<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/15\/77461817-12715755-image-a-7_1699285221016.jpg\" height=\"313\" width=\"311\"><\/p>\n<p>He was a devoted husband to his wife, Angela Simpson, and their three children Carter L. Copeland, AbbyKate Elizabeth Dawson, and Ally Catherine Dawson<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/16\/77462139-12715755-image-a-1_1699288075252.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former-President Donald Trump met with Copeland after he was impressed with the mayor&#8217;s relief efforts after an EF-4 tornado hit Beauregard, Alabama, killing 23 people\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He first got into politics in 2008 after earning a District 5 seat in the Lee County School Board for two terms.<\/p>\n<p>While on the Lee County School Board, he succeeded in removing portable classrooms from the high school, and in increasing the number of computers in a classroom from one to three between 2008-2012.<\/p>\n<p>Copeland was eventually elected the mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama in 2016 with a vision to grow the state&#8217;s Lee County.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I want to work with the businesses we have in this city to help them grow and understand their needs,&#8217; he told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He later met with Donald Trump in March 2019 after the president was impressed with the work Copeland did in relief efforts following an EF-4 tornado that hit nearby Beauregard earlier that month.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of his work in politics and the Baptist church, Copeland was a devoted husband to his loving wife\u00a0and Smiths Station school teacher Angela Simpson Copeland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two of them had a three children &#8211; son, Carter L. Copeland, and daughters, AbbyKate Elizabeth Dawson and Ally Catherine Dawson.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span>How did Bubba become Brittini Blaire Summerlin?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to 1819, Copeland began his &#8216;hobby&#8217; of crossdressing when he was young, but he did not clarify when he began portraying Brittini Blaire Summerlin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a hobby I do to relieve stress. I have a lot of stress, and I&#8217;m not medically transitioning,&#8217; Copeland said in a statement to the news site.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s just a bit of a character I&#8217;m playing. \u2026 I don&#8217;t go out and seek solicitation or anything like that.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copeland added:\u00a0\u00a0&#8216;It&#8217;s just a hobby that I have inside my own home that has not traveled outside of my home.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>His hobby &#8211; that he said his wife was fully aware of &#8211; also consisted of publishing at least four pieces of trans porn and identity theft fiction to a website.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/16\/77415551-12715755-image-a-15_1699287263255.jpg\" height=\"125\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/16\/77415545-12715755-image-a-16_1699287263255.jpg\" height=\"172\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/15\/77415549-12715755-The_narrator_also_explains_how_he_carefully_began_to_insert_hims-a-3_1699284539586.jpg\" height=\"194\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/15\/77415665-12715755-Ultimately_the_story_delves_deep_into_the_narrator_s_elaborate_p-a-4_1699284543810.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One of Copeland&#8217;s stories goes into detail about transitioning to a real-life woman, and describes things such as hormone treatment and buying women&#8217;s clothing. The details became more erotic and eventually, the story discusses how to kill the woman<\/p>\n<p>The narrator discussed the steps one takes to &#8216;transition&#8217; and completely change his body to match the one of a real-life local woman living in his town.<\/p>\n<p>It also explained how he carefully began to insert himself as the unidentified lady into her friend group and goes into graphic detail on how he seduces her husband.<\/p>\n<p>The end of the story then expresses the narrator&#8217;s plan to kill the woman, and permanently take her place in society.<\/p>\n<h2><span>Did the outing and fallout lead to Bubba&#8217;s death?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Copeland died via gunshot wound to the head following a police chase that began after they were asked to do a welfare check on the politician.<\/p>\n<p>It came just two days after his double-life was outed by 1819 and telling them he hoped to serve one more year as mayor of Smiths Station.<\/p>\n<p>He gave a brief statement to his church the night the story came out, telling the congregation he was the victim of an &#8216;internet attack&#8217; and apologized for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I apologize for any embarrassment caused by my private and personal life that has become public,&#8217; he said during his service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This will not cause my life to change. This will not waver my devotion to my family, to serving my city, and serving my church.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Copeland added: &#8216;I&#8217;m thankful for the grace of God and willingness to forgive. I have nothing to be ashamed of. A lot of things that were said were taken out of context.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>His family has not discussed the matter, and for now, it is uncertain if the outing and fallout are what led to Copeland&#8217;s suicide.<\/p>\n<p>According to his obituary, flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to First Baptist Church, 2608 Summerville Road, Phenix City, AL 36867 or PAWS.<\/p>\n<p>A funeral service will be held at 3:00 pm EST on November 9 at First Baptist Church in Phenix City.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12715755\/Inside-secret-life-Bubba-Copeland-Alabama-mayor-pastor-adopted-second-persona-online-transitioning-transgender-curvy-girl-tragically-ending-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside the secret life of Bubba Copeland: How Alabama mayor and pastor adopted a second persona online &#8211; becoming a transitioning curvy girl called Brittini &#8211; 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