Copelands suicide comes after he was exposed in 1819 News, a news site once owned by the conservative think tank, the Alabama Policy Institute, that described Copelands secret life online as a transgender woman under the pseudonym Brittini Blaire Summerlin. Brittini described herself as a transitioning transgender curvy girl that loves smiling, clothes, and shoes! Just my wife knows about it, Copeland said. Its a hobby I do to relieve stress. I have a lot of stress, and Im not medically transitioning. Its just a bit of a character Im playing. I dont go out and seek solicitation or anything like that. What I do in private life has nothing to do with what I do in my holy life, Copeland told 1819 reporter Craig Monger. Does this have any effect on me being mayor, that I sometimes put on a dress or sometimes put on makeup? Does that have anything to do whatsoever with me being mayor or being a pastor? He appeared to handle it well after the expos was published on Wednesday, Nov. 1. That night, he delivered his regular sermon at the First Baptist Church of Phenix City and briefly addressed the scandal. In an interview that Copeland did in March, he kind of foreshadowed his own fate as he talked about suicide being a common cause of death in his community. I always say, Were Mayberry 2023, he said about Smiths Station. It really is like everybody knows your name. You know, everybody dies famous in a small town. Thats what it is. It is Friday Night Lights. It is mamas apple pie. Our community is very, very low crime, very low drug abuse. Our number one problem is suicide. It is sad. I think a lot of it has to do with the military. I think some of it has to do with social media and the reality of that. Thats the number one problem we have.The post Alabama mayor and pastor commits su!cide after being outed as transgender appeared first on 9jabook.ng Nigeria’s First Social Network.