The Outing of Bubba Copeland Before Stonewall, ... The first story, published on Nov. 1, featured numerous pictures of Copeland, a local pastor as well as politician, dressed as a woman.

1819 News, the conservative website that published photos of Copeland’s online profiles, ... Outing has also had deadly effects outside of government. For example, in 2010, ...

The disclosure bombarded Copeland, 49, with online ridicule and his death, experts said, underscores the dangers of outing people in an era that has seen the erosion of LGBTQ+ rights as states ...

SMITHS STATION, Ala. (AP) — After the 2019 suicide of a local teenager, small-town mayor and pastor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland helped students place roadside signs in his Alabama community to try ...

Copeland, 62, shot himself dead in front of local sheriff’s deputies on Friday after a conservative news website published photos. Facebook/F.L. " Bubba" Copeland Mayor Smiths Station Alabama ...

Alabama community rallies behind mayor who died by suicide following public outing The small-town mayor and pastor was bombarded by online ridicule after a conservative news site exposed photos ...

F.L. "Bubba" Copeland said he was under an "internet attack" after an Alabama website published photos of him in women's clothing and makeup. His death puts a spotlight on media ethics.

Friday’s apparent suicide of F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, the mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, and a pastor at First Baptist Church Phenix City, came just days after conservative Southern news ...

A small-town Alabama mayor and pastor killed himself after a conservative news site reported he had a social media persona where he dressed in women’s clothing while wearing a wig and makeup.