Trans-identified ex-state lawmaker facing 30 years in prison for child porn possession

[Michie]

Editor's Note: This article contains descriptions of child sexual exploitation and child sex abuse that some readers will find disturbing.

The first openly trans-identifying lawmaker in the nation has pleaded guilty in a case that involved his former partner sending him sexually explicit photos of children at a daycare where she worked, with some of the images involving children as young as 3.

Stacie-Marie Laughton, whose real name is Barry Laughton, is a 41-year-old man who identifies as female. Laughton pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom in Boston to charges that included child sexual exploitation and possessing child sex abuse materials, ABC News affiliate WMUR9 reported.

The trans-identifying lawmaker, who previously served in the New HampshireHouse of Representatives from 2020 to 2022, faces the possibility of 30 years in prison, according to NH Journal. Laughton and his former partner, Lindsay Groves, are scheduled to be sentenced in February 2026.

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Trans-identified ex-state lawmaker facing 30 years in prison for child porn possession

The first openly trans-identifying lawmaker in the nation has pleaded guilty to charges of child porn possession

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[RileyG]

Horrifying!

 

[calicocat]

It's always the ones you least expect.

 

[HIM]

It's always the ones you least expect.

Why would you least suspect this person? Perversion knows no bounds.

 

[calicocat]

Why would you least suspect this person? Perversion knows no bounds.

Twenty years on the internet,- including trans social media, a decade more obsessively studying history, and the ability to identify patterns.

"Perversion knows no bounds."

Indeed it doesn't and people seldom just have one paraphilia (which is why there's overlap between the furry, gay and pedophile communities bad enough for people who are all three to have their own monicker

Spoiler

diaperfurs

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[RileyG]

Why would you least suspect this person? Perversion knows no bounds.

That’s true.