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[coochiequeens]

Babies are not props to be used to validate gender feelz. And unfortunately this is just the start of a long list of why this guy should not be around kids

By Genevieve Gluck February 26, 2024

A trans-identified male residing in Canada who claims to be HIV positive and inserts progesterone rectally has been allegedly “breastfeeding” his child with the support of established medical clinics. Former men’s rights activist Murray Pearson, 52, who uses the name Margaret (Margie) Fancypants on social media, has been criticized after he shared an image of himself at a lactation clinic holding a young infant.

The photo was first posted three months ago on Reddit community titled r/TransLater, a board dedicated to males who transition later in life. In a post titled, “Milk, baby, milk! MTF 52,” wherein Pearson appears ecstatic that one “benefit of being transfemme” includes “that you can be pregnant and get drunk” with no undue problems.

“I have a baby almost 9 months old… I cannot wait to connect through feeding. And yes, I will stop drinking before it negatively affects anything they drink!” said Pearson

“This is a wish I have had for decades. My egg cracked a year ago on December 12 and I realized I could nurse my baby already on the way. That lit a fire under me, and I have gone from having lean pectoral muscle in March to full B-cups now and growing fast,” he added.

Pearson continues on to claim to have the assistance of “medical expertise,” including “five physicians in three clinics in two world class hospitals,” with one of the clinics named as the Goldfarb Clinic in Montreal.

“Two endocrinologists, Newman and Goldfarb, created a protocol to induce lactation in adoptive mothers,” Pearson explained in the comments. “It works for trans women as well, it works best when breast growth is mature but I am taking domperidone while my primary breast growth is underway. By an astonishing coincidence, I live right next to their breastfeeding institute!��

According to statements Pearson has made on social media, he began identifying as transgender in December 2022, and the following year, began taking progesterone. Approximately eight months ago, Pearson announced that he had found his “true self” as a result of performing in a drag show for a friend’s birthday celebration.

Earlier this month, Pearson described the first moment he believed he was a woman after trying on used women’s clothing at a thrift store. “I realized that the beautiful curvy woman in the mirror was the real me and I could be her every day… after more than two decades of stealth resistance. 87 days later I started spiro, 14 days after that estradiol, and now I am looooooving my boobs. Having curves without fakery is AMAZING.”

In a post made to the TransLater community last week, Pearson described how to insert the female hormone progesterone rectally, as a suppository, rather than swallowing it as a tablet.

“My breasts get a wonderful plumpness and pleasing jiggliness when I have had progesterone the night before…. You’ll need some lubricant (personal lube such as K-Y jelly or similar, or silicone personal lube which may be overkill, or some sort of non-irritating oil; I use my own mixture of cocoa butter and shea butter) to allow free clearance for the capsule… Some people simply pop the capsule in their mouth to use saliva, but I like a more effective lube,” he commented.

Pearson has also shared images of himself in a blue and pink wig attempting to eat ice cream containing the hormone in a seductive manner.

Disturbingly, Pearson has also revealed that he is HIV positive and is aware that the deadly virus can be transmitted through breastfeeding.

“I am HIV+, continuously controlled for 18.5 years now,” said Pearson in a Reddit post six months ago. “The viral suppression into undetectability [sic] makes sexual transmission impossible. But transmission through milk IS possible if viral load becomes detectable so I will test viral load monthly (opposed to semiannually) to keep a VERY close eye on that.”

In a shocking display of further disregard for the child’s health, Pearson speculated as to whether his experiment would qualify him as a candidate for the participation in academic research.

“Fortunately, Dr Lenore Goldfarb, creator of the protocol, has her clinic at the same hospital we birthed our baby in. I may even end up in the medical literature.” While again discussing his HIV status in relation to ‘breastfeeding’ a child, Pearson alleges that his case is being documented by infectious diseases researcher Dr. Marina Klein, who is affiliated with McGill University.

Pearson in a “before” picture posted to Reddit tracking his transitioning progress.

Reduxx reached out to Dr. Klein to request information on her involvement in Pearson’s experimental lactation, and she confirmed that she had been monitoring Pearson for his HIV infection at the Chronic Viral Illness Service of the McGill University Health Centre. However, she stated she had not been involved in his transition nor had she been consulted on his induction of lactation.

“It’s important to emphasize that we do not recommend breast feeding for people with HIV as this is the only way to be certain that no HIV transmission will occur after a baby is born,” Dr. Klein said in her response. “However, guidelines have evolved over time with the recognition that the risk of transmission is very low when HIV infection is undetectable with effective therapy … If, after informed discussion, a person expresses a wish to breastfeed they may chose to do so provided they are willing to follow a close protocol of viral monitoring and have their baby followed closely with pediatric specialists who would generally recommend that they receive preventive medication.”

Dr. Klein further states that Pearson had expressed a desire to breastfeed and then had been referred to an endocrinologist.

Prior to identifying as transgender, Pearson was involved in politically advocating for the US-based, anti-feminist men’s rights non-profit A Voice for Men (AVFM).

The organization was founded in 2009 by Paul Elam, who has said that there would no longer be “any place to hide on the internet” for “lying bitches,” and members associated with the group have previously published personal information about women who opposed their activities.

Pearson has linked to the organization’s website on his YouTube channel biography, where he has uploaded videos of himself advocating positions held by AVFM, such as accusing women of lying about sexual violence.

In one video shared in July 2013, titled “Rape, Posters, Traffic Lights and Consent,” Pearson claims that he was previously drugged and raped by a woman on the University of Alberta campus.

He also encourages discussion of posters produced by Men’s Rights Edmonton which featured the headline, ‘Don’t Be That Girl’, created with the intention of parodying an anti-rape campaign designed by a women’s rape crisis shelter, Sexual Assault Voices of Edmonton (SAVE), which used the slogan, ‘Don’t Be That Guy.’

Pearson has also been active in a Facebook group for “trans lesbians,” a term which labels men who call themselves transgender as same-sex attracted women.

Criticism of Pearson’s claims to be “lactating” and “breastfeeding” have focused on concerns that he is “motivated… to experience sexual arousal from lactation,” as one X user, Lulu Solomon, said.

“Because it is not motivated by what is best for the baby it’s automatically risky because the baby becomes a prop in the fantasy,” she stated, alongside a photo of Pearson at the Goldfarb clinic.

This is not the first controversy that has involved trans-identified males breastfeeding babies, with a number of recent examples triggering concern over the past year.

Last year, a lactation professional in Australia along with a women’s rights campaigner were warned that they had broken the law after criticizing a trans-identified male who had boasted of breastfeeding his infant. Shortly after, a trans-identified male in the UK dismissed critics of the practice as “transphobes” after he posted images of himself with a baby latched to his nipple.

UPDATE 02/26/24: The article has been updated to include comment received from Dr. Klein.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

Well,@mpov, who I can't ping, there was that Paul Elam AVFM post that was (checks notes) explicitly satirizing a feminist blog post that supported women physically abusing men.

Funny thing; a lot of feminists took bits of that AVFM post out of context, or never read it in the first place.

One feminist tried to tell me that the feminist post was satire, and the MRA article wasn't.

Anyway, the MRA article concluded by saying men should only use proportional, appropriate force to defend themselves.

In fact, feminists have consistently misinterpreted men going "I would like to be socially and legally permitted to defend myself against an adult female attacker, using appropriate force, as I am permitted to with men" as "I just want to hit women!"

Something tells me neither tra-archive or anon will ever provide that evidence.

And why am I not surprised that a radfem/TERF-ish blog has me pre-blocked? Ironic for someone who's supposedly anti-bigotry.

The context, incidentally, is this;

It seems like TERFs have started to use "homophobic" and "racist" as the new cudgels to use against pro-trans people. I guess "misogyny" wasn't doing it for them.

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[azulpressagadir]

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[siryouarebeingmocked]

One idiot tried to tell me that the AVFM article was sincere, but the Jez article was satire. This was also the sort of person who constantly went "No TRUE feminist...", even for big name feminists like Anita Sarkeesian.

Bash a Violent Bitch Month.

Unsubtle reminder about this article people who hate MRAs love to reference as proof they hate women.

They never read the article, only the headline. didn't see how it very explicitly states to never actually do this. That it was satire in reference to the Jezebel article featuring women talking about beating their boyfriends and husbands, and laughing about it. Which, considering the feminists love the article, means this is abuse they approve and actively enjoy.

Beyond that though, when you get down to it... The article would have been a feminist wet dream if it were gender reversed. Bash a Violent Man Month? A month set aside to fight back and escape from an abusive boyfriend? We'd run out of mops.

Because that's what the Jezebel article was. Women bragging about beating their men, knowing they were safe from repercussions.

[sorenni]

this is how the domestic violence industry gets money. it’s a fucked up world we live in isn’t it

[madspades]

The Onion created a true crime podcast parody called A Very Fatal Murder and it was a lot of fun! Short, sweet, and a lot of good jokes.

...The number of people in the comments who thought it was a real podcast about a girl who'd been found shot, stabbed, strangled, drowned, given a haircut, changed into an uglier shirt, and with Mars dirt under her fingernails is honestly kind of terrifying though. I mean, even if none of that tips you off, the hyperintelligent AI aiding the case and the fact that the Mars Rover was a suspect should probably still be a clue?

[captain-harpo]

When is Starkid gonna announce “A Very Fantastic Musical” I need it nowwwwwwwwwwwwww

[siryouarebeingmocked]

WHH: QT directly contradicts very fundamental facts about humanity, and many of the people who support it are actively dicks to young men. This alienates many young men. OPWU: I am going to be a dick to you.

OP, a lot of the reason men's issues went mainstream was, ironically, feminist efforts to suppress them. You can find decade-old videos of feminists protesting, heckling, and pulling fire alarms at the University of Toronto.

A lot of people wanted to know what all the fuss was about.

BA>but it gets away with it because it gets to claim anyone who doesn't hate women is required to be a feminist and give power to the floating signifier of feminism.

And a lot of people think that's clearly nonsense. One of the most popular criticisms of feminism - besides their views of men - is that it doesn't speak for or understand women either.

ATBNP>Inside any anti-bigotry movement you always see conflict between people who believe that bigotry is evil and the thing they're fighting should be fought because it's bigotry (these are the people who produce convincing arguments, and if the movement becomes mainstream it's because of them)

Boy, that sure is a lot of vague, general nonsense without a single bit of evidence to back it up.

and on the other hand the people who believe that the thing they're fighting should be fought because it's against them, but that every other form of bigotry is basically fine, and any form that benefits them is virtue and must never be criticized

There are many prominent female MRAs and people who care about men's issues. Some of them are even feminists. And they tend to be hated by mainstream feminism.

Also, I somehow doubt you're applying this standard to feminism. And if you are, you're trying to imply that both feminism and MRAs are on the same moral level, even though feminism is a much older, bigger, and more influential movement.

Even if feminists and MRAs had the exact same proportion of bad actors, feminists would probably do a lot more actual damage, just from sheer size and power.

Plus, MRAs spend a lot of time talking about how sexist feminism (and society) is against women, not just men. By contrast, "toxic masculinity" didn't become mainstream feminism until men's issues became mainstream, despite feminists' best efforts.

And the concept still has many glaring issues.

The first people are shields for the (far more numerous) second group, and as soon as the movement goes mainstream it gets populated entirely by the most privileged members of the second group, because privileged bigots are always looking for new tools to support their only actual belief ("more privileges for me, fuck everyone else")

Hypotheticals are not proof.

And you are falsely equating what you think the "most privileged members" of Group B want to do with what they actually do and what the rest will let them do.

Also, MRAs regularly talk about the issues of non-Western and minority men. Brian Banks' is a cause celebre with them, and he's black. I can go to AVFM and find articles about any common group of minority men.

A big reason MRA/Andrew Tate stuff is appealing to so many normies is that it's *significantly* more logical and rigorous than the queer theory stuff that's suddenly become mandated by most institutions.

Now, of course, I'm not saying I believe it. All I'm saying is a young person today is presented with two options: the first says that biological sex is fake and that were it not for oppressive social structures humanity would default into a genderless mass in which everyone looked the same and have no discernable preferences in regards to sexual attraction. The other says no, actually, that's complete bullshit.

Oh, and also, the now-mainstream side is very openly disdainful of young men and male heterosexuality in particular, to the extent that it's perfectly normal for young men to be told that their very existence is the cause of all the world's problems and they will never be able to cleanse themselves of their evil.

Gee golly I wonder why they'd listen to literally anyone else?

People have a natural aversion to ideas that are very obviously insane. Most people have some degree of dignity, or at least a lack of burning self-hatred. It takes a very specific form of prolonged conditioning to make anyone stupid enough to fall for this shit, and I'm sorry but there's just not enough English majors out there to make your little project socially viable.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

Right. Because MRAs would want to treat a symptom of the male suicide problem instead of the cause.

I know it’s hypocritical, but I really hate this “if you really cared about the problem, you’d solve it in the way I think is best” argument. But hey, it’s not like a major MRA website has ever discussed suicide outside of the US, in countries with strict gun control, right?

https://www.avoiceformen.com/mens-rights/gender-relations-in-india-with-anil-kumar-and-filmmaker-deepika-bhardwaj/

For the record, I’ve seen a few feminists try to make Movember about women not shaving.

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[beachpreachr]

ANOTHER CANNABIS WIN!

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[siryouarebeingmocked]

How come you have no problem with the deliberate quote-mining to leave out the most important part of his story? You claim you "hard disagree", but don't actually say anything about it. When that was the main point of tired's post.

"I had a traumatic abuse experience at the literal hands of a woman as a child, and that informed my worldview" is not "infantalizing".

It's blatantly hypocritical of you to say so while you make excuses for women being irrational and controlled by similar experiences, but they shouldn't be held to the same standards as men for, uh, reasons.

How do you know this incident didn't lead him to discover more things about the world? Why assume this one incident was his only basis?

Also, he's not a 'reactionary'. He actually criticizes traditional gender roles, like most MRAs.

This is about denying a man's victimhood, out of sexism and prejudice. Nothing more.

/not an MRA

[zouljazz]

Dois anos depois "Ovar em Jazz" volta a ser aposta de cinco dias de intensa programação cultural - Rádio AVfm