Trans rapist who was sent to men's jail is 'anti-TERF' activist

A trans woman rapist who was sent to men's jail is a vocal 'anti-TERF' activist who trolled JK Rowling for her views on gender identity.

Lexi Secker was obsessed with the Harry Potter author and slammed other women - including MP Rosie Duffield - who have spoken out on trans issues.

Secker, 35, a father-of-two, whose birth name was Alexander, lashed out on social media attacking the high-profile figures who have waded into the trans row.

Despite being one of the world's most successful authors, she said Rowling was a 'shallow, insecure pleb who mistook success for intelligence'.

She accused the author, who has repeatedly stood up for women's rights, of 'pushing her hate too far' by condemning Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre's policy of allowing men to identify as women.

The comments were made prior to Secker, who uses the name Lexi Bowen on social media, being convicted of rape at Swindon Crown Court last week and jailed for six and a half years.

Secker went on trial as a woman, but the judge and police recorded that he was male when he carried out the attack in a woodland in Blunsdon, Wiltshire, in April 2021.

The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, read out a victim impact statement in court where she said she had been left traumatised and feels ongoing 'unbearable anxiety, shame and fear.'

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The victim referred to her attacker in court as 'Alex' while the prosecutor and defence lawyers addressed her as 'Ms Secker' during the trial.

A mug shot issued by police showed Secker with a full beard. Later pictures from social media sites reveal Secker to be clean shaven and her hair styled.

Sending Secker to a male prison the judge accepted that it would be difficult but told her 'You now identify as a woman and are attracted to men. At the time of this offence, you were a man.

'You identified as a man and you were, on the evidence, clearly attracted to women.'

JK Rowling had followed the case and at its conclusion wrote on X: 'The important thing to remember is, he's a total one off*, none of the other men arguing against women-only spaces are predators** and we won't find out down the line there are more rapists hiding in plain sight.***

'*He really isn't.

'**They totally are.

'***We definitely will.'

An investigation by the feminist website Redux found that Secker had mocked and harassed women and others who were critical of gender ideology.

Comedy writer Graham Linehan, MP Rosie Duffield, who at the weekend quit as a Labour MP, NHS researcher Dr Hillary Cass and former women's minister Kemi Badenoch, were all singled out for abuse.

Women's Rights Campaigner Posie Parker was called a 'Nazi' in one post on X.

He labelled Rosie Duffield as a 'transphobic bigot' but much of his vitriol was directed at JK Rowling who has become a hate figure among the transgender community.

Commenting on a newspaper report of a 452% increase in sex orientation hate crime, Secker responded: 'This is a direct result of the media's continued pushing of anti-trans rhetoric, and of the hatred spread by the likes of Rowling, Duffield and Badenoch.

'I am sure they are very happy with themselves, this exactly what they want.'