Former Transgender State Representative Arrested For Child Porn Charges

A former New Hampshire state representative was arrested Thursday for allegedly distributing child sexual abuse images.

Former state Rep. Stacie Marie Laughton, the first openly transgender individual elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, was arrested by Nashua police.

Another transgender pedo arrested. https://t.co/VzjaQhIxO5

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 23, 2023

Laughton, a former Democratic state representative, resigned from the legislative body in December 2022.

New Hampshire Union Leader reports:

On Tuesday, June 20, Nashua police responded to a local facility for a juvenile matter, officials said in a release. Officers spoke with individuals there who indicated Laughton allegedly distributed sexually explicit images of children, police said.

Detectives from the Special Investigations Division applied for and were granted a warrant for Laughton’s arrest. She was arrested Thursday with distribution of child sexual abuse images. She was also charged with three additional counts of distribution of child sexual abuse images, Nashua police said.

Laughton was held on preventative detention, and is scheduled to be arraigned at Hillsborough Superior Court-South on Friday.

Stacie Laughton, the Nation’s first transgender elected state representative was arrested on child porn charges https://t.co/W2CaSsLtjU pic.twitter.com/INoWujZMrV

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According to The Daily Wire, Laughton ” became the first transgender-identifying person elected as a state lawmaker” in 2012.

The Daily Wire noted that Laughton has faced prior legal troubles:

“I believe that at this point, the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community will hopefully be inspired,” Laughton said at the time. “My hope is that now maybe we’ll see more people in the community running, maybe for alderman. Maybe in the next election, we’ll have a senator.”

Shortly after the election, Laughton stepped down after the credit card fraud allegations came to light. Laughton was later sentenced to six months in jail after reporting a bomb threat to a hospital in 2015. In July 2021, Laughton was arrested for giving police false information.

Laughton won election to the state house again in November 2022, only to step down in December after accusations of stalking. Laughton had been arrested on stalking charges twice in 2022, including an incident in September just months before the election.

“I’m alive, I’m safe, I’m well,” Laughton said in a Facebook video at the time, announcing he was leaving politics. “I’m not suicidal, and just trying to get by every day with what I’ve been dealt. I don’t know what the future holds but I do know this — there’s a lot of good opportunities out there for me to serve, and a lot of good opportunities for me to still stay connected with everyone and I plan to do that.”