Transgender Rejected for Porn Over Penis, Police Investigating as ‘Hate Incident'
Model Britain's youngest transgender female at 15 years old
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A transgender model has expressed outrage after a porn offer was retracted because of her penis, which led to the biological male trans woman subsequently reporting the incident to police, according to reports.
Transgender woman Ria Cooper, 25, from the United Kingdom, said she was promised help to promote her modeling career by a photographer, but he abruptly ended contact with her after learning Cooper was a transgender person with male genitalia, according to Hull Live.
Cooper, who became Britain's youngest transgender female at 15 years old, said the photographer "messaged me saying he wanted to take my picture, have sex with me, and film it to make money, and then once he found out I was trans, he stopped all contact with me."
"I am reporting this as a hate crime. It's like calling someone who is black the N-word."
Cooper said the man contacted her after she began sending links to fans on social media, showing the model's new glamour portfolio.
Cooper told Hull Live that the photographer said he couldn't work with her because she has "a c**k."
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"This is absolutely f****** disgusting behavior," Cooper said.
"No one should be treated like this — this is discriminating and appalling behavior ... [it] doesn't matter if I have c*** or not," she added.
"The pictures should be judged as they are. It says on my social media profile that I am a ladyboy, I didn't ever say that I wasn't, and I thought he knew.
"I want to be a glamour model and a porn star — that's what I want to do. I don't think I should be treated like this."
Below is a video interview of Cooper discussing changing genders in 2017
A man, who lived his life as a #transgender woman for eight years, says parents who encourage children to change their #gender are committing acts of "#ChildAbuse."
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Police are now investigating a 'report of a hate incident.'
The man's sudden withdrawal enraged Cooper so much that the model contacted police, declaring that 'transphobia' must be taken more seriously, Hull Live reported.
"I just think those comments could easily make someone commit suicide," Cooper told the outlet.
Humberside Police confirmed they are investigating the allegation.
"We received a report of a hate incident yesterday, on Wednesday, October 16," a police spokeswoman noted to the outlet.
"The report has been logged and will be investigated."
