Well, would you look at that.
A well-known "queer" and "non-binary" artist who has been featured in Vogue magazine was arrested for, you guessed it, sex crimes.
Specifically, the artist got in trouble with the FBI for arranging to rape a 9-year-old boy and distributing child sexual abuse material.
A "non-binary queer" artist has been arrested after attempting to meet a 9-year-old child for sex. Efrem Zelony-Mindell, 35, was arrested in Manhattan, New York on December 16.
According to the Department of Justice, Zelony-Mindell had begun communicating with an undercover FBI agent earlier this year after meeting him on Scruff, a hook-up application for homosexual men. During these conversations, Zelony-Mindell slowly eased into asking the agent if he was "into taboo," and expressed an interest in "yng incest dad son." He then repeatedly and graphically stated his desire to sexually abuse children, and sent the undercover agent child sexual abuse material.
Approximately one month later, the undercover agent offered to introduce Zelony-Mindell to another agent posing as a father of a 9-year-old boy willing to allow him to rape his son. The predator immediately jumped at the opportunity, and advised the second agent of his desire to sexually abuse the 9-year-old. Arrangements were then made for the two to meet after they had spoken both through an encrypted messaging service, text message, and on the phone.
Man, this is the person that fashion magazines want to present as an exemplary member of the LGBTQ community.
Can they EVER pick even ONE non-pedophile adjacent person to represent the group?
The material that Zelony-Mindell is so graphic and disgusting, I won't share it on this site. You can read about it on Reduxx if you want to, but I assure you you don't.
This pedophile was well-known as an LGBTQ activist.
Zelony-Mindell is known for being an artist and activist, and has contributed to VICE in the past.
On his website, Zelony-Mindell describes himself as a "white non-binary queer" person and states his pronouns are "they/them."
Zelony-Mindell has a history of painting and curating several "queer" art shows as well as being a former writing contributor to VICE.
In 2016, VICE published a piece by Zelony-Mindell in which he gushed about photographer Mary Ellen Mark and her "iconic" photos of a 13-year-old sexually trafficked child named Erin Charles. The girl "became a 30-year focus of turmoil and intrigue" to Mark, and the child "became integral to her artistic practice," Zelony-Mindell described.
Yeah, it's no surprising giving the "art" this dude was into that he was a complete pervert.
But he also has all of the woke bona fides and artistic credibility you could ever ask for.
On his website, Zelony-Mindell lists over one dozen shows he has curated, including at Ohio University, Texas Tech University, and the International Center for Photography-Bard.
In January, Zelony-Mindell's book Witness was praised in Vogue in an article which appears to have been hastily deleted following the announcement of his charges. The Vogue profile praised Witness as "a resource" on the "intricacies of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists."
Zelony-Mindell was interviewed for the article, at one point signaling to human rights, and the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests and demonstrations that rocked the United States in 2020.
