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This is not the first time this has happened.
Man Charged For Silicone Injection Death
ATLANTA -- A man accused of injecting industrial-grade silicone into men who were living as women and wanted to look more feminine was charged with murder after one of them died.
In an indictment unsealed Wednesday, Stephen Oneal Thomas, 31, was also charged with practicing medicine without a license.
Thomas, who is living as a woman, had been working Dougherty County for at least a year, holding "pumping parties" where he would inject silicone into cheeks, lips, breasts and buttocks, said prosecutor Ken Hodges.
Industrial-grade silicone is sold in hardware stores as a sealant. It is not sterile and can cause extensive tissue damage when absorbed into the bloodstream.
Andre D. Jeter, 23, of Montgomery, Ala., suffered convulsions and fell into a coma Dec. 10 after attending a pumping party. He died a month later.
Mark Edwards, 23, Freddie Clyde, 22, and Kontavius Parks, 23, were also indicted for allegedly helping Thomas inject silicone in at least five men. The co-defendants are also living as women.
Among men living as women, silicone injections are seen as a cheap and secret way to appear more feminine.
"I do know there are people who sort of make the circuit, pumping people with silicone," said Dallas Denny of Gender Education & Advocacy, a support group for transgendered people.
Most of the material injected "can be bought at Home Depot," and is often mixed with paraffin, oil or even peanut butter, she said. The injections are often given in a hotel room or in the back of a bar, Denny said.
Archived Anandtech thread from about 1 year ago on a similar incident
'Pumping Party' Trial: 'Bizarre, Flamboyant, Unusual" (from last year)
Man Charged For Silicone Injection Death
ATLANTA -- A man accused of injecting industrial-grade silicone into men who were living as women and wanted to look more feminine was charged with murder after one of them died.
In an indictment unsealed Wednesday, Stephen Oneal Thomas, 31, was also charged with practicing medicine without a license.
Thomas, who is living as a woman, had been working Dougherty County for at least a year, holding "pumping parties" where he would inject silicone into cheeks, lips, breasts and buttocks, said prosecutor Ken Hodges.
Industrial-grade silicone is sold in hardware stores as a sealant. It is not sterile and can cause extensive tissue damage when absorbed into the bloodstream.
Andre D. Jeter, 23, of Montgomery, Ala., suffered convulsions and fell into a coma Dec. 10 after attending a pumping party. He died a month later.
Mark Edwards, 23, Freddie Clyde, 22, and Kontavius Parks, 23, were also indicted for allegedly helping Thomas inject silicone in at least five men. The co-defendants are also living as women.
Among men living as women, silicone injections are seen as a cheap and secret way to appear more feminine.
"I do know there are people who sort of make the circuit, pumping people with silicone," said Dallas Denny of Gender Education & Advocacy, a support group for transgendered people.
Most of the material injected "can be bought at Home Depot," and is often mixed with paraffin, oil or even peanut butter, she said. The injections are often given in a hotel room or in the back of a bar, Denny said.
Archived Anandtech thread from about 1 year ago on a similar incident
'Pumping Party' Trial: 'Bizarre, Flamboyant, Unusual" (from last year)
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