Trans Comic Strip Creates ‘Diaperfur Kink’ Based on Real Babies; Frames Backlash as ‘Transphobia'

Sophie Labelle currently identifies as a woman and posts comic strips to social media accounts under the moniker “Assigned Male Comics”. In February 2021, Labelle was exposed for making diaper fetish images under the Twitter account name @thewaffles3, based on photos of real babies found online.

Following the exposure, Labelle deleted the diaper fetish account.

On February 25, 2021, Labelle responded to the outcry, framing the “diaperfur art” as a “kink” indulged in responsibly, refusing “to be shamed for it”, and characterizing those objecting as “bad-faith actors looking for an excuse to attack a trans woman”. Horrified Twitter users pointed out that using other people’s babies as references to “kink art” was pedophilic behaviour.

Despite having described the images as a “kink”, Labelle then made a Facebook post, claiming these images “were in no way sexual or meant to be sexualized and do not represent any children”. Labelle stated that using “random references for drawings and posters” was “certainly not forbidden” and that “no one got hurt”. Labelle also confirmed that the “diaperfur” blog “was tagged as 18+” and that “(e)ven though it isn’t sexual…this is not art that is meant to be shared in the general public, for various reasons”. Labelle did not specify what these “various reasons” were.