Within the past few months, the online Lesbian and Queer communities have become aware of the existence of a certain subreddit, “r/dykeconversion” – a subreddit that exists as a “safe space” for those who actively seek to participate and encourage the sexual violation, grooming, and rape of lesbians.

The lesbian community is enraged, and the white queer community is jumping to defend the subreddit.

According to http://www.redective.com, the subreddit was created 10/17/2021 at 4:29PM and currently has a total of 54,493 subscribers – over 54K. Most of which are non-lesbians. In particular, the subscribers are mainly cis men, trans women, and bisexual cis women.

The creator of the subreddit is a bisexual trans man who used the alias “divergent_curiosity” and previously identified as a lesbian woman. They also posted about their fantasy of raping radical feminists they called TERFs.

Of course, rule number 4 is poorly enforced, one of the current top-ranking posts on r/dyleconversion, posted more than 2 weeks ago, is titled “I became bi thanks to you guys ❤️” from 22-year-old user “Gullible_Use1565” – the comments and replies are predictable:

Both mods of r/dykeconversion “aimless_ascendent” and “jimskog99” are white and AMAB. The username of one of the mods, jimskog99, who is also admin and mod on many other porn subreddits, links back to an individual by the name of James “Jimmy” Skogseth – AKA James Krask.

James hasn’t stopped going by the name James, and his girlfriend calls him a man, and uses he/him pronouns. However, he also goes by the name “Kia Tight” and “Kianna Skogseth.”

James has asked for ownership of many other porn and fetish subreddits, frequently NSFW lesbian subreddits.

Though, he has made other requests for porn subreddits that are not lesbian-centered, including a bestiality subreddit that he calls “just a joke” and a “hentai schoolgirls” subreddit. He’s also made a request for a porn subreddit dedicated to the cartoonized CP of an underage character.

_{The information contained in this article is publicly-sourced and posted without malicious intent. This article exists to bring awareness to a subreddit that places lesbians in active harm, and shine a spotlight on the individuals who run and maintain it. This subreddit and the individuals who support it perpetuate lesbphobia.}

The other mod of r/dykeconversion, “aimless_ascendent” uses “trans lesbian” reddit flair, while Krask uses “lesbian” – misleading users into assuming that he is AFAB and homosexual (“cis lesbian” for those incapable of understanding). Until recently, Krask stated that he is pansexual. One look at his profile makes it obvious that Krask is not a lesbian, nor a woman, despite his claims of being a “cock-obsessed lesbian” (spoiler: there’s no such thing).

Krask openly admits to being a porn-addict, and to messaging an author of a “very touching lesbian story” on Tumblr, who then blocked Krask after discovering his porn-filled Tumblr account. Something Krask seems to find funny. He also admits to exposing his 11-year-old brother to porn when he, krask, was a teen.

An analysis of jimskog99’s reddit posts and FB connections show that around the time his mother and sister (the latter of whom appears to celebrate pride) dyed their hair pink, Krask started posting porn content of a pink-haired woman. There’s no knowing if Krask had a fetish for pink-haired lesbians before this, or even if Krask suggested that they dye their hair pink, but it’s certainly an odd coincidence.

Krask likes to fabricate grandiose lies about several events including meeting, living with, and sleeping with his favorite porn author, converting his “gold-star lesbian girlfriend” via hypnotism (a kink he claims to have had after exposing neighborhood girls to it at 11 years old), and being anything other than a lesbian-fetishizing, predatory cis man.

At least, I hope his post about “converting a gold-star lesbian girlfriend” is fake beacuse the name and age of the claimed girlfriend doesn’t match up with his actual girlfriend listed on his Facebook profile, and also because James is currently in a relationship with a young, autistic woman. I worry deeply for her.

However, James also identifies as polyamorous and states that he has multiple online girlfriends. He considers his real-life girlfriend “silly” and states he gets frustrated with her and her “inability to treat things as serious.”

Like many incels, James blames his parents for making him get a job and forcing him to be a responsible adult, and for taking away his internet and Yu-Gi-Oh cards. He hides behind his Autism diagnosis and deems his parents abusive for encouraging him to go offline to take care of his chores. Like many white trans women with an incel past (and there are many), he found time to bash feminists in an MRA (men’s rights) subreddit.

The details shared by jimskog99 match up with people-search site info on James Krask, older reddit profile content matches up with the Facebook account content of James/Kia. The mother of James is FB friends with “Kianna” and there’s so much more evidence. Including a short posted on JimSkog99’s Youtube account. The house on display in the short matches the Google Maps image of the house listed as the current address for James Krask on TruePeopleSearch. According to online property records for Norfolk county, the house belongs to the Skogseth family.

As a brown, transmasc lesbian who spent my teen years in a country where corrective rape is a prescribed treatment and lesbians are honor- killed, I take this shit seriously. Stormé is rolling in her grave at the state of things. I want my gay rights, the right to be a homosexual right now! I’m tired of these straight LARPers, and I’m here at my laptop tonight writing this article at 3AM because I’m a dyke.

I need other trans and queer people to start taking these predators seriously, too. The people who have been the loudest in their support of the subreddit’s right to exist identify as bisexual. Regardless of if you believe James Krask is a trans woman or a cis man, this subreddit is run by predators and facilitates a safe space for abusers. Many lesbians are wary of trans women for a reason, from the sexual grooming of lesbians by trans women being supported through “cotton-ceiling” rhetoric to the murder of lesbian women of color by Dana Rivers – a murder that resulted in the death of one of their sons, and left their other children orphaned. This subreddit being run by individuals who claim to be trans women only adds to the apprehension. Which begs the question - what is the white queer community doing to hold predators like the individuals involved in creating and running the subreddit, accountable? Let alone holding murderers like Dana Rivers accountable.

What I have witnessed in response to these predators being called out, is white queer people claiming that these individuals were never really trans to begin with, in ironic "no true Scotsman" fashion. Either everyone who says they are trans is trans, and we as a community need to call out predatory trans people, or it's time to start addressing the issue of predators self-identifying as trans to garner support and avoid being held accountable. But then, that would open an entirely new can of worms the community would rather turn a blind eye to and deny exists. The problem of predators misrepresenting themselves as transgender in order to gain access to, and exploit the trust of, potential victims. Which, as a gender non-conforming lesbian, is a pattern I have observed occurring in the last decade and find deeply disturbing. I am far from the only one to notice a pattern, yet most of the other queer people I've encountered would rather quietly acknowledge it happens in private conversation and not publicly address it out of fear of fueling right-wing anti-trans hate.

Rather than erase the problem from existence, denial grants the alt-ring permission to be the only voice speaking on an issue that sits squarely on the shoulders of the queer community to address. It is an issue that is becoming increasingly more difficult to deny. For some, their first impression of trans people and the queer community as a whole will be through sources dedicated to painting us as predators, and while that may always be the case, not addressing these issues makes us an easy target. Often, the only queer people willing to speak out against the exploitation of lesbians - are lesbians themselves. When we do speak, we are silenced, labeled as divisive, and pushed to the margins within a community that owes much of its liberation to the Black butch lesbian whose violent abuse by police was the spark that ignited the Stonewall uprising.

It makes groups like Get The L Out seem like a much safer space. Yet these groups reject lesbians who choose not to abandon the rest of the community, labeling every non-conforming lesbian who seeks gender-affirming care as complicit in supporting a movement that allows the abuse of lesbians to thrive. It's hard to convince these groups that fighting for unity and inclusion of lesbians in the queer community is worthwhile, because at least on that point they're right, and it's a shameful thing. The L was moved to the front of the acronym because of our contribution and dedication to protecting queer community.

Where is our protection?

It isn't just about one subreddit dedicated to harming lesbians. This is about recognizing the sacrifice lesbians have consistently made. It's always been lesbians fighting for our collective liberation, only to still have our sexuality debated and fetishized both within and outside of the community.

I do want to point out that apart from lesbians calling the subreddit out, a few vocal trans women have condemned the space, too. And maybe not so coincidentally, these trans women aren’t white. Although it's a good start, this is not enough. We need to address these issues with the same ferocity as the lesbians who chased out NAMBLA when members of the pedophile organization infiltrated and tried to take over the gay rights movement in the 80s and 90s. An incident resulting in the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) being suspended from its consultative standing with the United Nations (U.N.). If we don't, we leave it up to those who continue to paint us as predators to be the only ones speaking - and they will only get bolder. Rather than wait until that moment arises to form another group like the Boston-Boise Committee, when it comes to our community, we need to make it abundantly clear:

Abusers are not welcome here.

EDIT: The topic of this subreddit has also been covered by Restless Violets in January 2025: Reddit’s Shame: The Ongoing Problem of Lesbophobia on Social Media – Restless Violets