Stephen Farrea is affiliated with the Nationalist Social Club-131, which demonstrates against drag queen story hours for children. A Rhode Island man involved with a New England-based neo-Nazi group that protests “drag queen story hours” and claims they promote pedophilia has pleaded no contest to possessing child pornography. Stephen Farrea, 35, who has appeared at events for the Nationalist Social Club-131 and was arrested in 2022 while spreading white nationalist leaflets in East Providence, is now required to register as a sex offender. Farrea was arrested by Portsmouth police last year after detectives seized multiple electronic devices from his home at 37 Souza Way that contained sexually explicit images of children. Farrea pleaded not guilty and was ordered to stay away from children and the internet while out on bail. However, a few months ago, someone using TikTok and Discord recognized Farrea from live videos and online chat groups and contacted the Portsmouth police. (…) Farrea has been part of a movement with NSC-131, which the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center classified as a neo-Nazi group. The men wear masks and khaki pants, and get attention by harassing people during “drag queen story hours,” painting graffiti, spreading leaflets, hanging banners praising white nationalism, and shouting slurs and waving Nazi flags during demonstrations. Farrea, a Rhode Island native, became involved with hate groups while he was a corporal in the Selected Marine Corps Reserve, assigned to Fort Devens, in Massachusetts, according to military records obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request. At the time, Farrea posted on Discord, an online chat platform, with fellow members of the Identity Evropa hate group, about he planned to raise his infant daughter in the philosophy. His Marine service ended in 2019, after his posts and others by Identity Evropa were leaked by Unicorn Riot, an independent media nonprofit, and publicized by Huffington Post.
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