Maine Democratic Senate Candidate’s Claims About Monthly Rectal Bleeding

Transgender and intersex candidate Ashley Webb—who announced a Senate run on Reddit under the username *sparky603*—asserts that she experiences a monthly period despite having XY chromosomes. Webb describes the bleeding as exiting “through my colon” because, in her words, she “doesn’t have the proper hole.” She reports associated pain on both sides of her abdomen and above her bladder and says colonoscopies have found nothing abnormal. Webb also cites hormone levels of “testosterone 429 ng/dl and estrogen 285 pg/ml” and claims she “grew breasts and wider hips during puberty.”

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Webb entered the Democratic primary to replace Graham Platner, who suspended his campaign after a rape allegation surfaced. She positions herself as a “long shot in a crowded field,” handling both candidacy and campaign treasurer duties without major donors or party machinery. Webb’s platform emphasizes “healthcare accountability, rural infrastructure investment, corporate accountability, government transparency, and where I stand on foreign policy,” stating that representation matters but she seeks votes based on policy rather than identity.

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In public statements, Webb separates her personal medical narrative from her political agenda. She emphasizes that her campaign focuses on concrete issues such as improving rural broadband, ensuring transparent government spending, and holding corporations accountable for environmental and labor practices. Webb also voiced concerns about bathroom safety, saying, “If they want me to use the men’s room, I will but I don’t want to be assaulted,” during a recent debate.

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Webb’s descriptions of monthly rectal bleeding and self-identified intersex status lack corroborating medical documentation. She notes that colonoscopies have been inconclusive and that “CAT scans cannot locate a uterus or ovaries ‘when they enter your gender as a male.’” No independent medical professionals have verified her claims, and the absence of identified internal reproductive organs raises questions about the physiological basis of the reported bleeding.

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• “I’m a trans and intersex woman from Farmington, and I’m running the whole campaign myself — candidate and treasurer both, no big donors, no machine behind me,” — Ashley Webb, Transgender Senate Candidate

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• “My testosterone is at 429ng/dl and estrogen is at 285 pg/ml,” — Ashley Webb, Transgender Senate Candidate

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• “If they want me to use the men’s room, I will but I don’t want to be assaulted,” — Ashley Webb, Transgender Senate Candidate

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• “ “When the monthly pain is real bad, I am feeling something in both my right and left side and above my bladder,” he said before revealing where this “period” comes out due to his lack of a “proper hole”: When you don’t have the proper hole, it finds one of two exits, the guy in China was lucky and the exit was his bladder, me on the other was not so lucky.” — Ashley Webb, Transgender Senate Candidate

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• “My platform is healthcare accountability, rural infrastructure investment, corporate accountability, government transparency, and where I stand on foreign policy,” — Ashley Webb, Transgender Senate Candidate

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