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A transgender artist has faced huge backlash online after posting a picture of them 'free bleeding' while on their period .

Cass Cammer, who does not conform to a gender and prefers to be referred to as they/their, has previously caused a stir after releasing an education colouring book about menstration.

Now Cass has sparked further fiery debate after uploading a picture to Instagram of them free bleeding while on their period.

The image shows Cass, biologically a woman, sat on a park bench with their legs spread apart, menstrual blood on show through the trousers.

Cass is holding a sign reading "Periods are not just for women. #Bleedingwhiletrans."

Cass runs an Instagram page on which they regularly tackle the issue of the trans community experiencing periods.

With 3,500 followers to their 'Toni the Tampon' page, their posts attracts masses of attention, with the latest no exception.

The post, alongside the image, reads: "Y'all know I'm trans and queer, and what that means for me all around is something that's neither there nor here.

"It's a happy, scary middle ground. Periods are honestly pretty traumatic for me. See my life is clearly marked, like a red border cut up a nation."

While many liked the post and supported Cass's activism, some were not so understanding.

One wrote: "But periods are for women only, you bleed when you have working ovaries and a uterus."

Another added: "I don't care if you bleed or not but why did you have to do it on a park bench where other people have to sit."

One trans commenter added: "It's unsanitary, also many trans men don't like to be reminded that we fucking bleed. Thanks for making dysphoria for trans men even worse!"

Although a supporter of the post wrote: "yes, he will always have female chromosomes, that's something nobody can change, but he is male.

"Why do you need to come here and specify insult him by telling him something that causes him so much dysphoria and pain. Why do you go out of your way to make someone's life miserable? Let them be."