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'''"Brother K"''' (* October {{LifeData|birth=1947-10-22|birthplace=Miami, 1947 as '{{USSC|CA}}|birthname=Kenneth David Hopkins' in California, USA}}) is an American [[Intactivists|intactivist]] who engages since 1975 to outlaw the medically not indicated [[circumcision]] of boys. He officially changed his name in 1986. == [[Bloodstained Men]] ==[[File:BSM Brother K.png|thumb|Brother K, 1986?]]'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is CFO / Co-Director at [[Bloodstained Men]]. [[Brother K]] was born in Miami in 1947 and grew up in New Orleans. He studied journalism at the {{UNI|University of Illinois|UIC}}, where he earned his degree in 1969. He protested against [[circumcision]] at the California State Capital in 1980, a protest that the Associated Press and other media reported locally and across the nation. In 1986 he changed his name to Brother K in California Superior Court, an act of protest against his circumcision at birth. He formed [[Bloodstained Men]] in 2012 and has protested in cities from coast to coast.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.bloodstainedmen.com/about-us |title=Board of Directors |publisher=[[BSM]] |date=2019-09-15 |accessdate=2019-09-17}}</ref>

We were pleased to receive many letters from a widespread community across the United States, but perhaps most significant for the movement, we were gratified that Dr. [[Dean Edell]], [[Marilyn Milos]], [[Rosemary Romberg]], [[Jeffrey Wood|Jeff Wood]], and [[John A. Erickson|John Erickson]] (to name only a few) took a deep interest in our activities, and communicated their firm support in their correspondence with us.

My personal journey took on urgency in 1985, when I realized that I would always be circumcised unless I [[uncircumcised ]] myself. Many men have other ways of accomplishing that task; in my case, I viewed circumcision as a spiritual mark on my body - the curse of an angry & ancient God - and I saw no way to uncircumcise myself except to renounce the birthname that was associated with that deity. I changed my name to Brother K, keeping a vestigial remnant of my birth name for some reason, which later became clear to me - K stands for Kind.

Brother K<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=105485092941987 |title=An Open Letter to the Intactivist Community |last=Brother K |first= |publisher=Facebook |date=1986-01-24 |accessdate=2019-09-17}}</ref>

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