Leelah Alcorn
American blogger
Leelah Alcorn was an American transgender girl whose suicide attracted international attention; she had posted a suicide note to her Tumblr blog about societal standards affecting transgender people ... Wikipedia
Born: November 15, 1997
Died: December 28, 2014 (age 17 years), Lebanon, OH
Parents: Carla Alcorn and Doug Alcorn
Cause of death: Suicide
Leelah Alcorn (November 15, 1997 – December 28, 2014) was an American transgender girl whose suicide attracted international attention; she had posted a ...
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Dec 31, 2014 · Ohio transgender teen Leelah Alcorn said on social media she committed suicide because her parents refused to accept who she was.
Dec 30, 2014 · A note reportedly left by a teen asking that her death expose the problems transgender people suffer has been cited by an Ohio official and ...
Jan 8, 2015 · Fallon Fox is a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter, transgender athlete, and LGBT activist. This past week, like so many other transgender ...
Dec 30, 2014 · In death, the transgender 17-year-old - born Josh Alcorn - wanted to make sure others never felt that way she did.
Jan 5, 2015 · Death of Leelah Alcorn on 28 December sparks outcry about treatment of transgender people and a call for ban on 'transgender conversion ...
As for the gender dysphoria, described so harrowingly in her child's own suicide note? 'We don't support that, religiously,' she said. The angry responses to ...
Dec 31, 2014 · The 17-year-old's online note laid bare the anguish she felt before stepping in front of a truck on an Ohio highway.
Apr 29, 2015 · Investigation into 17-year-old's death, which prompted international discussion of transgender issues, has been closed, says state highway ...
Leelah Alcorn was a transgender American girl. On December 28, 2014, she killed herself because her parents did not respect her gender identity.