My heart breaks for Leelah Alcorn

[bleedingangel84]

I just wanted to say that my heart breaks for this poor girl. Her parents were absolutely, mindfuckingly disgusting. Conversion therapy just because your child is transgendered? No. Isolating her from the only true source of support she had? No.

I pity the fact that her parents were so deeply ingrained in upholding the tenets of their religion that they failed to recognize a person in need of love, care, and acceptance. Even after death, they are still misgendering her. Just, no. No. It's not right.

I'm sorry she was in so much pain that she felt suicide was the only out. I'm sorry for her parents, who lost an amazing daughter because of their incredibly vast ignorance and transphobia.

I'm not debating anyone's right to their beliefs. Just, please remember that your beliefs can and do affect other people, so always treat others the way you would want to be treated.

I hope with all my heart that Leelah is at peace now. She deserves that.

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[josephinestone.livejournal.com]

I read her suicide note last night.

[bleedingangel84.livejournal.com]

So did I. I was in tears. I just do not understand her parents at all. I hope that if I'm ever in a position of having children, that I would be capable of letting them be whomever they need to be and not stifling that with my own expectations.

[josephinestone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is kind of hard not to cry when reading a suicide note, especially after they already succeeded. I've had many friends attempt suicide but only a couple that succeeded.