#rip leelah

[musewars]

year three

Visited your sign. I hate that spot, and that it must be there I go. There’s so much pain still there. Yet I am also, in a small, strange way grateful it is here, as it must be faced. It must be confronted and remembered else nothing will be changed.

There were already flowers. Someone else was thinking of you. 

Wish I could say we have indeed fixed society. Perhaps in some ways we have, yet not enough. Maybe it never will be. Still we try.

Love you, kiddo.

[musewars]

You would have been 20 today.

It goes so fast and yet feels so close. There are still no words, not because there's nothing to say but because none feel enough.

You are not forgotten. You are heard. The promise I made to you will be kept. This day is not in vain. Society will be fixed.

[artistic-bumblebee]

Rest in power Leelah Alcorn. We will never stop fighting for the LGBT community, and we will never forget you.

[matty-silent-blog]

The life I would've lived isn't worth living.

Leelah Alcorn

[nerd-on-duty]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwkUFZcqPag)

[sweetmomentofmylife]

sometimes i think about Leelah Alcorn. She could be 18 this year and see/do many good things in life. that makes me so sad. 

[waxahatchee]

LETTER TO TEACHERS--SILENCE FOR LEELAH

! Because I missed the official date, I am making January 13th, Wednesday, a day of silence in remembrance of Leelah Alcorn. Here is the letter I printed out and handed to my teachers for that day. Cut out what you don’t need and add in what you believe is appropriate for your situation at school. Remember, double spaced, 12 pt font, TNR for a professional look! Also, if you choose to do this, print an extra one to hand to your friends if they ask why you’re not talking. Rad.

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Dear, 

            Thank you for your patience and understanding. I will not speak today. This is why.

           Leelah Alcorn was a 17 year old transgender woman, who, on December 28, 2014, committed suicide. She was not accepted at home by her parents, and was often mocked and unsupported through her transition from male to female. Being strict Episcopal people, her parents did not support her transition in any form whatsoever. Leelah was treated horrifically by her parents and as a result, took her own life. Her parents buried her in a suit, identified her as a 16 year old male, and wrote her name as Joshua Alcorn on her tombstone. Within the LGBTQ community, today is a day of silence for Leelah. Her death must not be in vain, as is her wish, and we will honor her by staying silent. As a transgender individual myself, her death has significantly impacted my life and sheds more light on the horrors people like her and I face day in and day out. 41% of transgender teenagers have attempted suicide due to ignorance and bigotry within the rest of the world, I being one of them. Leelah was so beautiful and so, so important. I grieve her death every day. I apologize if this is an inconvenience. I will take any punishment and/or deduction from my grade if necessary. I will keep up with assignments and class work as usual but will not speak. Horrible tragedies like Leelah’s suicide must not be left to fade in time. I will stay silent in honor and remembrance of Leelah Alcorn and the rest of the transgender community. We must protect and support transgender individuals at all costs, and Leelah’s parents did not. Thank you for your patience and understanding. It is appreciated, more than you could ever know.

Sincerely,

[refinery29]

Community Celebrates Progress Inspired By Trans Teen On Anniversary Of Her Death

December 28 marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic death of 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn. Alcorn, who was transgender, walked into Cincinnati traffic to end her life. Alcorn’s death inspired a City of Cincinnati ordinance, passed earlier this month, which bans LGBT conversion therapy for minors.

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