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The suicide of a transgender teen from Ohio — who wrote an anguished note pleading, "Fix society" before walking into the path of a truck — has struck a chord across the country. Others who have transitioned from one gender to another took to Twitter to post their stories under the hashtag #RealLiveTransAdult. An advocacy group called for a national effort to ban "conversion therapy." And an online petition calling for the teen's family to use her chosen name on her tombstone has gathered 35,000 signatures.
Early Sunday, Alcorn left home in Kings Mills and walked in front of a tractor trailer on Interstate 71. The Warren County coroner is waiting for toxicology results before issuing a cause of death, but lead investigator Doyle Burke told NBC News, "It's going to be ruled a suicide."
The death of 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn, who was called Joshua by her family, also highlighted the high suicide rate in the transgender community. Advocates say 40 percent of trans youth report attempting to take their life at some point, although data is limited.
"Suicide attempts are higher for trans youth because they face high rates of discrimination, rejection, fear and hatred than other youth," said David W. Bond, a clinical social worker who is vice president of programs for the suicide-prevention group The Trevor Project.
"These youth are trying to understand and build their identities in a world that tells them they are wrong for who they are."
originally posted by: AreUKiddingMe
a reply to: snarky412
I watched a documentary about this issue and it left me feeling very sad for the young people going through this. There's no easy answer.
I turn on the tube and what do I see?
A whole lotta people cryin, Dont blame me
They point their crooked little fingers at everybody else
Spend all their time feelin sorry for themselves Victim of this, victim of that
Your mamas too thin and your daddys too fat
Get over it!
Get over it!
All this whinin and cryin and pitchin a fit
Get over it! Get over it!
You say you havent been the same since you had your little crash
But you might feel better if they gave you some cash
The more I think about it old Billy was right
Lets kill all the lawyers, kill em tonight
You dont wanna work, you wanna live like a king
But the big, bad world doesnt owe you a thing
Get over it!
Get over it!
If you dont wanna play then you might as well split
Get over it! Get over it!
Its like goin' to confession every time I hear you speak
Youre makin the most of your losin streak
Some call it sick but I call it weak, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah you drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt, you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringin everybody down
You bitch about the present and blame it on the past
Id like to find your inner child and kick its little ass!
Get over it!
Get over it!
All this bitchin and moanin and pitchin a fit
Get over it!Get over it!
Get over it!
Get over it! Its gotta stop sometime so why dont you quit?
Get over it! Get over it!
Get over it!
Songwriters HENLEY, DON / FREY, GLENN LEWIS
originally posted by: Annee
She was 15 when her parents took her out of school, and made her a prisoner at home. They took away her phone and iPad for about 5 months, and made her go to Christian counsellors.