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Young N.C. transgender activist Blake Brockington dies of suicide
Friends and community members on Tuesday mourned the passing of a Charlotte, N.C., transgender youth activist, Blake Brockington, who died as the result of suicide overnight.
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My boyfriend killed himself because his family couldn’t accept that he was gay
In their first week in the flat, the two men stood on the balcony as London glittered in front of them. Matthew looked at Nazim and said, “Darling, I think we’ve finally made it.”
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North Carolina mom believes bullying led to transgender teen’s suicide
Local LGBT community leaders in Charlotte, N.C., are responding with messages of support and encouragement, following the death Thursday of a transgender student. Ash Haffner, 16, died by suicide on Thursday.
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Transgender teen cites family bullying in suicide note: #HisNameWasZander
Another transgender teen has taken his own life, leaving behind a suicide note describing sexual trauma and alleged bullying by family members.
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Transgender teen Leelah Alcorn’s death stirs action in U.S. and beyond
Although many details about her life and death are still unclear, Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen from Ohio, has become, within days of her death Dec. 28, the face of a growing movement of people hungering for acceptance.
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Hundreds gather in D.C. to speak out on transgender issues following teen’s death
More than 300 people gathered in the nation’s capital on Saturday raise awareness of issues facing transgender individuals and to honor a 17-year-old transgender teen who took her own life last month.
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Laverne Cox responds to the death of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn
Guest hosting on ABC’s “The View” on Thursday, transgender actress Laverne Cox responds to the death of Leelah Alcorn, a 17-year-old transgender teen who died by suicide just days after Christmas.
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Sara Gilbert: ‘It’s more important to let go of the idea that you have a son, than to lose your child’
On Dec. 29, Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen from Ohio, stepped into the path of an oncoming semi truck on a interstate highway. Today, “The Talk” discusses transgender teen suicide.
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Parents of transgender teen who committed suicide: ‘We loved our son’
The parents of Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who identified as female and who committed suicide on Sunday, are speaking out, and in statements ignoring Leelah’s gender identity, say they loved their “son.”
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Uninformed religious leaders are guilty of causing Leelah Alcorn’s pain, desperation, rejection, and death
I place culpability and thus, guilt, on Christian and conservative leaders who, over the past four decades, have constructed an extreme intensity of cultural and religious discrimination against the LGBT community.