Leelah Alcorn

Mike Pence, Republicans, conservative Christianity, and conversion therapy

Pence and other political “leaders” who support these draconian measures should talk to people who have been impacted the most.

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This award-winning video about a transgender girl will warm your heart

"I felt like somebody came with a key and opened the cage and said you’re free to go."

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Remembering Leelah Alcorn by picking up trash

An Ohio man needs help to preserve the memory of the transgender teen whose suicide note pleaded "Fix society, please."

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Transgender teen’s suicide continues to draw attention — one year later

17-year-old Leelah Alcorn urged people on social media to "fix society" before stepping in front of a tractor trailer in southwest Ohio.

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Officials close investigation in trans teen’s suicide, refer to her as ‘Mr. Alcorn’ in final report

The death of a troubled transgender teenager who begged people to fix society has been deemed a suicide.

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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…

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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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