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Carla Wood Alcorn December 28 at 1:56pm My sweet 16 year old son, Joshua Ryan Alcorn went home to heaven this morning. He was out for an early morning walk and was hit by a truck. Thank you for the messages and kindness and concern you have sent our way Please continue to keep us in your prayers Share Transgender teen commits suicide, cites Christian parents in blog - December 29, 2014 by Michael Stone After years of abuse and rejection from strict Christian parents, an Ohio transgender teen commits suicide by stepping in front of a moving tractor trailer truck. Leelah Alcorn, also known as Joshua Alcorn, was struck and killed by a passing semitrailer on southbound Interstate 71 in Union Township Sunday morning. The tragic event appears not to have been an accident, but a suicide On her blog at Tumblr, Leelah left a poignant suicide note, detailing a life of pain and rejection, a life dominated by Christian parents who refused to understand, or simply could not understand, that their precious child was a female trapped in the body of a male In her final blog post Leelah writes If you are reading this, it means that I have committed suicide and obviously failed to delete this post from my queue One of these things is not like the other RIP Leelah Alcorn 246,930 notes

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Chaadilac

Dec 31, 2014 at 07:34PM EST

As a Christian, you're supposed to love everyone. This goes against everything you believe in and you should be ashamed.

Island Sun

Dec 31, 2014 at 08:28PM EST in reply to *sigh*

I don't think she said whether or not she considered herself christian or not. The problem was not her religion, but the way her parents exerted their religion and beliefs over her in a way that was harmful and almost completely without love or compassion.

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