Transgender teen leaves note on tumblr blaming Christian parents for suicide - Polidicks

[QUOTE]A TRANSGENDER teenager who killed herself after her Christian parents refused to accept her has left a heartbreaking suicide note. Leelah Alcorn, 16, stepped in front of a tractor trailer on a rural highway a few kilometres from her family home in Kings Mill, Ohio. Her mother posted a tribute to her child on Facebook using her birth name Joshua and not mentioning the suicide. However, the teen had published a note hours before her death on her Tumblr account explaining in detail why she had chosen to end her life.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.news.com.au/world/transgender-teen-leaves-note-on-tumblr-blaming-christian-parents-for-suicide/story-fndir2ev-1227170863878[/url] Fucking awful, RIP.

really not being accepted by your parents is crushing and terrible. No matter who you are your parents should care and accept your feelings. RIP [quote]My mom started taking me to a therapist, but would only take me to christian therapists, (who were all very biased) so I never actually got the therapy I needed to cure me of my depression. [/quote] this makes me angry, and if true should be treated the same way as child abuse.

The note from the mentioned Tumblr, just in case it goes down. [quote]If you are reading this, it means that I have committed suicide and obviously failed to delete this post from my queue. Please don’t be sad, it’s for the better. The life I would’ve lived isn’t worth living in… because I’m transgender. I could go into detail explaining why I feel that way, but this note is probably going to be lengthy enough as it is. To put it simply, I feel like a girl trapped in a boy’s body, and I’ve felt that way ever since I was 4. I never knew there was a word for that feeling, nor was it possible for a boy to become a girl, so I never told anyone and I just continued to do traditionally “boyish” things to try to fit in. When I was 14, I learned what transgender meant and cried of happiness. After 10 years of confusion I finally understood who I was. I immediately told my mom, and she reacted extremely negatively, telling me that it was a phase, that I would never truly be a girl, that God doesn’t make mistakes, that I am wrong. If you are reading this, parents, please don’t tell this to your kids. Even if you are Christian or are against transgender people don’t ever say that to someone, especially your kid. That won’t do anything but make them hate them self. That’s exactly what it did to me. My mom started taking me to a therapist, but would only take me to christian therapists, (who were all very biased) so I never actually got the therapy I needed to cure me of my depression. I only got more christians telling me that I was selfish and wrong and that I should look to God for help. When I was 16 I realized that my parents would never come around, and that I would have to wait until I was 18 to start any sort of transitioning treatment, which absolutely broke my heart. The longer you wait, the harder it is to transition. I felt hopeless, that I was just going to look like a man in drag for the rest of my life. On my 16th birthday, when I didn’t receive consent from my parents to start transitioning, I cried myself to sleep. I formed a sort of a “fuck you” attitude towards my parents and came out as gay at school, thinking that maybe if I eased into coming out as trans it would be less of a shock. Although the reaction from my friends was positive, my parents were pissed. They felt like I was attacking their image, and that I was an embarrassment to them. They wanted me to be their perfect little straight christian boy, and that’s obviously not what I wanted. So they took me out of public school, took away my laptop and phone, and forbid me of getting on any sort of social media, completely isolating me from my friends. This was probably the part of my life when I was the most depressed, and I’m surprised I didn’t kill myself. I was completely alone for 5 months. No friends, no support, no love. Just my parent’s disappointment and the cruelty of loneliness. At the end of the school year, my parents finally came around and gave me my phone and let me back on social media. I was excited, I finally had my friends back. They were extremely excited to see me and talk to me, but only at first. Eventually they realized they didn’t actually give a shit about me, and I felt even lonelier than I did before. The only friends I thought I had only liked me because they saw me five times a week. After a summer of having almost no friends plus the weight of having to think about college, save money for moving out, keep my grades up, go to church each week and feel like shit because everyone there is against everything I live for, I have decided I’ve had enough. I’m never going to transition successfully, even when I move out. I’m never going to be happy with the way I look or sound. I’m never going to have enough friends to satisfy me. I’m never going to have enough love to satisfy me. I’m never going to find a man who loves me. I’m never going to be happy. Either I live the rest of my life as a lonely man who wishes he were a woman or I live my life as a lonelier woman who hates herself. There’s no winning. There’s no way out. I’m sad enough already, I don’t need my life to get any worse. People say “it gets better” but that isn’t true in my case. It gets worse. Each day I get worse. That’s the gist of it, that’s why I feel like killing myself. Sorry if that’s not a good enough reason for you, it’s good enough for me. As for my will, I want 100% of the things that I legally own to be sold and the money (plus my money in the bank) to be given to trans civil rights movements and support groups, I don’t give a shit which one. The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren’t treated the way I was, they’re treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights. Gender needs to be taught about in schools, the earlier the better. My death needs to mean something. My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year. I want someone to look at that number and say “that’s fucked up” and fix it. Fix society. Please. Goodbye, (Leelah) Josh Alcorn[/quote] [quote]And now for my sorry notes to some people I knew… Amanda: You are going to have such a wonderful life. You are the most talented and pretty little girl I’ve ever met and I love you so much, Amanda. Please don’t be sad. I’m going to miss you so very much. I love you. Tiffany: We haven’t talked much recently since we’re both so busy but I’m so happy you’re my sister. You are so courageous and determined to achieve what you want, you can accomplish anything. I love you. Justin: We’ve been jerks to each other a lot recently but I really do love you. You get on my nerves almost all the time but no matter what a part of me will always love you. Sorry for picking on you so much when we were kids. Rylan: I’m so sorry I’m never there for you. I love you so much. Abby: Thank you for dealing with my pathetic problems, all I did was make your life harder and I’m sorry. Mom and Dad: Fuck you. You can’t just control other people like that. That’s messed up. I don’t really feel the need to apologize to anyone else… odds are you didn’t give a shit about me and if you do, you did something that made me feel like shit and you don’t deserve an apology. Also, anyone who says something like “I wish I got to know him better” or “I wish I treated him better” gets a punch in the nose. [/quote]

Even in death they can't do the right damn thing with her name. Awful people.

equal amount of funnies as hearts, gg facepunch a teenager killing themselves because of their abusive parents who instead of helping her pushed her over the edge is fucking hilarious [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Ratings drama" - SteveUK))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;46823031]equal amount of funnies as hearts, gg facepunch a teenager killing themselves because of their abusive parents who instead of helping her pushed her over the edge is fucking hilarious[/QUOTE] Ignore them, they're the ~le edgy~ kiddies who want reactions

[QUOTE]Mom and Dad: Fuck you. You can’t just control other people like that. That’s messed up.[/QUOTE] Wow.

[img]http://puu.sh/dRlA3/5239e550b3.png[/img] what's wrong with you four [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Ratings drama" - SteveUK))[/highlight]

This happened really, really close to where I live. Fucking hard news every time that hits me personally.

Why does having an open mind have to be so hard for some people?

[QUOTE=SebiWarrior;46823067]Why does having an open mind have to be so hard for some people?[/QUOTE] Because the baby boomer generation and generations prior are full of closed minded tools

And reading through her note is painful because there is so much in there I can sympathize with directly. Not necessarily all of it, but so much of it.

Why would you rate that funny :T [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Ratings drama" - SteveUK))[/highlight]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/uNFcmfP.png[/IMG] bigots and trash :^)

To people who rated funny. You are all fucked up and should feel ashamed. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("More ratings shit" - SteveUK))[/highlight]

Fuck you, mom and dad

[QUOTE=Solomon;46823080]Why would you rate that funny :T[/QUOTE] to cause a shitstorm like what is happening now

[QUOTE=agentfazexx;46823072]Because the baby boomer generation and generations prior are full of closed minded tools[/QUOTE] Yes, they have different views because hey grew up in different times. My parents are approaching 70, and as baby boomers they accept other sexual orientations just fine, even if they are politically republican and conservative. Can't judge other generations as harshy as you'd like, but in this certain case the parents were definitely being mentally and emotionally neglective

[QUOTE=scratch (nl);46823116]to cause a shitstorm like what is happening now[/QUOTE] Yes, this is very typical of SH actually

Wow... I honestly can't imagine how she must have felt. Depression's bad enough, but being forced to be someone you aren't and never getting any real help and support because of that must be devastating. Hopefully the parents can see their mistakes here, and if nothing else at least grow a shred of humanity, but something tells me they'll see some sense of justice in this instead.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;46823019]The note from the mentioned Tumblr, just in case it goes down.[/QUOTE] If those parents aren't feeling like complete trash for what they inevitably caused then may they get plenty of time to think about it in hell.

[QUOTE=Glitchman;46823127]Yes, they have different views because hey grew up in different times. My parents are approaching 70, and as baby boomers they accept other sexual orientations just fine, even if they are politically republican and conservative. Can't judge other generations as harshy as you'd like, but in this certain case the parents were definitely being mentally and emotionally neglective[/QUOTE] Yeah like I'm socially conservative and politically conservative but people that are like "I hate dem fagz" are just idiots and probably have worse "issues" than liking dudes.

cant blame the christians really since the jews are forcing the mental illness trannie agenda on us gentiles [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Gimmick" - BANNED USER))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=Jamie1992GSC;46823112]To people who rated funny. You are all fucked up and should feel ashamed.[/QUOTE] Stop feeding the trolls.

[QUOTE=scratch (nl);46823116]to cause a shitstorm like what is happening now[/QUOTE] a few of those on that list are actual bigots though

Comment from Mothers Facebook. Even after her death they still fail to recognize their child for what she wanted to be; espcially given its the reason for her death. Fucking disrespctful parients. [IMG]http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2014/12/31/1227170/864492-722ecbac-903e-11e4-9b34-d072426a6c59.jpg[/IMG] Batshit insane as you can see.

lets not talk about the cunt trolls giving this funny ratings and instead talk about the tragic epidemic of trans suicide

There are people trying to weaponize this story at the moment for their own selfish reasons, which is almost as equally terrible as this tragedy.

[QUOTE=TheCreeper;46823161]Comment from Mothers Facebook. [IMG]http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2014/12/31/1227170/864492-722ecbac-903e-11e4-9b34-d072426a6c59.jpg[/IMG] Batshit insane as you can see.[/QUOTE] disrespectful even after her demise. they have failed big fucking time as parents imo

Legal consequences to parents for poor child rearing when (e: I mean when you're so bad at parenting the child you are charged with the care of dies in circumstances caused by you, not when your kid is transgendered)