After Leelah Alcorn's Suicide, Trans Youth Fight Broader Bias [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 1/12/1512:00 PM

In a moment many have called "the transgender tipping point," the news of Leelah Alcorn's suicide and her plea that someone "fix society" for transgender people have garnered massive attention, moving from conversations on social media to national news outlets.

But for many transgender people in their teens and early 20s, the story of Alcorn's death, while devastating, is not exactly news. Their social media feeds are too frequently populated with stories of violence, discrimination and oppression. For some, this story was so distressing they needed to create some emotional distance and couldn't bring themselves to read the suicide note. Others went to vigils and posted their own stories of coming out or facing bigotry.

[For more of this story, written by Nicole Pasulka, go to http://www.npr.org/blogs/codes...leelah-alcorns-death]

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