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  • Leelah Alcorn
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  • Leelah Alcorn (November 15, 1997 – December 28, 2014) was an American transgender girl who gained attention in 2014 after committing suicide and making a statement about the societal standards of transgender people. A suicide note was published on her Tumblr blog. In this letter, she declared that she wanted her suicide to create a dialogue about discrimination, abuse and lack of support for transgender people.
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death place
  • Lebanon, Ohio, U.S.A.
Name
  • Leelah Alcorn
Date of Death
  • Dec. 28, 2014
Birth Place
  • Kings Mills, Ohio, U.S.A.
Website
  • http://lazerprincess.tumblr.com Leelah's Tumblr Page
Date of Birth
  • Nov. 15, 1997
Birth name
  • Joshua Ryan Alcorn
Parents
  • Carla Alcorn
abstract
  • Leelah Alcorn (November 15, 1997 – December 28, 2014) was an American transgender girl who gained attention in 2014 after committing suicide and making a statement about the societal standards of transgender people. A suicide note was published on her Tumblr blog. In this letter, she declared that she wanted her suicide to create a dialogue about discrimination, abuse and lack of support for transgender people.