The Gender Rebels Podcast21 Helmi 2019

Leelah Alcorn's Story

TW: Discussion of suicide. .

LGBTQ people often have to deal with rejection, despair, or loneliness. Sometimes that can lead to a particularly dark place. In this episode we look at the story of transgender girl Leelah Alcorn who, after coming out to her religious parents, faced rejection, isolation, and abuse that led her to take her own life at the young age of 17.

If you or someone you know may be at risk of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. If you’re a young LGBTQ person and need to talk to someone, call The Trevor Project’s 24-hour crisis hotline for youth at 1-866-488-7386. If you are a transgender person of any age, call the Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860.

Other Resources:

Center Link: The Community of LGBT Centers: YouthLink

International Associate for Suicide Prevention

It Gets Better Project

Suicide Prevention Resource Center: Suicide Risk and Prevention for LGBT Youth

Soulforce. "The purpose of Soulforce is freedom for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from religious and political oppression through the practice of relentless nonviolent resistance."

Links:

Human Rights Campaign's article "The Lies & Dangers of Reparative Therapy."

Article about suicide regret. Some info on the Inquisition and the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments.

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