some type of adult girl

joshnewberry:

I know your hearts are in the right place but saying that Leelah Alcorn “did it” in regards to getting conversion therapy most likely made illegal and having the law named after her….. is really making me uncomfortable honestly

Leelah didn’t “do” anything but be horribly abused by her parents who were able to use conversion therapy as an aid to abuse her, which resulted in her suicide. It’s called Leelah’s Law because a teenage girl had to die for people to realize how fucked up conversion therapy is. She didn’t “do” something her death wasn’t some heroic sacrifice or something it was the result of a transphobic society that told her transphobic parents that their transphobia was okay.

She killed herself the idea that she “did” this  is implying that she had to die for conversion therapy to even be considered a bad thing and it’s glorifying suicide which you all should know by now is a huge way to make others suicidal as it encourages suicidal thoughts like. Please stop this. She didn’t die for a cause she killed herself due to transphobia. She was a young girl and she had her entire life ahead of her and she truly did not feel like she could go on any longer because of the invalidation and abuse she suffered.

Leelah’s Law being considered does not justify Leelah’s death or in any way mean that her death was necessary for the greater good. Leelah deserved better, as does every other trans child who’s suffered and/or lost their lives under abusive parents.

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