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{{Infobox - osoba
| jméno = Leelah Alcorn
| obrázek =
| popisek = Selfie pořízené Leelah Alcorn v prosinci 2014
| velikost obrázku =
| citát =
| datum narození = [[15. listopad]] [[1997]]
| místo narození = [[Kings Mills]], [[Ohio]], [[USA]] {{Vlajka a název|Spojené státy americké}}
| datum úmrtí = [[28. prosinec]] [[2015]] ve věku 17 let
| místo úmrtí = [[Lebanon]], [[Ohio]], [[USA]] {{Vlajka a název|Spojené státy americké}}
| příčina úmrtí = [[Sebevražda]]
}}
 
'''Leelah Alcorn''' (15. listopad 1997 - 28. prosinec 2014) byla americkou [[Transexualita|transexuální]] dívkou, jejíž tragicky zakončený životní příběh přitáhl pozornost světových médií. Alcorn had posted a [[suicide note]] to her [[Tumblr]] blog, writing about societal standards affecting transgender people and expressing the hope that her death would create a dialogue about discrimination, abuse and lack of support for transgender people.
 
[[Sex assignment|Assigned to the male gender]] at birth and given the name '''Joshua Ryan Alcorn''', she was raised in a conservative Christian household in [[Ohio]]. At age 14, she [[coming out|came out]] as trans to her parents, Carla and Doug Alcorn, who refused to accept her female gender identity. When she was 16, they denied her request to undergo [[Sex reassignment therapy|transition treatment]], instead sending her to Christian [[conversion therapy]] with the intention of convincing her to reject her gender identity and accept her gender as assigned at birth. After she revealed her attraction toward males to her classmates, her parents removed her from school and revoked her access to [[social media]]. In her suicide note, Alcorn cited loneliness and alienation as key reasons for her decision to end her life and blamed her parents for causing these feelings. She committed suicide by walking out in front of oncoming traffic on the [[Interstate 71]] highway.
 
Alcorn arranged for her suicide note to be posted online several hours after her death, and it soon attracted international attention across mainstream and social media. [[LGBT rights]] activists called attention to the incident as evidence of the problems faced by transgender youth, while vigils were held in her memory in the United States and United Kingdom. Petitions were formed calling for the establishment of "Leelah's Law", a ban on conversion therapy in the U.S., which received a supportive response from the [[White House]]. Alcorn's parents were blamed for their child's death by LGBT rights activist [[Dan Savage]], and faced [[online harassment]]. They were also criticized for [[Transphobia#Misrepresentation and exclusion|misgendering]] Leelah in comments to the media; they defended their actions with their Christian beliefs.
 
== Life ==
Assigned male at birth, Alcorn was given the name Joshua Ryan Alcorn.<ref name=bn>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/leelah-alcorn-transgender-teens-reported-suicide-note-makes/story?id=27912326|title=Leelah Alcorn: Transgender Teen's Reported Suicide Note Makes Dramatic Appeal|first=Gillian|last=Mohney|date=December 31, 2014|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=January 2, 2015 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XgzW5wzA |archivedate=April 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Margolin>{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/leelah-alcorns-suicide-note-pointed-out-societal-problems |title=Leelah Alcorn's suicide note pointed out societal problems |work=[[MSNBC]] |date=January 3, 2015 |accessdate=January 6, 2015 |author=Margolin, Emma |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XgywjALl |archivedate=April 10, 2015}}</ref> She eventually rejected this forename, and in her suicide note signed herself "(Leelah) <s>Josh</s> Alcorn".<ref name=note>{{cite web |url=http://lazerprincess.tumblr.com/post/106447705738/suicide-note |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101052635/http://lazerprincess.tumblr.com/post/106447705738/suicide-note |archivedate=January 1, 2015 |title=Suicide Note |date=December 28, 2014 |website=Tumblr |last=Alcorn |first=Leelah |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name=independent>{{cite news |last1=Gander |first1=Kashmira |title=Transgender teenager Leelah Alcorn took her life because 'parents would not allow her to transition' |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/transgender-teenager-leelah-alcorn-took-her-life-because-parents-would-not-allow-her-to-transition-9950943.html |website=independent.co.uk |publisher=The Independent |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |archivedate=April 10, 2015 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Xh0kFey7}}</ref> She was one of several children.<ref name=Molloy>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/leelah-alcorn-transgender-teenagers-parents-should-be-prosecuted-says-gay-rights-activist-9952742.html |title=Leelah Alcorn: Transgender teenager's parents should be prosecuted, says gay rights activist |date=January 1, 2015 |accessdate=January 1, 2015 |first=Antonia |last=Molloy |work=The Independent |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Xh2PCGcD |archivedate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> Describing herself as being raised in a conservative Christian environment,<ref name=RollingStone>{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/read-17yearold-trans-girls-heartbreaking-suicide-note-20141230 |title=Trans Teen Pens Heartbreaking Suicide Note |author=Blistein, Jon |website=Rolling Stone |date=30 December 2014 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Xh3GvvEx |archivedate=April 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Slate>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/01/02/leelah_alcorn_suicide_prosecuting_her_parents_won_t_help_other_trans_kids.html |title=Prosecuting Leelah Alcorn's Parents Won't Help Isolated, Bullied Trans Kids |author=Urquhart, Vanessa Vitiello |website=''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' |date=2 January 2015 |archivedate=April 8, 2015 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Xh3WBvgU}}</ref> her family attended the [[Churches of Christ|Northeast Church of Christ]] in [[Cincinnati]], and had been featured in a profile of that church published in a 2011 article in ''[[The Christian Chronicle]]''.<ref name=Law>{{cite web |url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/warren-county/leelah-alcorns-dad-we-love-our-son |title=Leelah Alcorn's dad: 'We love our son' |date=January 1, 2015 |accessdate=April 8, 2015 |website=WCPO Cincinnati |last=Law |first=Jason |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Xh13AuWy |archivedate=April 8, 2015}}</ref>
 
According to her suicide note, Alcorn had felt "like a girl trapped in a boy's body" since she was four, and came to identify as a [[transgender]] female from the age of fourteen, when she became aware of the term.<ref name=note/> According to her note, she immediately informed her mother, who reacted "extremely negatively" by claiming that it was only a phase and that God had made her a male, so she could never be a woman.<ref name=note/><ref name=independent/> She stated that this made her hate herself, and that she developed a form of depression.<ref name=note/> Her mother sent her to Christian conversion therapists,<ref name=Margolin /><ref name=BostonGlobe /> but there "only got more Christians telling me that I was selfish and wrong and that I should look to God for help."<ref name=note/> Aged sixteen, she requested that she be allowed to undergo transition treatment, but was denied permission; "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."<ref name=note/>
 
{{Quote box|width=25em|align=left|quote="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."|source=— Leelah Alcorn, 2014<ref name=note/>}}
 
Alcorn publicly revealed her attraction to males when she was sixteen, as she believed that identifying as a gay male at that point would be a stepping stone to coming out as transgender at a later date.<ref name=Coolidge>{{cite web |last1=Coolidge |first1=Sharon |title=Transgender teen:'My death needs to mean something' |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/12/30/transgender-teen-death-needs-mean-something/21044407/ |website=Cincinnati.com |accessdate=December 30, 2014 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XtEw7Zsq |archivedate=April 18, 2015 |date=December 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name=MainsLaw>{{cite web |title=Leelah Alcorn suicide note sparks transgender discussion |date=December 31, 2014 |url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/warren-county/leelah-alcorn-suicide-note-sparks-transgender-discussion |publisher=WCPO |author=Brian Mains and Jason Law |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XtFX8Y7E |archivedate=April 18, 2015}}</ref> According to a childhood friend, Alcorn received a positive reception from many at school, although her parents were appalled.<ref name=MainsLaw/> In Alcorn's words, "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."<ref name=note/><ref name=Coolidge/> They removed her from Kings High School, and enrolled her as an eleventh grader at an online school, [[Ohio Virtual Academy]].<ref name=Coolidge/> According to Alcorn, her parents cut her off from the outside world for five months as they denied her access to social media and many forms of communication. She described this as a significant contributing factor towards her suicide.<ref name=note/> At the end of the school year, they returned her phone to her and allowed her to regain contact with her friends, although according to Alcorn, by this time her relationship with many of them had become strained and she continued to feel isolated.<ref name=note/>
 
Two months prior to her death, Alcorn sought out help on the social media website [[Reddit]], asking users whether the treatment perpetrated by her parents was considered [[abuse]].<ref name=reddit1>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/610718/leelah-alcorn-s-mom-refuses-to-accept-that-she-s-transgender|title=Leelah Alcorn's Mom Refuses to Accept That Her Child Was Transgender|first=Francesca|last=Bacardi|date=January 2, 2015 |publisher=E!|accessdate=January 2, 2015 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XtGQC8Bx |archivedate=April 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name=reddit2>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/leelah_alcorn_posted_disturbing_details_on_reddit_that_now_refute_mother_s_claims|title=New And Disturbing Details Emerge About Leelah Alcorn's Life From Posts She Made To Reddit |first=David |last=Badash |date=January 2, 2015 |publisher=The New Civil Rights Movement |accessdate=January 2, 2015 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XtGkn1LR |archivedate=April 18, 2015}}</ref> There, she revealed that while her parents never physically assaulted her, "they always talked to me in a very derogatory tone" and "would say things like 'You'll never be a real girl' or 'What're you going to do, fuck boys?' or 'God's going to send you straight to hell'. These all made me feel awful about myself, I was Christian at the time so I thought that God hated me and that I didn't deserve to be alive."<ref name=reddit2 /> Further, she explained, "I tried my absolute hardest to live up to their standards and be a straight male, but eventually I realized that I hated religion and my parents."<ref name=reddit4>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/leelah-alcorn-update-mom-transgender-teen-speaks-tumblr-suicide-note-deleted-1772370|title=Leelah Alcorn Update: Mom Of Transgender Teen Speaks, Tumblr Suicide Note Deleted And #RealLiveTransAdult Flourishes|first=Julia|last=Glum|date=January 2, 2015|publisher=International Business Times|accessdate=January 3, 2015|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XtHS14uP|archivedate=April 18, 2015}}</ref> On Reddit, Alcorn also disclosed that she was prescribed increasing dosages of the anti-depressant [[Fluoxetine|Prozac]].<ref name=reddit2 /> In concluding her post, she wrote, "Please help me, I don't know what I should do and I can't take much more of this."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/transgender-teens-death-inspires-petition-conversion-therapy/ |title=Transgender teen’s death inspires petition against conversion therapy |publisher=PBS |date=January 2, 2015 |accessdate=January 12, 2015 |first=Corinne |last=Segal |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XtHqOLz6 |archivedate=April 18, 2015}}</ref>
 
Alcorn's computer was recovered near the site of her suicide. It contained conversations showing that she had planned to jump off the bridge that overlooks [[Interstate 71]] days before the incident, but then contacted a [[crisis hotline]] and, as told to a friend, "basically cried my eyes out for a couple of hours talking to a lady there".<ref name="investigation">{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/05/01/new-details-emerge-officials-rule-leelah-alcorns-death-suicide?team=social|title=New Details Emerge as Officials Rule Leelah Alcorn's Death a 'Suicide' |first=Mitch |last=Kellaway |date=May 1, 2015 |publisher=Advocate.com |accessdate=May 3, 2015 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Z8ngpZnq |archivedate=8 June 2015}}</ref>
 
== Death ==
 
Prior to her death on December 28, 2014, Alcorn had scheduled for her suicide note to be automatically posted on her Tumblr account at 5.30pm.<ref name=Coolidge /> In the note, she stated her intention to end her life, commenting:
 
{{quote|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 Project|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.<ref name=note/>}}
 
She expressed her wish that all of her possessions and money be donated to a trans advocacy charity,<ref name=note/> and called for gender issues to be taught in schools.<ref name=note/><ref name=BostonGlobe />
The note ended with the statement: "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."<ref name=note/><ref name=BostonGlobe /><ref name=Buncombe>{{cite news |title=Leelah Alcorn suicide: petition calls for transgender teenager's chosen name to be used on her tombstone |newspaper=The Independent |author=Andrew Buncombe |date=January 1, 2015 |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/leelah-alcorn-suicide-petition-calls-for-transgender-teenagers-chosen-name-to-be-used-on-her-tombstone-9953239.html |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Y5Hfyxq5 |archivedate=26 April 2015 }}</ref> A second post appeared shortly after; titled "Sorry", it featured an apology to her close friends and siblings for the trauma that her suicide would put them through, but also contained a message to her parents: "Fuck you. You can't just control other people like that. That's messed up."<ref name=note/><ref>{{cite web |title=Transgender Teen Leelah Alcorn Left A Strong Message In Her Sorry Note For Friends & Family - Read It HERE |author=Perez Hilton |website=PerezHilton.com |date=December 31, 2014 |url=http://perezhilton.com/2014-12-31-transgender-teen-leelah-alcorn-left-sorry-note-friends-fuck-you-mom-dad#.VKcSK9KsWSo |archivedate=8 July 2015 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Z8r7JEmZ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Transgender teen asks for her suicide to 'mean something' and 'fix society' |date=December 31, 2014 |url=http://rt.com/usa/219115-teen-suicide-note-transgender-awareness/ |website=RT }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mom of Ohio transgender teen who took her own life says she did not 'support' child's gender change |author=David Boroff |date=January 2, 2015 |publisher=New York Times |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mom-transgender-teen-killed-speaks-article-1.2063698}}</ref> An additional, handwritten suicide note reading "I've had enough" was found on her bed, but then thrown away by Alcorn's mother after police made a copy.<ref name="investigation" />
 
In the early morning of December 28, police informed news sources that she had been walking southbound on [[Interstate 71]] near [[Union Township, Warren County, Ohio|Union Township]] when she was struck by a semi-trailer just before 2:30 am near the South Lebanon exit.<ref name=Cuncinnati>{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/12/28/boy-killed-by-truck-on-71/20968865/|title=Boy, 17, hit and killed by semi on I-71|website=Cincinnati.com|accessdate=December 30, 2014|date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> She died at the scene. It is believed that Alcorn walked three to four miles from her parents' house in nearby [[Kings Mills, Ohio]], before being struck.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/12/transgender-teen-struck-and-killed-on-ohio-interstate-in-apparent-suicide/|title=Transgender teen struck and killed on Ohio interstate in apparent suicide|work=LGBTQ Nation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.700wlw.com/articles/local-news-119585/teen-killed-by-semi-while-walking-13099634/|title=Teen Killed By Semi While Walking on I-71|work=700WLW}}</ref> The highway was closed for more than an hour after the incident.<ref name=Coolidge/> An investigation was launched by the [[Ohio State Highway Patrol]],<ref name=Cuncinnati /> while Alcorn's body was transported to the [[Montgomery County, Ohio|Montgomery County]] coroner, where an [[autopsy]] was scheduled.<ref name=Coolidge /> The truck driver was uninjured in the incident<ref name=RT /> and was not charged with any criminal offence by police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/warren-county/joshua-alcorn-kings-mill-teen-killed-on-i-71-remembered-as-sweet-talented|title=Leelah Alcorn, Kings Mill teen killed on I-71, remembered as 'sweet, talented'|author=WCPO Staff|work=WCPO}}</ref>
 
Within 48 hours of the posting of her suicide note, it had attracted 82,272 views,<ref name=Coolidge /> and by the morning of December 31 it had been reposted on Tumblr 200,000 times.<ref name=BostonGlobe/> The ''[[Boston Globe]]'' described it as a "passionate post".<ref name=BostonGlobe>{{cite web|last1=Johnston|first1=Maura|title=Transgender teen Leelah Alcorn: ‘My death needs to mean something’|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2014/12/31/transgender-teen-leelah-alcorn-death-needs-mean-something/4hw6uPd8NtjIbn8kAdyAbM/story.html|publisher=Boston Globe|accessdate=January 1, 2015|date=December 31, 2014|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XgyFtn2k|archivedate=April 10, 2015}}</ref> The suicide note was later deleted after Alcorn's parents asked for it to be removed,<ref name=note2>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/leelah-alcorns-parents-had-tumblr-suicide-note-deleted-transgender-teen-mourned-high-1773000|title=Leelah Alcorn's Parents Had Tumblr Suicide Note Deleted; Transgender Teen Mourned At High School|first=Maria|last=Vultaggio|date=January 4, 2015|publisher=International Business Times|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> and the blog was made inaccessible to the public.<ref name=blog>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/01/03/leelah-alcorns-blog-and-suicide-note-deleted-from-tumblr/|title=Leelah Alcorn’s blog and suicide note deleted from Tumblr|first=Nick|last=Duffy|date=January 3, 2015|publisher=Pink News|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>
 
According to the family minister, the Alcorn family decided to hold the funeral privately after receiving threats.<ref name=funeral1>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/funeral-transgender-teen-leelah-alcorn-moved-because-threats-n278541|title=Funeral for Transgender Teen Leelah Alcorn Moved Because of 'Threats'|first1=Elisha|last1=Fieldstadt|first2=Scott|last2=Newell|date=January 2, 2015|publisher=NBC News|accessdate=January 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name=service>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontiersmedia.com/frontiers-blog/2015/01/05/leelah-alcorns-funeral-moved-following-threats/|title=Leelah Alcorn's Funeral was Moved Following Threats|first=Dominic|last=Preston|date=January 5, 2015|publisher=Frontiers Media|accessdate=January 13, 2015}}</ref> Alcorn's body was reportedly [[Cremation|cremated]].<ref name=funeral1 />
 
The [[Ohio State Highway Patrol|Ohio State Patrol]] completed their investigation into Alcorn's death on April 30, 2015, officially ruling it a suicide.<ref name="investigation" />
 
== Reaction ==
 
=== Criticism of Alcorn's parents ===
On December 28 at 2:56&nbsp;p.m., Alcorn's mother, Carla Wood Alcorn, posted a public message on the social media website [[Facebook]], stating: "My sweet 16-year-old son, Joshua Ryan Alcorn, went home to Heaven this morning. He was out for an early morning walk and was hit by a truck. Thank you for the messages and kindness and concern you have sent our way. Please continue to keep us in your prayers."<ref name=Coolidge /><ref name=MainsLaw /><ref name=RT>{{cite news |title=Transgender teen asks for her suicide to 'mean something' and 'fix society' |url=http://rt.com/usa/219115-teen-suicide-note-transgender-awareness/ |date=December 31, 2014 |publisher=RT }}</ref> Carla Alcorn's post was subsequently deleted, and her Facebook account was made private.<ref name=RT /> The Alcorn family publicly requested that they be given privacy to grieve in a statement issued by the Kings Local School District.<ref name=Coolidge /> In that statement, staff from Alcorn's former school, Kings High School, declared that "Joshua Alcorn was a sweet, talented, tender-hearted 17-year-old", adding that counselors would be made available to students affected by the incident.<ref name=Coolidge /> A moment of silence was held in Alcorn's memory before a Kings High [[basketball]] game on December 30.<ref name=MainsLaw />
 
Some of Alcorn's sympathizers publicly criticized the teen's mother, Carla Alcorn, for [[Transphobia#Misgendering and exclusion|misgendering]] her daughter in the Facebook post announcing Leelah's death.<ref name=Time /> Some individuals — termed "the Internet's self-appointed vigilantes" in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' — subsequently [[Doxing|doxed]] and harassed Carla via her Facebook account "in revenge" for Leelah's death.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dewey |first1=Caitlin |title=Leelah Alcorn's death was tragic, but harassing her parents is not the answer |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/12/31/leelah-alcorns-death-was-tragic-but-harassing-her-parents-is-not-the-answer/ |publisher=Washington Post |accessdate=January 1, 2015 |date=December 31, 2014}}</ref>
On Twitter, American gay rights activist [[Dan Savage]] argued that Alcorn's parents should be prosecuted for their role in bringing about their daughter's death, commenting that through their actions they "threw her in front of that truck". He cited the successful prosecution of [[New Jersey v. Dharun Ravi|Dharun Ravi]] following the [[suicide of Tyler Clementi]] as a legal precedent for such an action.<ref name=Molloy/><ref name=Badash2>{{cite web |author=David Badash |date=January 1, 2015 |title=Dan Savage: Parents Of Trans Teen Leelah Alcorn 'Threw Her In Front Of That Truck' |publisher=The New Civil Rights Movement |url=http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/dan_savage_parents_of_trans_teen_leelah_alcorn_threw_her_in_front_of_that_truck}}</ref><ref name=Broverman>{{cite web | url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/01/02/savage-parents-trans-teen-who-ended-life-should-be-prosecuted | title=Savage: Parents of Trans Teen Who Ended Life Should Be Prosecuted | work=[[Advocate (magazine)]] | date=January 2, 2015 | accessdate=January 14, 2015 | author=Broverman, Neal }}</ref><ref name=Helling /> He added that legal action should also be brought against the conversion therapists who had counselled Leelah, and suggested that the Alcorns should lose custody of their other children.<ref name=Molloy /><ref name=Badash2 />
 
Carla Alcorn responded to such criticism in an interview with [[CNN]], stating "we loved him unconditionally. We loved him no matter what. I loved my son. People need to know that I loved him. He was a good kid, a good boy."<ref name=Buncombe /><ref name=CNN1/><ref name=Brennan />
Although acknowledging that Leelah had requested transition surgery, Carla stated that she had never heard her child use the name "Leelah", before reiterating her refusal to accept her child's transgender status, adding "We don't support that, religiously."<ref name=Buncombe /><ref name=CNN1>{{cite web |last1=Fantz |first1=Ashley |title=An Ohio transgender teen's suicide, a mother's anguish |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/31/us/ohio-transgender-teen-suicide/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 |website=edition.cnn.com |publisher=CNN |accessdate=January 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Brennan>{{cite web |title=Leelah Alcorn's mother: 'We loved him' |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/12/31/leelah-alcorns-mother-we-loved-him/21139385/ |website=www.cincinnati.com |accessdate=January 1, 2015 |date=December 31, 2014 |author=Brennan, Patrick}}</ref> She expressed concern that users of social media thought her to be a "horrible person", but defended her actions in dealing with her child, stating that she had banned Leelah's internet access to prevent her accessing "inappropriate" things.<ref name=CNN1/>
In an email to Cincinnati-based channel [[WCPO-TV]], Leelah's father Doug Alcorn wrote, "We love our son, Joshua, very much and are devastated by his death. We have no desire to enter into a political storm or debate with people who did not know him. We wish to grieve in private. We harbor no ill will towards anyone... I simply do not wish our words to be used against us."<ref name=Law/>
 
Writing for [[Salon (website)|Salon]], [[Mary Elizabeth Williams]] commented that "it would be cruel and inaccurate to suggest that Carla Alcorn did not love her child", but added that Carla's statement that she "loved him unconditionally" revealed "a tragic lack of understanding of the word 'unconditionally,' even in death."<ref>{{cite web |author=Mary Elizabeth Williams |title=Leelah Alcorn’s mom mourns a "good boy" |date=January 2, 2015 |website=Salon |url=http://www.salon.com/2015/01/02/leelah_alcorns_mom_mourns_a_good_boy/}}</ref> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine quoted Johanna Olson, Medical Director for the Center of Trans Youth Health and Development at [[Children's Hospital Los Angeles]], as stating that "Did Leelah's parents love her? Yes, I'm sure they did. Did they support her? No, they didn't. And that's a tragedy."<ref name=Helling>{{cite web |title=Suicide of Transgender Teen Leelah Alcorn Sparks Emotional Debate |author=Steve Helling |website=People |date=January 2, 2015 |url=http://www.people.com/article/leelah-alcorn-death-sparks-emotional-debate-parents-speak}}</ref> Mara Keisling, the Executive Director of the [[National Center for Transgender Equality]], was quoted in ''The Independent'' as stating that the blaming of Alcorn's parents was unhelpful, adding, "Despite the great cultural and policy advances transgender people have made, there is still a lot of disrespect, discrimination and violence aimed at us. And being a child or a teenager of any kind today is very difficult."<ref name=independent/>
 
=== Tributes, vigils, and activism ===
[[File:Candles for Leelah Alcorn.jpeg|thumb|A memorial placed against a wall following the London vigil.]]
 
The day after Alcorn's suicide note was published online, [[Chris Seelbach (politician)|Chris Seelbach]], the first openly gay councilman on [[Cincinnati City Council]], shared it as part of a Facebook message in which he stated that her death showed how hard it was to be transgender in the U.S. His post was shared over 4,700 times and raised increased public awareness of the incident.<ref name=BostonGlobe /><ref name=Coolidge /><ref name=MainsLaw /> By December 30, Alcorn's death had attracted worldwide attention.<ref name=Coolidge /> News outlets across the world had picked up the story, and the [[hashtag]] #LeelahAlcorn had topped [[Twitter]].<ref name=Coolidge /> According to British newspaper ''[[The Independent]]'', the incident "triggered widespread anguish and raised a debate about the rights of transgender people",<ref name=Buncombe /> while the U.S.-based ''[[Boston Globe]]'' stated that it "served as a flashpoint for transgender progress in 2014".<ref name=BostonGlobe />
 
On January 1, 2015, the Cincinnati-based LGBT rights group Support Marriage Equality Ohio hosted a vigil for Alcorn outside Kings High School.<ref name=Law /><ref name=Bowdeya>{{cite news |author=Bowdeya Tweh |date=January 1, 2015 |title=Vigils planned to mourn Leelah Alcorn |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/12/31/leelah-alcorn-vigil-planned-in-cincinnati/21097257/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin= |publisher=Cincinnati.com}}</ref> A candlelight vigil in [[Goodale Park]], Columbus was held on January 2 by a group called Stand Up 4 Leelah.<ref name=Bowdeya /> A further vigil was organized by both The Diverse City Youth Chorus in partnership with the Cincinnati chapter of the [[Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network]] at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center for January 10.<ref name=Bowdeya /> The vigil location at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center was moved to the Woodward Theater, to make way for a larger setting.<ref name=vigilmove>{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/01/06/leelah-alcorn-transgender-memorial-service-cincinnati/21332633/|title=2nd Leelah Alcorn vigil moved to Woodward Theater|first=Anne|last=Saker|date=January 6, 2015|publisher=Cincinnati Enquirer|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name=memorial1 /> The venue was attended by nearly 600 supporters.<ref name=Woodward>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/downtown/leelah-alcorn-vigil-at-woodward-theater-draws-nearly-600-supporters|title=Leelah Alcorn vigil at Woodward Theater draws nearly 600 supporters|first1=Casey|last1=Weldon|first2=Jason|last2=Law|date=January 10, 2015|publisher=WCPO|accessdate=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
 
A January 3 vigil was scheduled for [[Trafalgar Square]] in [[London]]; an organizer was quoted as saying that "[Alcorn's] death was a political death. When a member of our community is brutalised at the hands of oppression we must all fight back".<ref>{{cite news |title=Vigils to be held tomorrow for transgender teen Leelah Alcorn |author=Nick Duffy |website=PinkNews |date=January 2, 2015 |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/01/02/vigils-to-be-held-tomorrow-for-transgender-teen-leelah-alcorn/}}</ref> Those who spoke at the event included politician [[Sarah Brown (politician)|Sarah Brown]] and novelist and poet [[Roz Kaveney]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Photos: London vigil for transgender teen Leelah Alcorn |author=Nick Duffy |date=4 January 2015 |publisher=PinkNews |url= http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/01/04/photos-london-vigil-for-transgender-teen-leelah-alcorn/}}</ref> Marches were carried out in honor of Alcorn in both [[Northwest, Washington, D.C.]] and [[Queen Street, Auckland]] on January 10.<ref name=northwest>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/01/08/d-c-march-honor-leelah-alcorn-scheduled/|title=D.C. march to honor Leelah Alcorn scheduled|first=Michael K.|last=Lavers|date=January 8, 2015|publisher=Washington Blade|accessdate=January 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name=queen1>{{cite web|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/leelah-alcorn-auckland-march-in-support-of-trans-teens-2015010916#axzz3OMKzHYLk|title=Leelah Alcorn: Auckland march in support of trans teens|first=Caitlin|last=Smith|date=January 10, 2015|publisher=3 News|accessdate=January 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name=queen2>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1501/S00133/transgender-advocates-plan-rally-in-support-of-leelah-alcorn.htm|title=Transgender advocates plan rally in support of Leelah Alcorn|first=Jennifer Katherine|last=Shields|date=January 9, 2015|publisher=Scoop|accessdate=January 9, 2015}}</ref> The same day, a candlelight vigil was held in [[New York City]]'s [[Columbus Circle]].<ref name=circle>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2039731/after-leelah-alcorns-death-these-trans-activists-want-you-to-think-differently-about-gender/|title=After Leelah Alcorn’s Death, These Trans Activists Want You To Think Differently About Gender|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|date=January 10, 2015|publisher=MTV|accessdate=January 10, 2015}}</ref> A memorial protest against conversion therapy and in memory of Alcorn took place in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]] on January 24, 2015.<ref name=protest>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/transgender-community-rallies-against-conversion-therapy/article_3f1a7816-a42e-11e4-93ae-ab7430d018fe.html|title=Transgender community rallies against conversion therapy|first=Ashlie|last=Walter|date=January 24, 2015|publisher=The News & Advance|accessdate=January 26, 2015}}</ref>
 
Among the transgender celebrities who publicly responded to the incident were [[Janet Mock]], [[Andreja Pejić]], and [[Laverne Cox]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/leelah-alcorns-transgender-suicide-prompts-response-laverne-cox-andreja-pejic-janet-1770446 |title=Leelah Alcorn's Transgender Suicide Prompts Response From Laverne Cox, Andreja Pejic, Janet Mock |date=December 30, 2014 |accessdate= |website= |publisher= International Business Times |last=Vultaggio |first=Maria}}</ref><ref name=Newsweek>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/suicide-leelah-alcorn-transgender-teen-sparks-new-advocacy-trans-rights-295724 |title=Suicide of Transgender Teen Sparks Heightened Advocacy for Trans Rights |date=December 30, 2014 |accessdate= |website= |publisher=Newsweek |last=Mejia |first=Paula}}</ref> while the musician [[Ray Toro]] released a song, "For The Lost And Brave", in dedication to Alcorn.<ref name=lostandbrave1>{{cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/my-chemical-romance-ray-toro-releases-song-in-memory-of-leelah-alcorn/01/2015/|title=Ray Toro Of My Chemical Romance Dedicates New Song To Memory Of Leelah Alcorn|first=Dan|last=Avery|date=January 2, 2015|publisher=New Now Next|accessdate=January 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name=lostandbrave2>{{cite web|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/22661/20150102/ex-chemical-romance-guitarist-ray-toro-drops-new-single-lost-brave-gerard-way-leelah-alcorn.htm|title=Leelah Alcorn Song: Ray Toro Dedicates New Single "For the Lost and the Brave" To Transgender Teen [LISTEN]|first=Alex|last=M. Smith|date=January 2, 2015|publisher=Music Times|accessdate=January 3, 2015}}</ref> [[Jill Soloway]], the writer of television show ''[[Transparent (TV series)|Transparent]]'', dedicated her [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Television Series to Alcorn.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amazon’s ‘Transparent’ writer dedicates Golden Globe to Leelah Alcorn |author=Joseph Patrick McCormick |date=12 January 2015 |publisher=PinkNews |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/01/12/amazons-transparent-writer-dedicates-golden-globe-to-leelah-alcorn/}}</ref> During [[Diane Sawyer]]'s interview with [[Caitlyn Jenner]], which confirmed Jenner's trans identity, Alcorn was mentioned by name and the message "Fix society. Please" was broadcast.<ref name="jenner interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/04/24/bruce-jenner-references-leelah-alcorn-during-interview/26345279/|title=Leelah Alcorn referenced during Bruce Jenner interview|first=Patrick|last=Brennan|date=April 25, 2015|publisher=Cincinnati Enquirer|accessdate=May 3, 2015}}</ref>
 
Carolyn Washburn, editor of the Ohio newspaper ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]'', stated that the incident "raises important issues we hope will prompt conversations in families throughout our region."<ref name=Coolidge /> Washburn had also received letters that derided the newspaper's use of Alcorn's chosen name in covering her death.<ref name=enquirer>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-gelwicks/a-tender-age-for-suicide-_b_6455800.html|title=A Tender Age for Suicide: Inside Leelah Alcorn's Memorial Service|first=Andrew|last=Gelwicks|date=January 13, 2015|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=January 14, 2015}}</ref> When contacted by ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'', Shane Morgan, the founder and chair of trans advocate group TransOhio, stated that while 2014 witnessed gains for the trans rights movement, Alcorn's death illustrated how "trans people are still being victimized and still being disrespected", highlighting the high rate of trans people who had been murdered that year.<ref name=Coolidge /> Since the incident, TransOhio received letters from parents of trans children describing how Leelah's death had affected them.<ref name=CNN1/> Morgan stated that while he understood the anger directed toward Leelah's parents, "there's no excuse for threats to the family."<ref name=CNN1/>
 
Allison Woolbert, executive director of the Transgender Human Rights Institute, informed ''The Independent'' that Leelah's case was "not unique"; the newspaper highlighted research from the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] indicating that LGBT youth are about twice as likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual, cisgender teenagers.<ref name=Molloy /> ''[[Newsweek]]'' similarly placed Alcorn's suicide within its wider context of [[transphobia|transphobic]] discrimination, highlighting that the [[Youth Suicide Prevention Program]] reports that over 50% of transgender youths attempt suicide before the age of 20, and that the [[National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs]] recently published a report indicating that 72% of LGBT homicide victims in 2013 were transgender women.<ref name=Newsweek />
 
=== Leelah's Law ===
A Facebook group called "Justice for Leelah Alcorn" was established,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/leelah-alcorn-devout-christian-mother-of-transgender-teen-says-we-dont-support-that-religiously-as-she-continues-to-refer-to-her-son-9953749.html |title=Leelah Alcorn: Devout Christian mother of transgender teen says 'we don't support that, religiously' as she continues to refer to her 'son' |publisher=The Independent |date=2 January 2015 |accessdate=12 January 2015 |first=Antonia |last=Molloy}}</ref> while a petition calling for "Leelah's Law", a ban on [[conversion therapy]], was created by the Transgender Human Rights Institute to raise awareness of the psychologically harmful effects of such practices; by January 24 it had 330,009 signatures,<ref name="protest"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/leelah-alcorns-transgender-suicide-sparks-leelahs-law-petition-ban-conversion-therapy-1771324 |title=Leelah Alcorn's Transgender Suicide Sparks 'Leelah's Law' Petition To Ban Conversion Therapy |date=December 31, 2014 |accessdate= |website= |publisher=IBT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Leelah Alcorn, Through Her Friends' Eyes |author=Savannah Donaldson |date=January 2, 2015 |publisher=The Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/savannah-donaldson/leelah-alcorn_b_6407122.html}}</ref><ref name=Molski>{{cite web | url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/01/02/leelahs-law-petition-reaches-goal/21181323/ | title='Leelah's Law' petition: 200K signatures in 2 days | work=cincinnati.com | date=January 3, 2015 | accessdate=January 3, 2015 | author=Molski, Henry}}</ref> and was named the fastest growing [[change.org]] petition of 2014.<ref name=change>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/08/leelah-alcorn-death-petition_n_6438918.html|title=Leelah Alcorn's Death Inspires Fastest Growing Change.Org Petition Of 2014|first=James|last=Nichols|date=January 8, 2015|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=January 9, 2015}}</ref> A second appeal demanding the enactment of "Leelah's Law" was posted to the [[We the People (petitioning system)|We the People]] section of [[WhiteHouse.gov]] on January 3, 2015 which garnered more than 100,000 signatures as of January 30.<ref name="whitehouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/01/30/petition-leelahs-law-banning-conversion-therapy-heads-white-house|title=Petition for 'Leelah's Law' Banning Conversion Therapy Heads to White House|date=January 30, 2015|publisher=The Advocate|accessdate=January 31, 2015}}</ref> In response to the petition President [[Barack Obama]] called for the banning of conversion therapy for minors.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shear|first1=Michael|title=Obama to Call for End to ‘Conversion’ Therapies for Gay and Transgender Youth|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/us/politics/obama-to-call-for-end-to-conversion-therapies-for-gay-and-transgender-youth.html?ref=politics|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=9 April 2015|date=9 April 2015}}</ref> Under the Twitter hashtag #RealLiveTransAdult, many trans people posted encouraging tweets for their younger counterparts,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/transgender-teen-leelah-alcorns-death-inspires-reallivetransadult-hashtag/story?id=27927271 |title =Leehlah Alcorn: Transgender Teen's Death Inspires #RealLiveTransAdult Hashtag |date=December 31, 2014 |publisher=ABC}}</ref> while other hashtags, such as #ProtectTransKids, and the term "Rest in Power", also circulated on Twitter.<ref name=BostonGlobe /><ref name=restinpower1>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/31/transgender-teen-who-died-of-an-apparent-suicide-fix-society-please/|title=Transgender teen who died of an apparent suicide: ‘Fix society. Please.’|first=Terrence|last=McCoy|date=December 31, 2014|publisher=The Washington Post|accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name=restinpower2>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/leelah-alcorn-hashtag-reallivetransadult/|title=#RealLiveTransAdult gives trans teens hope after Leelah Alcorn tragedy|first=Aja|last=Romano|date=December 31, 2014|publisher=The Daily Dot|accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name=restinpower3>{{cite web|url=http://wgntv.com/2014/12/31/transgender-teen-pleads-in-suicide-note-my-death-needs-to-mean-something/|title=Transgender teen pleads in suicide note: ‘My death needs to mean something’|date=December 31, 2014|publisher=WGNtv|accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref> A change.org petition was set up calling for Leelah's chosen name to be included on her [[gravestone]],<ref name=Time>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/3651037/leelah-alcorn-transgender/|title = Transgender Teen’s Death Sparks Outcry From Advocates|date = December 31, 2014|accessdate = |website = |publisher = Time|last = Dockterman|first = Eliana}}</ref> which gained over 80,000 signatures.<ref name=memorial1 /> On January 6, Adam Hoover of Marriage Equality Ohio remarked that, since the request of having Alcorn's chosen name on her gravestone seemed "like a slim possibility", they would be raising money for a permanent memorial arranged as a bench, tree and [[commemorative plaque]].<ref name=memorial1>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/warren-county/leelah-alcorn-group-raises-money-for-memorial-for-transgender-teen-who-committed-suicide|title=Leelah Alcorn: Group raises money for memorial for transgender teen who committed suicide|date=January 7, 2015|publisher=WCPO|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> In April 2015, President Obama responded to the petition seeking to ban conversion therapy inspired by Alcorn's death with a pledge to advocate for such a ban.<ref>{{cite web|author=April 9, 2015 |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/04/08/leelah-alcorn-obama-conversion-therapy/25497485/ |title=Leelah's death moves Obama to respond |publisher=Cincinnati.com |date=2014-10-17 |accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref>
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