Leelah (Joshua) Alcorn society failed you, and I'm sorry. I'm so grateful to WCPO for amending their first story about a 17 yr old boy who accidentally walked in front of a tractor trailer on I-71:
After what she claimed was years of emotional abuse from her devout Christian parents, 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn couldn't bear it any longer. During the early morning hours on Sunday, three days after Christmas, the Kings Mills, Ohio, teen
17-year-old transgender teen Leelah Alcorn, also known as Joshua Alcorn, was killed after being struck by a tractor-trailer on a highway in Ohio around 2:30 a.m.. The death, however, was NOT accidental. Leelah took her
Transgender celebrities like Laverne Cox, Janet Mock and Andreja Pejic took to social media Tuesday after trans teen Leelah Alcorn took her own life. The Ohio resident scheduled her suicide note to appear on Tumblr hours after her death. The 16-year
Her mother Carla Alcorn posted a tribute to her daughter on Facebook, but referred to her as "son" and used her birth name, making no mention of suicide. At the end of her note, Leelah pleaded: "My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender