death november december american girl suicide attracted international attention posted suicide note blog writing societal standards affecting people expressing hope death create dialogue discrimination abuse lack support people assigned male birth given raised conservative christian household ohio age came parents refused accept female gender identity denied request undergo transition treatment instead sending christian based conversion therapy intention convincing reject gender identity accept gender assigned birth revealed attraction males classmates parents removed school revoked access social media suicide note cited loneliness key reasons decision end life blamed parents causing feelings committed suicide walking oncoming traffic interstate highway arranged suicide note posted online hours death soon attracted international attention mainstream social media lgbt rights activists called attention incident evidence problems faced youth held memory united_states united_kingdom petitions formed calling establishment law ban conversion therapy received supportive response president barack_obama year city cincinnati conversion therapy parents criticized comments media lgbt rights activist blamed child death social media users subjected online harassment defended refusal accept child identity use conversion therapy reference christian beliefs life assigned male birth given eventually rejected suicide note signed children describing raised conservative christian environment family attended cincinnati featured profile church published article according suicide note felt like girl trapped boy body came identify girl age fourteen aware term according note immediately informed mother reacted extremely negatively claiming phase god male woman stated hate developed form depression mother sent christian conversion got christians telling selfish wrong look god help aged sixteen requested allowed undergo transition treatment denied permission felt hopeless going look like man drag rest life 16th birthday didn receive consent parents start transitioning cried sleep publicly revealed attraction males sixteen believed identifying gay male point stepping stone coming later date according childhood friend received positive reception school parents appalled words felt like attacking image embarrassment wanted perfect little straight christian boy obviously wanted removed enrolled eleventh online school according parents cut outside world months denied access social media forms communication described significant contributing factor suicide end school year returned phone allowed regain contact friends time according relationship strained continued feel isolated months prior death sought help social media website asking users treatment parents considered child abuse revealed parents physically assaulted talked tone things like real girl going fuck boys god going send straight hell feel awful christian time thought god hated didn deserve alive explained tried absolute hardest live standards straight male eventually realized hated religion parents disclosed prescribed increasing anti concluding post wrote help don know computer recovered near site suicide contained conversations showing planned jump bridge interstate days incident contacted crisis told friend basically cried eyes couple hours talking lady death prior death december scheduled suicide note automatically posted account note stated intention end life commenting decided going transition successfully going happy way look sound going friends satisfy going love satisfy going find man loves going happy live rest life lonely man wishes woman live life woman hates winning way sad don need life worse people gets better isn true case gets worse day worse feel like killing sorry good reason good expressed wish possessions money donated advocacy charity called issues surrounding gender identity taught schools note ended statement death needs mean death needs counted number people commit suicide year want look number fix fix society second post appeared shortly titled sorry featured apology close friends siblings trauma suicide contained message parents fuck control people like additional suicide note reading found bed thrown away mother police copy early morning december police informed news sources walking southbound interstate near struck semi trailer near south lebanon exit died scene believed walked miles parents house nearby ohio struck highway closed hour incident investigation launched body transported autopsy scheduled truck driver incident charged criminal offence police hours posting suicide note attracted views morning december times boston_globe described passionate post suicide note later deleted parents asked removed blog inaccessible public according family minister family decided hold funeral privately receiving threats body reportedly cremated completed investigation death april officially ruling suicide reaction criticism parents december mother posted public message social media website facebook stating sweet year old son went home heaven morning early morning walk hit truck thank messages kindness concern sent way continue prayers post subsequently deleted facebook account private family publicly requested given privacy statement issued statement staff school declared sweet talented tender hearted year old adding available students affected incident moment silence held memory kings high basketball game december publicly criticized teen mother daughter facebook post announcing death individuals termed internet self appointed washington_post subsequently harassed facebook account revenge death twitter american gay rights activist argued parents prosecuted role bringing daughter death commenting actions threw truck cited successful prosecution following suicide legal precedent action added legal action brought conversion suggested lose custody children responded criticism interview cnn stating loved loved matter loved son people need know loved good kid good boy acknowledging requested transition surgery stated heard child use refusal accept child status adding don support expressed concern users social media thought horrible person defended actions dealing child stating banned internet access prevent inappropriate things email cincinnati based channel father wrote love son devastated death desire enter political storm debate people know wish private harbor ill simply wish words writing salon commented cruel inaccurate suggest love child added statement loved revealed tragic lack understanding word death people magazine quoted medical director stating parents love yes sure support didn tragedy executive director quoted independent stating blaming parents adding despite great cultural policy advances people lot discrimination violence aimed child teenager kind today difficult tributes activism day suicide note published online openly gay shared facebook message stated death showed hard post shared times raised increased public awareness incident december death attracted worldwide attention news outlets world picked story topped twitter according british newspaper independent incident triggered widespread raised debate rights people boston_globe stated served progress january cincinnati based lgbt rights group hosted outside columbus held january group called stand organized partnership cincinnati chapter gay lesbian straight education network january location moved way larger setting venue attended nearly supporters january scheduled square london organizer quoted saying death political death member community hands oppression fight spoke event included politician novelist poet marches carried honor northwest washington queen street january day held new_york_city memorial protest conversion therapy memory took place virginia january celebrities publicly responded incident musician released song lost brave dedication writer television transparent dedicated golden globe award best television series interview bruce confirmed identity mentioned message fix society broadcast signs interchange interstate south died group adopted road memory editor ohio newspaper stated incident raises important issues hope prompt conversations families region received letters derided newspaper use chosen covering death contacted founder chair advocate group stated witnessed gains trans rights movement death illustrated trans people highlighting high rate people murdered year incident received letters parents children describing death affected morgan stated understood anger directed parents excuse threats family executive director informed independent case unique newspaper highlighted research indicating lgbt youth twice likely attempt suicide teenagers newsweek similarly placed suicide wider context discrimination highlighting reports youths attempt suicide age recently published report indicating lgbt homicide victims women law facebook group called justice established petition calling law ban conversion therapy united_states created raise awareness psychologically harmful effects practices january signatures named fastest growing petition second appeal demanding enactment law posted people section january garnered signatures january response petition president barack_obama called banning conversion therapy minors twitter people posted encouraging younger counterparts term rest power circulated twitter petition set calling chosen included gained signatures january adam marriage equality ohio remarked request having chosen like slim possibility raising money permanent memorial arranged bench tree commemorative plaque april president obama responded petition seeking ban conversion therapy inspired death pledge advocate ban december cincinnati second city ban practice conversion therapy outright council member cited suicide influence decision stating challenged death matter
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