There have been a number of tributes following the horrific suicide of transgender teen, Leelah Alcorn.
Today on The NewsHour, it was reported that Leelah's parents pulled her out of school to attend a special "christian" conversion school. In an interview with Leelah's mother, the emotionally-stunted, synonymically-challenged woman stated concurrently that she loved "Josh" unconditionally but would never tolerate "his" sexual identity due to her "faith." My heart aches for Leelah and those who face the same dilemma over gender. I can't imagine a bigger personal battle.
Now there is a petition seeking a federal law banning such bronze-age, snake-oil fueled religious bullshit. Please sign, like, share, tweet and yell from the rooftops: this nonsense has to stop! Nut-case religious types have no right to torture our children.
Here's the article. Just click on "garnered" in the first paragraph to reach the petition.
Thank you.