there’s this recurring trope in media of trans women being vindicated and celebrated only in our deaths. leelah alcorn committed suicide because of the horrible horrible treatment she received when she was alive. please don’t say that she “won” as if her suicide was some sort of tactical move in a fight for trans equality, or anything other than a heartbreaking tragedy caused by the rampant transmisogyny of the society we live in

posts like these (@OP) are scary and dangerous, they tell trans youth that suicide is a good way to bring about change. Don’t spread a message like that. I want our youth ALIVE.