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| '''Leelah's Law''' is the name of a proposed federal law that would ban ] ] in the United States.<ref></ref> Following the ] (born Joshua Alcorn), activists used social media to promote a petition on ], addressed to ] ]. The petition was launched on December 31, 2014 by the ]. Within three days, the petition had been signed by more than 240,000 people.<ref name=Molski>{{cite web | url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/02/petition-on-transgender-law/21214265/ | title=200,000 sign petition on transgender law | work=] | date=January 3, 2015 | accessdate=January 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Mintz>{{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 | work=] | date=December 31, 2014 | accessdate=January 3, 2015 | author=Mintz, Zoe}}</ref><ref name=Vicar>{{cite web | url=http://www.19actionnews.com/story/27744564/advocates-petition-new-bill-after-death-of-local-transgender-teen | title=Leelah's law Change.org petition receives 233K signatures in two days | work=19 Action News | date=January 3, 2015 | accessdate=January 3, 2015 | author=Vicar, Nathan | author2=Danser, Courtney}}</ref><ref name=Johnson>{{cite web | url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/over-200000-people-demand-obama-enacts-%E2%80%98leelahs-law%E2%80%99-protect-trans-youth030115 | title=Over 200,000 people demand Obama enacts ‘Leelah's Law’ to protect trans youth | work=] | date=January 3, 2015 | accessdate=January 3, 2015 | author=Johnson, Liam}}</ref><ref name=Herskovitz>{{cite web | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-transgender-teen-suicide-note-20141231-story.html | title=Suicide note of transgender Ohio teen inspires call to help others | work=] | date=December 31, 2014 | accessdate=January 3, 2015 | author=Herskovitz, Jon}}</ref><ref name=Jackson>{{cite web | url=http://www.leelahslaw.com/press-release-leelah-alcorn-suicide-a-call-to-end-conversion-therapy/ | title=Press Release: Leelah Alcorn Suicide – A Call to End Conversion Therapy | publisher=leelahslaw.com | date=December 31, 2014 | accessdate=January 3, 2015 | author=Jackson, Debi}}</ref> | |||
| ==Background== | |||
| Leelah Alcorn (born Joshua Ryan Alcorn in 1997), was an American transgender girl whose ] attracted international attention. Alcorn had posted a ] to her ] blog, in which she made a statement about societal standards affecting transgender people and expressed the hope that her death would create a dialogue about discrimination, abuse and lack of support for transgender people. Alcorn died on December 28, 2014 after being struck by a struck by a semi-trailer while walking southbound on ] near the South Lebanon exit, a few miles from her parent's home in ].<ref name=Molski-141230>{{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|author=Molski, Henry |accessdate=January 3, 2014|date=December 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name=LGBTQ-Nation-141230>{{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|date=December 30, 2014|accessdate=January 3, 2014|work=LGBTQ Nation}}</ref> | |||
| Alcorn was assigned male gender at birth. Recognizing her transgender identity at age 14, she came out as transgender to her parents shortly thereafter. When she was 16 her parents denied her request to undergo transition treatment, and instead sent her to Christian-based conversion therapy. They subsequently took her out of school and removed her access to social media. In her suicide note, Alcorn cited the loneliness and alienation caused by her parents' actions as a key reason for her decision to commit suicide.<ref name=Ennis>{{cite web | url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/12/31/leelah-alcorn-rallies-thousands-laws-proposed-protect-trans-youth | title=Laws Proposed to Protect Trans Youth As Leelah Alcorn's Death Rallies Thousands | work=] | date=December 31, 2014 | accessdate=January 3, 2015 | author=Ennis, Dawn}}</ref><ref name=Foster>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11320725/US-teenager-refused-permission-to-change-sex-by-Christian-parents-commits-suicide.html | title=US teenager refused permission to change sex by Christian parents commits suicide | work=] | date=January 1, 2015 | accessdate=January 3, 2015 | author=Foster, Peter}}</ref> | |||
| The incident attracted attention across social media and mainstream press, both in the United States and internationally. LGBT rights groups called attention to Alcorn's death as evidence for the problems facing transgender teenagers and called for the abolition of conversion therapy, citing its damaging psychological effects on young people.<ref name=Ennis>{{cite web | url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/12/31/leelah-alcorn-rallies-thousands-laws-proposed-protect-trans-youth | title=Laws Proposed to Protect Trans Youth As Leelah Alcorn's Death Rallies Thousands | work=] | date=December 31, 2014 | accessdate=January 3, 2015 | author=Ennis, Dawn}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ], an Internet-based project whose goal it is to prevent suicide among LGBT youth | |||
| * ], an organization focused on suicide prevention efforts LGBTQ people | |||
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