He was a good kid, a good boy.” Crossing out the name “Josh,” the 17-year-old signed the name “Leelah” in a suicide note posted to Tumblr. The note was programmed to publish after Alcorn ...

At the end of the suicide note believed to belong to her, the teen crossed out her birth name -- Josh -- and wrote in "Leelah." The note went viral after Leelah was killed after being hit by a ...

A petition calling for the family of Leelah Alcorn to use her chosen name on her headstone has attracted more than 50,000 supporters. The petition, on change.org, said using the name the ...

Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Seelbach posted a long note on his Facebook page, a note that was reportedly left behind by Leelah Alcorn, who was born Joshua Alcorn. It reportedly had been ...

In a heart-wrenching letter posted to Tumblr on Dec. 28, Leelah Alcorn — the 17-year-old transgender girl who apparently committed suicide after a long battle with her parents over her gender ...

Leelah Alcorn, who was born with the name Joshua, walked in front of an oncoming truck and was crushed to death on Sunday morning. open image in gallery Leelah Alcorn in a photo she posted on her ...

Leelah’s bitter indictment of her parents’ attempts to keep her from expressing herself went viral flowing her death earlier this week. It noted that they had taken her to Christian-based ...

In a painful farewell message posted hours after she stepped in front of a semi, 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn said in no uncertain terms that she's a young woman — not anyone's "son." Indeed ...

Leelah Alcorn was a transgender high school student who should never have died at age 17. She lived in a suburb of the first city in the Midwest to offer transgender inclusive health benefits ...

After the tragic death of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn this past December, 13-year-old Tom Sosnik finally found the incentive he needed to reveal his true self to his fellow classmates.

When Transparent creator Jill Soloway won a Golden Globe on Sunday for her series about a transgender woman, she dedicated the award to “the memory of Leelah Alcorn and too many trans teens w ...

At the end of the suicide note believed to belong to her, the teen crossed out her birth name -- Josh -- and wrote in "Leelah." The note went viral after Leelah was killed after being hit by a ...