Following her suicide early Sunday morning, more of Leelah Alcorn‘s online activity has come to light, and it’s pretty upsetting.
Not only was her suicide note emotional enough, but her past social media posts have unearthed a whole new level of sadness that she was living with.
We already knew that she wasn’t a part of the most hospitable home, but her activity on Reddit has added even more pain to her death.
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In a post regarding her parents, she said:
“They would say things like ‘You’ll never be a real girl,’ or ‘What’re you going to do, f**k boys?’ or ‘God’s going to send you straight to hell.’ These all made me feel awful about myself, I was christian at the time so I thought that God hated me and that I didn’t deserve to be alive. I cut myself at least once every couple days, and I was constantly thinking about suicide.”
And when asked about how her parents reacted to her sexuality, she said:
“They took me out of public school, took away my phone and computer, and wouldn’t let me on social media websites, so I was out of contact with any of my friends. I was like this for 5 months, completely and utterly alone. I wasn’t allowed to talk to anyone outside of church and I wasn’t allowed to be with any of my friends, I just had to stay in my house and be quiet.”
This is all just so sad.
No one deserves this kind of treatment, especially a child.
Rest in peace, Leelah.
[Image via Tumblr]
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