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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2015-01-12

"Leelah Alcorn's parents, had they been the parents of a cisgender child, would be condemned as monsters by everyone outside the bubble of those who share their religious beliefs. As a trans child, Leelah's death somehow manages to give her parents better coverage. We've come to a place where even religion isn't a foolproof shield against driving a gay child to suicide. With a trans child, the shield is stronger. It's a shield that needs to be destroyed." -- St. Ridley Santos, 2015-01-03, reacting (I think) to folks who argue that we should not criticise Alcorn's parents since, after all, they are grieving having just lost a child (whose identity they are still erasing AFAIK)

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