It Breaks my heart to again report

[traci_k]

Bullying's cost: Transgender Racine student commits suicide

(Trigger Warning)

http://journaltimes.com/news/local/da21839e-7fac-558a-9987-4102784fa259.html


May 06, 2015 9:15 pm  •  SCOTT ANDERSON scott.anderson@journaltimes.com


CALEDONIA — Cameron Langrell was a teenage boy who felt trapped in the wrong body.

The 15-year-old freshman at Horlick High School recently announced on Facebook that he was transgender. He wrote that he was dating another boy and changed his profile gender to "female."

A few days after his announcement, he was dead. Family members feel it was because of bullying.

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And in this case parents were supportive,

Rest in Peace dear one.


IDAHOT Day May 17, 2015 - We MUST change the world. If not for us, for them. Traci

[Devlyn]

[katrinaw]

So sad

[suzifrommd]

Very sad.

I understand why the article used male pronouns but I wish the author had found a way not to misgender her.

[Asche]

I understand why the article used male pronouns but I wish the author had found a way not to misgender her.

FWIW, the article in the Advocate uses female pronouns.

If she had chosen a new (female-sounding?) name, I haven't seen reference to it, so it's understandable that even they refer to her as "Cameron."