Trans teen dies after posting suicide note to Tumblr

[stephaniec]

Trans teen dies after posting suicide note to Tumblr

http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/skylar-lee-death-wisconsin/

Daily Dot/By Mary Emily O'Hara
Sep 29, 2015, 4:59pm CT | Last updated Sep 30, 2015, 9:20am CT

"Note: The following article contains sensitive content that might be triggering for some readers.

A 16-year-old trans youth from Madison, Wisconsin, passed away on Monday after taking his own life. According to an obituary posted to the website of Cress Funeral Service, Skylar Marcus Lee was a junior at Madison West High School who belonged to the school Gay-Straight Alliance and loved ballroom dancing."

[Dee Marshall]

This brings tears. I think most, if not all of us have been close to that decision. My wife is Jewish and twice a year they light a candle for those they've lost. This Day of Remembrance I'm seriously considering lighting a jahrzeit candle for each of our sisters and brothers who we've lost to suicide or murder since the previous one. Does anyone know how many it's been? Names would be helpful, too.

[suzifrommd]

The tumblr post has been taken down. Here is a link to the google cache:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:pgmL7iPoqV4J:skylarandthesevenqueers.tumblr.com/post/130054274522/more-this-is-scheduled-to-post-at-6am-92815+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[Devlyn]

[traci_k]

May he find peace. (tears)