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Title: Trans teen dies after posting suicide note to Tumblr
Post by: stephaniec on September 30, 2015, 04:15:09 PM
Post by: stephaniec on September 30, 2015, 04:15:09 PM
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."
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."
Title: Re: Trans teen dies after posting suicide note to Tumblr
Post by: Dee Marshall on September 30, 2015, 04:35:58 PM
Post by: Dee Marshall on September 30, 2015, 04:35:58 PM
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.
Title: Re: Trans teen dies after posting suicide note to Tumblr
Post by: suzifrommd on September 30, 2015, 08:08:12 PM
Post by: suzifrommd on September 30, 2015, 08:08:12 PM
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
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
Title: Re: Trans teen dies after posting suicide note to Tumblr
Post by: Devlyn on September 30, 2015, 10:32:52 PM
Post by: Devlyn on September 30, 2015, 10:32:52 PM
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1279.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy537%2FDevlynMarie%2FModstuff%2Fcandle_flame_zps05f4fedd.jpg&hash=6daecf7043991ca72a28261f7cfad76c8cb04521)
Title: Re: Trans teen dies after posting suicide note to Tumblr
Post by: traci_k on October 01, 2015, 06:51:43 AM
Post by: traci_k on October 01, 2015, 06:51:43 AM
May he find peace. (tears)