By Ryan Burns
Chloe's Legacy
Mourning parents hope to educate through the suicide of their teenage transgender daughter

http://www.northcoastjournal.com/news/2010/10/14/chloes-legacy/

(Oct. 14, 2010)  On the Friday before Labor Day weekend, Karin Fresnel was on her weekly shopping trip at the Eureka Co-op when she noticed that she was being watched — first while standing in the beer aisle, then again at the meat counter. Finally, the petite, blond-haired woman who'd been following her through the store stepped forward and said, "Can I ask you a personal question?"

"My first thought was, 'I've been clocked,'" Fresnel told the Journal last week. As a transgender woman, such confrontations are common. Not three days earlier a stranger on the street had called her "an abomination in the eyes of God." So, fearing the worst, Fresnel drew herself up to her full height (six-three in heels) and answered, "Yes, you may, and yes, I'm trans."

sigh.

 

All I can say is thank the godess I survived.

I admire all those who have it so much harder than me. I mean I stuggled to find life and I had a supportive workplace, supportive friends, a family that did not reject me, a supportive counsellor and the right endocronologist. It was still friken hard.

Hugs for everyone!! You are great!!

That story touched my emotions, I felt like crying. I can't ever go through with suicide because my mom lost my brother when he was 13 and I'm all she has left and I can't bear to hurt her by taking my own life. Why are kids so evil? Everytime I've got picked on, I always asked that question.