A note reportedly left by an Ohio teen asking that her death expose the problems transgender people suffer has been cited by an Ohio official and has prompted police to investigate the death as a suicide and to determine if there was a link to the note.
Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Seelbach posted a long note on his Facebook page a note that was reportedly left behind by Leelah Alcorn who was born Joshua Alcorn. It reportedly had been scheduled to post on Tumblr after the teen died.
Alcorn 17 according to police died Sunday after being hit by a tractor trailer in a suburb of Cincinnati Ohio. Officers from the Ohio Highway Patrol told ABC News they are investigating the death as a suicide and looking into the note.
Calls to Alcorn's family by ABC News at their home were not immediately returned. According to WCPO TV Alcorn's mother Carla Alcorn posted that Alcorn was killed while out for a walk.
My sweet 16 year old son Joshua Ryan Alcorn went home to heaven this morning wrote Carla Alcorn on Facebook according to WCPO. He was out for an early morning walk and was hit by a truck. Thank you for the messages and kindness and concern you have sent our way. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
The note by Leelah Alcorn was originally posted on the teen's Tumblr page reported to be run by Alcorn according to both ABC News affiliate WCPO TV in Cincinnati and Seelbach.
Seelbach told ABC News that as a gay elected representative he felt it was important to draw attention to the story.
Some very sad news to share wrote Seelbach of Alcorn's death in a post. It has come to light that this person likely committed suicide because she was transgender.
In the note Alcorn details the difficulty she said she faced growing up.
The life I would've lived isn't worth living in because I'm transgender read a portion of the post. I could go into detail explaining why I feel that way but this note is probably going to be lengthy enough as it is. To put it simply I feel like a girl trapped in a boy's body and I've felt that way ever since I was 4 the note states.
The note reportedly written by Alcorn detailed her experience coming out as gay and wrote that her peers and school were receptive but that her parents were not. She said she was taken to Christian therapists who did not help her overcome her depression.
After 10 years of confusion I finally understood who I was. I immediately told my mom and she reacted extremely negatively telling me that it was a phase that I would never truly be a girl that God doesn't make mistakes that I am wrong the note states.
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