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We ask that you invite all of your friends and let the light of one dream live on.

“The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren’t treated the way I was, they’re treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights. Gender needs to be taught about in schools, the earlier the better. My death needs to mean something. My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year. I want someone to look at that number and say “that’s fucked up” and fix it. Fix society.” -Leelah

Leelah’s Mom once told her “God doesn’t make mistakes.”
SHE WAS RIGHT. Leelah was no “mistake.

Let’s come together not only to show her that she was not alone but every other person within the community of humanity that they matter.

If you need someone to talk to call
the Transgender Crisis line 877-565-8860
or the Trevor hotline 866-4-u-trevor

#StandUp4Leelah

Justice 4 Leelah @[null:#justice4leelah]

On Sunday, December 27, 2014, Leelah Alcorn a 17 year old transgender girl wrote a suicide note, posted it on Tumblr and then walked out to a highway and out in front of a semi-truck, tragically ending her life. In her last post, Leelah explained how her parents had forced her to attend conversion therapy, pulled her out of school and isolated her in an attempt to change her gender identity.

Join us at Portland Waterfront Park for a community showing of solidarity and support, as we hold vigil in memory of our fellow sister Leelah, as we mourn and learn about this tragedy, what it means to us, why, and what’s next. If you are unable to attend in person, please feel free to be with us collectively and in spirit, and attend this event as a show of support in solidarity.

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More details to follow later this afternoon. Specific location TBA. Expected temperature is expected to be about 40 degrees, with only 20% chance of rain. Please stay up to date on the latest and greatest details here:

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***London Vigil For Leelah Alcorn Press Release – London, 02/01/2015

On the 28th of December 2014 Leelah Alcorn, a trans girl from Kings Mills, Ohio, was found dead on the Interstate 71, having killed herself. In her widely publicised final words published on her Tumblr blog, she gave the cause of death as a lack of access to trans related healthcare and the associated sense of helplessness in the face of systemic transmisogyny. In light of Leelah’s death, there has been an unprecedented outpouring of grief and anger by the trans community and its allies, with well known celebrities such as Stephen Fry and Laverne Cox voicing their anger across social media platforms. In addition to this a petition, which currently has around 200 000 signatures, has been produced that calls for an end to transgender conversion therapy, one of the direct causes of Leelah’s hopelessness. Finally there have been candlelit vigils across the world, the largest being the ‘Stand Up 4 Leelah Candle Vigil’ in Columbus, Ohio on January 2nd.

In response to aforementioned events, we the trans community of London and the surrounding areas stand in solidarity with the vigils occurring across the globe, and at 1pm on Saturday 3rd of January we too will come together to memorialise Leelah Alcorn. This vigil will take place in Trafalgar square and serves four purposes. First it is there simply to remember a life cut so short by someone that shared our struggles, a girl killed by systemic transmisogyny. Second it is there to remind people that her death was a political death, that when a member of our community is brutalised at the hands of oppression we must all fight back. Third it is a reminder to other folks that we are more than just individuals in this struggle, that as a community we are stronger and that we can create positive change. It is deeply saddening that Leelah’s parents are still refusing to give her the basic respect she deserves, even in death, and so the fourth purpose of this vigil is to do what they will not and mourn a sister.

We ask that you invite all of your friends and let the light of one dream live on.”The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren’t treated the way I was, they’re treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights. Gender needs to be taught about in schools, the earlier the better. My death needs to mean something. My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year. I want someone to look at that number and say “that’s fucked up” and fix it. Fix society.” -Leelah

Her death need not be in vain and lets show her she was not alone but we are standing up for all because #Translivesmatter

Reminders: Its going to be cold please bundle up. Also if you have candles please bring them. We will try to bring as many as we can just in case.