[NetAddicted]

Good L-rd! This transgender male was friends with another transgender male! I have no idea what screws up transgenders. Any ideas? In Josh Alcorn's case, I wonder if it was sexual assault, since he wrote his therapist wanted to turn him into a "straight male", so obviously, he was sexually attracted to males. Because his parents were religious, maybe he decided he was really a girl, so he wasn't actually homosexual, and breaking G-d's law. In the title, I wanted to change "her" to "him", but since I wanted to indicate the friend was transexual, it became too complicated. The truth is I think transgender is some mental illness, combined with abuse. G-d help them, before they get surgically butchered.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

What this shows is that kids who think they were born the wrong sex need psychological help. Adults who indulge the kids by playing along and pretending that a boy is a girl or vice versa are just creating more problems.

[struggle]

There is a great book of research called “The Man Who Would Be Queen” - there are two types: excessively gay males that feel unconfortable with their masculinity and men turned on by acting female.

[dfwgator]

Yeah it’s “heartbreaking” for the innocent truck driver who was merely doing his job but has now to deal with this because of this selfish jerk.

[KC_Lion]

Mental Illness is a terrible thing.

G-d help those people :'(

[IronJack]

I came out to my family and close friends as transsexual and they freaked out

Of course they did! If your child announced he had a serious mental illness, what would YOU do, celebrate?

[dead]

This poor kid was screwed up in the head, but our nutjob society validates his illness and tells him his delusions are real.

It would be like a psychologist speaking to a former soldier with PTSD and telling him "Yes, you're right - there are gooks in the bushes who intend to kill you, and in your closet at home as well."

[Sans-Culotte]

Too bad “Leelah” could not have managed to be adopted by Angelina Jolie.

[lastchance]

Isn’t any suicide by a young person a tragedy?

[wbill]

This transgender male was friends with another transgender male

"Support Network". Or, in this case, "I'm just like you, too, so there's absolutely nothing wrong with either one of us.".

[denydenydeny]

The proliferation of “trans-friendly” media and support groups has only meant more suicides among the transgendered. It makes you wonder if (as I believe) most transgender suicides are the result of a horrific “buyer’s remorse” from people who suddenly realize they have mutilated their bodies irrevocably for no good reason.

[Falcon4.0]

I've always believed that I was "Millionaire" trapped in a working class man's body.

[bmwcyle]

Yes, she stopped breathing.

[Organic Panic]

Did anyone see the movie “World’s Greatest Dad?” It is a forgettable movie and I won’t spoil it. Robin Williams is a father to a son who wrote his son’s suicide letter after he finds him dead and becomes a cause celeb. It was all a hoax.

Call me skeptical because this stinks of a hoax suicide note.

[AppyPappy]

“I knew I wish I was born a girl,”

What a convoluted logical construct.

[dennisw]

Promoting all this tranny garbage among youth is causing lots of problems with those who have borderline mentalities. Much of it a typical teenage looking for attention. Also teenage rebellion

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

I wish these people would stop calling him a ‘her’ or a ‘she’

Girls do not have a penis.

[Morgana]

“The truth is I think transgender is some mental illness, combined with abuse. “

I suspect you are correct. I have a feeling this kid was abused before or around the age of 4. Now he’s dead because that abuse was not dealt with.