Transgender Teen Leelah Alcorn’s Suicide Galvanizes Movement
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Transgender Teen Leelah Alcorn’s Suicide Galvanizes Movement

ByKyle W. Bell

The apparent suicide of 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn, a transgender girl from Ohio who documented her struggle and loneliness online, is galvanizing a movement against transphobia. Several vigils are planned in the U.S. and Canada for Friday and Saturday; petitions calling for Alcorn’s family to use her chosen name on her headstone and for President Barack…

Donnelly’s Military Suicide Prevention Act Becomes Law
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Donnelly’s Military Suicide Prevention Act Becomes Law

ByKyle W. Bell

President Barack Obama has signed a new law aimed at preventing military suicides. Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana shepherded the bill through the Senate. A study commissioned by the US Army found that the suicide rate doubled from 2004 to 2009 among soldiers who were deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. The rate of 30 per…