When she was 16, they denied her request to undergo transition treatment, instead sending her to Christian-based conversion therapy with the intention of convincing her to reject her gender identity and accept her gender as assigned at birth. At age 14, she came out as transgender to her parents, Carla and Doug Alcorn, who refused to accept her female gender identity. Alcorn had posted a suicide note to her Tumblr blog, writing about societal standards affecting transgender people and expressing the hope that her death would create a dialogue about discrimination, abuse and lack of support for transgender people.Īssigned male at birth, she was given the name Joshua Alcorn and raised in Ohio by a family affiliated with the Churches of Christ movement.
Leelah Alcorn (Novem– December 28, 2014) was an American transgender girl whose suicide attracted international attention.
Her first major acting role was in the 2001 film Yellow Hair 2, and since then her credits have included Hi! Honey, a Taiwanese drama series, and Colour Blossoms, an erotic drama by Hong Kong filmmaker Yonfan. So far she has recorded five Korean musical albums, switching genres between techno and R&B, and her overseas releases have featured songs recorded in Mandarin. The commercial was a success and ended up launching her career, allowing her to branch out into other fields such as music and acting. Harisu first gained public attention in 2001, after appearing in a television commercial for DoDo cosmetics. Her stage name is an adaptation of the English phrase "hot issue".
She is noted for being South Korea's first transgender entertainer, and in 2002 became only the second person in Korea to legally change their gender. Assigned male at birth, she identified as female from early childhood, and underwent sex reassignment surgery in the 1990s. Harisu ( Hangul: 하리수) is the stage name of Lee Kyung-eun (born Lee Kyung-yup, February 17, 1975), a transgender pop singer, model and actress from South Korea.
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