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Trans Friend is Missing :(

Discussion in 'Gender Identity and Expression' started by beckyg, Jul 6, 2010.

  1. excuseyou77

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    RIP Marcie... this is truly heartbreaking and awful that the parents won't acknowledge their daughter's wishes. :frowning2:

    Becky (*hug*)
     
  2. Pepsi

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    I'm so sorry Becky. That's truly horrid. My thoughts are with you and Marcie (*hug*)
     
  3. ethelred

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    Wow, I leave lurking around here for a few weeks, then come back realizing I hadn't surfed in ages, and this was the first post I clicked.

    I wish it wasn't so hard on trans people. As much as my roomie is an aggravating person, it enrages me that, if she ever did herself in (she's tried), she'd get the same treatment and they'd bury her in a suit.

    This is one of those times when I wish I was more active with my spiritual side, something I'm avoiding until I get my own place and I don't have to explain what a mother goddess is all the time. I'll do something for Marcie; I suppose I have to, wouldn't want her stuck haunting her family.

    (*hug*)
     
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    Thats so sad...I'm so sorry, for you...and for her.

    I feel so bad for her, I don't know what I would have done in her situation...but her parents just make me so mad, how can they do that?! grrr...anyways, I'm sorry...so very sorry.
     
  5. dude99

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    I really sorry about that news, people out there can be really cruel. Hope eventually they would see what the positivies GLBT community have contributed to. But of course Marcie was so fortunate to have an friend like you.
     
  6. beckyg

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    Thanks everyone! Marcie had alot of people who loved her and were pulling for her. Its just too bad that the people she loved most (her parents) couldn't love her like we did. Some people in my chapter are totally opposed to giving any kind of condolences to Marcie's family. I think I will send them a card telling them about the Marcie I knew because obviously they didn't know her.
     
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    I am so sorry Becky. That is just horrible. And I can't believe that she would be buried in men's clothes and she would be called mark. It makes me so upset. May she rest in peace.
     
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    RIP Marcie

    :frowning2:

    Stories like this are so sad. If her parents had just loved her she would have probably lived a long life.
     
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    This is just horrible.
    Please give my condolences to her loved ones.

    The UU fellowship that she is in is amazing for giving her a proper memorial.
     
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    RIP Marcie it is so sad and makes me angry that she was not accepted by her family. It's 2010 not the 1960's.
     
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    Now that sounds like a good way to extend condolences and unburden yourself to some degree at the same time - and knowing our Becky it would be phrased in such a way as to be tactful yet unanswerable. (*hug*)
     
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    I agree, think it's a great way to make the best out of a tragic situation. (*hug*)
     
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    Sorry that had to happen to her and you Becky (*hug*)(*hug*)(*hug*)
    R.I.P. Marcie

    It's really sad she never had her parents support before she died.
     
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    Jesus. Rest in peace Marcie.
     
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    That's a great idea. As mad as you can be at her family, they too are still grieving. Extending condolences and relaying how much Marcie was loved for who she was and how that made her feel (with coming out of her shell as a nice example) certainly is a positive step in helping them understand.

    I'm truly sorry for your loss Becky.
     
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    This is very good idea, Becky.

    Personally, I think that being that rude to a family that just lost a child (even though they may not be the greatest parents) is only creating a bigger divide.
     
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    I'm really saddened to hear about this news.
    Marcie will be in my thoughts.
     
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    This is very sad. I'm sorry to hear about your friend.

    R.I.P. Marcie