from Logan, Utah, Ashley Hallstrom posted a
plea on Facebook on Wednesday, October 14, calling
for people to help change the stigma surrounding
transgender communities. She then took her own
life by stepping into the path of an oncoming dump
truck on a highway. Logan, Utah police said they
believe that the act was intentional.
"According to witnesses and information that we
gathered on the scene, it appears that the pedestrian
had jumped in front of that northbound vehicle,"
Capt. Tyson Budge said in a statement. "Evidence at
the scene gave every indication that the driver had
attempted to swerve and brake, to avoid the collision
but was unable to do so" Budge added.
See the suicide note Hallstrom wrote on her
Facebook wall before killing herself below;
"These are going to be my final words. I can't
stand to live another day, so I'm committing suicide.
The reason why I've decided to do this is because I'm
transgender. For those of you that unsure of what
that means, it means that even though I was born in
a male body, I am and have always been female.
I've known I was female for as far back as I can
remember. This caused me to become severely
depressed from a very young age. From a very young
age I was told that people like me are freaks and
abominations, that we are sick in the head and
society hates us. This made me hate who I was.
I tried so hard to be just like everyone else but
this isn't something you can change.
It wasn't until I was 20 that I found out I wasn't
alone. I had hope that I would finally be able to
live as and love who I am. I finally came out as
transgender and began transitioning. For the first
time in my life I could say I was genuinely happy.
Despite this huge change in my life I never completely
got over the depression being trans caused me.
Everywhere I'd turn I'd see the hated that society
had for us. I had already been poisoned by a society
that didn't understand us and, even worse, didn't
want to even try. I saw the pain it caused to people
like me and going though this same hurt myself
it has just become to much for me to take anymore.
I wanted so much to help those going though what
I had to because nobody should ever have to feel
that they hate their life so much that they want to end
it all just so they won't have to experience another
moment of this sadness. I'm not the first to feel
this way and sadly I know I won't be the last.
I'm writing all of this because I've need my story
to be shared. I don't want to be just another number
of a tragic statistic. People need to know that I'm not
just another face of someone they never met. I was alive.
I have a family and friends that I love very much and
I'm so sorry to them for the hurt this will cause them.
I loved being around those that I love. I loved listening
to music and singing. I loved going out to eat with friends
and enjoying good food. I was a real person. I still want
to help people and I believe I still can. Please share my
final words. I believe my last words can help make the
change that society needs to make so that one day there
will be no others like me. Please help make this change
because trans people are everywhere. You may never
know who you're hurting until it's too late.
Please help fix society.
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