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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrans man's parents refuse to claim his body
A young trans mans parents refuse to claim his body so his friends are paying for a funeralFriends of a gay transgender man who died earlier this month are raising funds for his funeral since his parents are refusing to pick up his body. Daine Grey (a student at the City College of San Francisco) died on July 2 by suicide. Several days later, the San Francisco Coroner contacted his parents. On July 16, ten days after his parents were contacted, they had still not responded to the coroner.
Now Greys friends are raising money for his funeral clothes, a casket, the service, and a plot, which they estimate will be around $16,000. The college has promoted their fundraiser, saying that Grey was active with the City College of San Francisco Queer Resource Center.
The page has raised $13,618 so far. The goal is set at $17,000 to cover GoFundMes transaction fees. Katerina says that any excess funds raised will go to providing transportation for students to the funeral, which will be held at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland. Any leftover funds after that will go to the campus Queer Resource Center.
This past September, Grey came out in a Facebook post. Hello guys, guess this is my big public Coming Out moment.[ ] So Im transgender, he wrote. This means I identify as a gender different from the sex I was assigned at birth, for those who dont know. Im also gay so, thats a thing.
Hope this doesnt lose me too many friends and family, he wrote at the end of the post.
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Trans man's parents refuse to claim his body (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Jul 2018
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hlthe2b
(101,715 posts)1. Sad... Hate and Ignorance can be all consuming...
defacto7
(13,485 posts)2. So sad...
backtoblue
(11,323 posts)3. .
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)4. Link to the GoFundMe page -----