no disrespect and I'm pleased as punch for any diversity at all however this photo hardly qualifies as diversity or groundbreaking. . While yes, beautiful of course, the model appears fairer than I do. (White, Irish complexion). This is not a triumph. When the model on the cover is the shade of whoopie goldberg,…

I was also going to comment on this. She appears very fair skinned on the cover. Colorism is alive and well regardless.

I mean sure but they made sure her hair was blonde and lighted her so her skin would look lighter than it is. But I'm sleep.

I can't exactly say I support harassment, but I won't shed any tears for her if she is.

If she didn't love her for who she was, she didn't really love her at all. At least that's how I see it. She emotionally abused her wonderful daughter, and Leelah paid the ultimate price for it.

Is there a sort of underground railroad for teens who are kicked out of their homes, or are in bad home situations like Leelah's, where understanding people can take in these kids and give them a safe place to stay? I am lucky to have had two supportive parents who loved me even though I am a lesbian, but estimates…

I think she loved the idea of her child, and who she thought her child should be, but not the reality of who she was. It's sadly common, not just parent to kid but in all sorts of relationships. I refuse to write most people off as evil, though there are of course exceptions. I try to understand people, even the worst…

It's really difficult not to hate this woman. I grew up in this kind of smug, judgmental, repressed religious environment. People thought they were so nice and generous when they condescended to hate the sin, etc., but the stifling of individuality, of independence, of sexuality of any kind was just so fucking stupid.…

I gave my daughter an extra big hug today and told her I don't care about who she comes home with or as as long as she's happy and safe and loved.

Oh my god lady, your daughter literally said you were part of the reason she was killing herself. Maybe think about what that means instead of running your mouth about how it wasn't your fault and disrespecting your kid even in death.

But, but- religion is never an aggravator of such problems. No, no, religion is just dandy and Christianity is a religion of love! Love thy child, love thy neighbour...

Well, that's just perfect.

Maybe I'm misinterpreting, but "storming the building" sounds more like an armed attempt to get inside. An attempted sit-in is not "storming the building."

Mark: "Storming" implies violence by the protesters that did not occur. Can you change the phrasing here a bit in the headline? TIA.

They probably expected this exact treatment or worse. But they went anyway because that's what you do when you have a cause worth fighting for.

And what a lot of the over policing of black communities does is create a system that disenfranchises black people while they're young, and disqualifies them for voting or public service. It's no coincidence that the US is so strict about felony disenfranchisement and they just so happen to have such a…

Storming? Were the protesters attempting to take the building by force? Were they armed? Why exactly are we using words that implies a certain amount of violence to describe what seems to be an attempted sit-in.

The best way to change a system is to be the system.

They expected to be arrested. But they also expected to keep people talking about this issue, and to remind the police that we aren't forgetting these murders any time soon.

Yeah, it's cool. Cops are still murdering people, but let's see how we feel about it after they've had time to get away with murdering some more.