Rachel didn’t hide being trans online, but she wasn’t looking for attention either. Throughout most her her life, she preferred invisibility. Whether it was good for her or not, she felt safer being invisible. If she had a special power I know it would have been something to do with helping another player. She had a…

Kelvin, suicide and transphobia are extremely important, but in this case, I think Patrick did just fine. I know when you posted this, all anyone had to go on was the stories in the media and the headlines they were after, but there was a lot more to Rachel’s death, stuff that was so much more distressing to her than…

I’m not sure I’d agree with how you worded this, but I do agree with you. You don’t jump off the George Washington Bridge if you want privacy. And as her mother, I know that she never wanted to be in the spotlight, but if her story can call attention to important topics, then it should be told. Though even six months…

The real question is why is any of that more important than reporting the truth?

It is private... and it isn’t. I feel strongly that people know the truth about this. Too often people cover up suicide and we feel ashamed of it. We need to talk about these things, make it so people who are suffering can get help. But, the problem is that there was a lot of news, but the news got it all wrong. They…

A little late, but since I’m Rachel’s mother, I should be the one to give this information. She did commit suicide. She did not do it because of comments on 4Chan or anywhere else. Yes, she was bullied. Yes she was transgender. But, she wasn’t so weak-minded that she couldn’t take those things for what they were,…