20-year-old Maurice Willoughby is an aspiring musician from Philadelphia (PA), known by the nickname Reese — he committed suicide shortly after the network became popular video where a guy defends relationship with his ex-girlfriend, a transgender woman of faith Palmer.
This year Willoughby has published on his page on Facebook video clip in which a group of young people on the street shouting in his address insults. One of them a few times asked «what are you t***aesh» and repeats that faith is «not a woman». In response, Willoughby said, «It — TRANS, but so what?» To date, the recordings allegedly made in February, more than 4 million hits.
When a man is confident & secure enough to openly love a trans woman; this is the bullying and harassment he gets. When trans attracted men kill us; it’s out of fear that this will happen to them if they are outed. Reese didn’t kill his girlfriend; he killed himself instead. #RIP pic.twitter.com/P4el3duZGZ
— Ashlee Marie Preston (@AshleeMPreston) August 20, 2019
«I don’t care if she wasn’t born a woman. For me she is a woman. — since this Willoughby in a post on Facebook — I love her and all the shortcomings that make it faith. Her story is inspiring. <…> I’m happy with it, so that you can be happy for me.»
«When men are confident enough in themselves and their abilities to openly speak about love for a transgender woman, that’s what he gets in response. — wrote activist Ashley Marie Preston, sharing video, Many men who love transgender women, kill them, fearing what will happen when they learn about relationships. But Reese didn’t kill his girlfriend — he killed himself.»
«My heart with faith and family Reese. — joined her actress Laverne Cox — <…> He had the audacity openly to love a transgender woman — and yesterday, after ridicule and bullying, he committed suicide. <…> If you know your loved ones and partners of transgender people, support them. This may be a matter of life and death.»
«Today my thoughts are with Reese and all who knew him. — said the presidential candidate Beto O’rourke — no person shall be deprived of life because of who they are or who they love».
The police have not yet reported the alleged cause of suicide. According to Palmer, recently broke with Marcus, he has long «struggled with inner demons» and would never have committed suicide because of the bullying. The girl added that Willoughby was her «everything, until he started to lose himself because of drugs.»
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The human rights organization Marsha P. Johnson Institute, helping transgeder women-African American women, also writes that, despite the common in social networks and some editions the story of the Willoughby suicide because of the ridicule over his relationship with faith, the reason was not that.
«Some imagine the incident as a suicide cisgendered men because of the bullying, but the death of Riza — no time for obuzhdenie relations cisgendered and transgender people. the band wrote on its Facebook page — faith aired in Instagram to clarify the situation: Reese killed herself with pills after she broke up with him. Reese was a drug addict and had threatened to kill first faith, and then to commit suicide. When she feared for his safety and left, Reese took his own life.»
«We offer our deepest condolences to faith’s family and Reese. <…> Now faith need support: she survived the violence and have lost loved one.»
