Manchester: young woman committed suicide over coming-out fears

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Elisabeth "Lizzie" Lowe killed herself in September. The postmortem results have revealed she was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time. The student from Didsbury, in the greater Manchester area, England, had apparently struggled with the idea of telling her family she may have been gay.

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Speaking about Lizzie’s fears of telling her parents about her sexuality, a friend told the inquest: “She said she wasn’t sure if they (parents) would be ok with it. I told her that I didn’t think it would be like that but she did not want to tell them.”

The inquest heard that Lizzie, described as a top performer at school and musician in a Christian orchestra, had confided to friends about self-harming and having suicidal thoughts.

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1. Even a lot of people with supportive friends can't say the same of their blood family.

Right-wing Christianity sucks. In all its forms.