Lisa Bryk said her daughter’s illnesses — and not just the abuse she suffered online — drove her to suicide. “While Rachel was certainly bullied and harassed online, that was NOT the reason she committed suicide,” she wrote. “Please pass along info on the abuse that trans individuals endure, but let’s also educate people on how difficult it is to live every moment in pain. A combination of everything was likely the cause, so let’s not make her a anonymous statistic.”
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她母親已經聲明網路上的攻擊不是她女兒自殺的原因了。
Rachel Bryk的母親，Lisa Bryk提到她女兒身上的疾病，而不止是因為網路上的辱罵，導致她的自殺。
Lisa Bryk這樣寫到，「Rachel的確在網路上受到辱罵，但這不是她自殺的原因。」
「請在告訴大家變性者受到辱罵的同時，也告訴大家每一刻都在病痛折磨之下的生活是多麼的困難。這一切的一切可能才是原因，請不要讓她成為一個匿名的統計數字。」
在Rachel Bryk的Twitter上，顯示她長期承受著類風濕性關節炎、以及纖維肌痛(Fibromyalgia)―一種會導致長時間持續、而且完全不間斷的疼痛的病症。
「已經7年了，而且只會愈來愈糟。」 在Rachel Bryk自殺不久前的一則twitter訊息上這樣寫著。
Lisa Bryk said her daughter’s illnesses — and not just the abuse she suffered online — drove her to suicide. “While Rachel was certainly bullied and harassed online, that was NOT the reason she committed suicide,” she wrote. “Please pass along info on the abuse that trans individuals endure, but let’s also educate people on how difficult it is to live every moment in pain. A combination of everything was likely the cause, so let’s not make her a anonymous statistic.”
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