Blake Brockington - TPOC Thursday
It with an extremely heavy heart that I write this TPOC Thursday. However, Blake Brockington’s life needs to be remembered and his accomplishments celebrated. In his short life Brockington touched a lot of lives and worked hard to fight against various forms of oppression including transphobia and police brutality.Despite facing rejection from family and friends as well as being targeted by many people online Blake worked hard to make the world a better place for transgender people.
Blake was an activist, academically inclined, talented young man whose life ended way too shortly. On March 24th 2015 it was announced that he had committed suicide at the young age of 18. Society failed this brilliant and amazing man and his story must be remembered. While the community mourns we must also band together to save these youth before it is too late.
“Nobody should be scared to be themselves, and everybody should have an equal opportunity to have an enjoyable high school experience” - Blake Brockington
Rest in Peace


















