Ashley Hallstrom's message asks others to help fix society's view of trans people. Photo / Facebook
A 26-year-old transgender woman left a heartfelt message before she died in Logan, Utah last week.
Earlier that morning, Ashley Hallstrom posted a final message on Facebook expressing her frustration with society's treatment of transgender individuals.
In the message, Hallstrom explains her struggle growing up as transgender, dealing with being
called a "freak" and an "abomination" and the toll this took on her mental health.
She details her decision to begin transitioning when she was 20, saying "for the first time in my life I could say I was genuinely happy".
Despite this, Hallstrom says she could never move on from the depression being transgender caused. "I saw the pain it caused to people like me and going though this same hurt myself it has just become to much for me to take anymore [sic]."
