Organizers behind the Leelah Alcorn Memorial Highway will host an educational event today at 11 a.m.In December 2014, Leelah Alcorn, 17, took her own life by walking into traffic on Interstate 71 North.Alcorn wrote in a suicide note that she struggled with the pain and lack of acceptance of her transgender identity.The event features Anne Saker, a Cincinnati Enquirer reporter who penned the "Transgender in Cincinnati" series and Candis Cox, a transgender advocate.Also today, volunteers will be out cleaning up the part of Interstate 71 that the group adopted at 1:30 p.m. Sign up here.Watch the live discussion in the YouTube player below starting at 11 a.m.Leelah Alcorn Memorial Highway - Live! April 16th, 11am-12pm Eastern

Organizers behind the Leelah Alcorn Memorial Highway will host an educational event today at 11 a.m.

In December 2014, Leelah Alcorn, 17, took her own life by walking into traffic on Interstate 71 North.

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Alcorn wrote in a suicide note that she struggled with the pain and lack of acceptance of her transgender identity.

The event features Anne Saker, a Cincinnati Enquirer reporter who penned the "Transgender in Cincinnati" series and Candis Cox, a transgender advocate.

Also today, volunteers will be out cleaning up the part of Interstate 71 that the group adopted at 1:30 p.m. Sign up here.

Watch the live discussion in the YouTube player below starting at 11 a.m.