Trans woman’s death ‘preventable with right support’, mother says

Family of Alice Litman, who died aged 20, say she was failed by those tasked with her care'

The family of a young trans woman who is believed to have taken her own life have said she was failed by those tasked with her care", as the coroner investigating her death described services for transgender people as underfunded and insufficiently resourced".

Alice Litman had been waiting to receive gender-affirming healthcare for more than three years when she died in Brighton at the age of 20 in May 2022.

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