Mara Keisling, the Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, was quoted as stating that the blaming of Alcorn's parents was unhelpful, adding, "Despite the great cultural and policy advances transgender people have made, there is still a lot of disrespect, discrimination and violence aimed at us.
Mara Keisling, directora executiva do Centro Nacional pola Igualdade Transxénero, foi citada afirmando que culpar ós pais de Alcorn non era útil, engadindo: "Malia os grandes avances culturais e legais conseguidos polas persoas transxénero, aínda hai moita falta de respecto, discriminación e violencia dirixida cara a nós.