racist, and anti-LGBTQ+ hate." One night she "burst into tears because I realized that I had to go back home and put on a mask." She also was experiencing symptoms of depression and suicidal ideation. Her time at home came to an end during her senior year when her parents started attending "a church with an anti-LGBTQ pastor". In addition to very negative comments about LGBTQ people, they spoke about transgender people as being inhuman, which really bothered her. Her father said "He's allowed to live here as long as he worships the same way we worship." When Brooklyn said she did not want to go, her father, a firm believer in filial obedience, responded, "Biblically, we have the right to stone you for what you're saying," Brooklyn left that night and stayed with friends. She had $25 in her bank account; her parents "vowed not to spend a penny on [her] college education". She graduated as co-valedictorian with a 4.16 grade point average and was accepted by Georgetown University, where she planned to major in government and African-American studies. College financing events Brooklyn's financial aid for Georgetown, covering the four year's cost of $77,000, was based on her parents' support, but despite appeals it wasn't changed. Her biology teacher created a GoFundMe page to raise $20,000 for her first year's tuition; after the story went viral it reached $141,000. She made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where Ellen presented a gift donation of $25,000. Brooklyn's appearance was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode. In September 2018, at the annual Human Rights Campaign dinner, former Vice President and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden delivered a speech about Brooklyn, who was in the audience. Georgetown relented after the publicity and adjusted her financial aid. They helped her with a scholarship, allowing her to study at the Walsh School of Foreign Service. As of March 2019 she characterizes her relationship with her birth family as very toxic. Unbroken Horizons She used the extra funds to create Unbroken Horizons Scholarship Foundation, Inc., to help other LGBTQ students with their education. Brooklyn said, "Many homeless youth are LGBTQ+ identifying, and the majority of them are homeless because of family rejection," so she's targeting the scholarships to LGBTQ youth of color for any post-secondary education. She decided to focus on people of color on the advice