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Saturday, 14 April 07 :: risa

i found risa bear online. i'll never ever forget the day she showed me her drivers license - the F that was on it, instead of that pesky M. Sometimes when I recall that day, it brings tears to my eyes. The tears? are about courage, and bravery, and being so excited for that F, and the kindness by which she showed me that F, sharing that moment. I don't know why it has had such a huge affect on me, but it has. Really, to me, righting one's identity, no matter what it is, is the most courageous thing one can do. And what the trans community has gone through to demand and create their truth is more than anyone should have to go through to claim their identity. Risa - thank you for being such an example of being true to yourself, but more importantly, thank you for extending such kindness to me whenever I see you.

posted by brooke at April 14, 2007 10:35 PM

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i'm brooke, born in '73. i am currently a phd student in instructional technology. this is the blog where i capture all the neurotic, and the few non-neurotic, moments that seem to come with being a phd student (if you want to read less neuroses and more professionalism go to: oer's, dl's, reuse and culture: it's about a phd student researching digital resources in a multicultural world). i have been from eugene, oregon for a long time.. 8 years specifically (its my home now, but i grew up in southwestern virginia), but now i'm here in logan, utah at utah state university. after finding my roots in eugene i never could have expected that i would leave that liberal oasis and head to utah. but i did and there are days when its a blessing and days when i'm tempted to go back to oregon and beg the folks at lost valley educational center to let me move in. but i won't leave because there are days when this process is better than any kind of high i could ever imagine. what else? i collect things, i have 2 cats, 2 kayaks, 2 laptops (i'm a geek - one mac, one pc). i can be emailed at brookesblog@rivervision.com.