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This is an account of a professional organization to which I am a member, just not actively of current.
After work I went over to the Enigneering center on campus. American Institue of Aeronautics and Astronautics had it's first meeting in almost a year. New officers, and they're motivated. I love it! Today was "meet the advisor" day, and he's great! Wants to be involved, has great ideas, is motivated, and will do whatever it takes to get the students motivated. I'm empowered. I realized I need to put into this org what I put into GBLSU and more. The only draw back for me is I feel uncomfortable around other Mechanical Enigneers. I feel out of place. Before, it was just "yeah, I'm a lesbian, get over it". Now it's way more complicated than that. Am I ready for this battle? Am I armed enough to take it? I need to get involved here, it's great connections with faculty in my department and excellent networking with important people in industry. It's gonna get me the job when I graduate. I have 2 years left, and I need everything I can get. But I cannot hide behind false pretenses here. I cannot pretend to be the straight woman in the room. It's bad enough being female I stand out to everyone in my department. Being openly lesbian and transgendered makes me the center of attention in the room. What power do I posess to change that?
<Edit: changed some wording for clarity
genderqueer and butchick:This is an account of a professional organization to which I am a member, just not actively of current.
After work I went over to the Enigneering center on campus. American Institue of Aeronautics and Astronautics had it's first meeting in almost a year. New officers, and they're motivated. I love it! Today was "meet the advisor" day, and he's great! Wants to be involved, has great ideas, is motivated, and will do whatever it takes to get the students motivated. I'm empowered. I realized I need to put into this org what I put into GBLSU and more. The only draw back for me is I feel uncomfortable around other Mechanical Enigneers. I feel out of place. Before, it was just "yeah, I'm a lesbian, get over it". Now it's way more complicated than that. Am I ready for this battle? Am I armed enough to take it? I need to get involved here, it's great connections with faculty in my department and excellent networking with important people in industry. It's gonna get me the job when I graduate. I have 2 years left, and I need everything I can get. But I cannot hide behind false pretenses here. I cannot pretend to be the straight woman in the room. It's bad enough being female I stand out to everyone in my department. Being openly lesbian and transgendered makes me the center of attention in the room. What power do I posess to change that?
<Edit: changed some wording for clarity