Dunning, John Ashten Shope From author: "For years I compartmentalized my feelings and lived a life fabricated by denial. I was always a star student and was heavily involved with medical internships, but I used it as a way to cope with being fractured by Gender Dysphoria. Once I got to college, I decided I wouldn’t continue to deny myself an authentic life. So, here I am today, having reclaimed my life and my future. I’m going to be a surgeon and now, for the first time, I can honestly say that I am whole and healthy enough to help people to the best of my abilities. Being Transgender does not define me, what I do with the life I have been given does." Ashten is a senior majoring in Pre-Medical Neuroscience and plans to attend medical school the Fall of 2018. UA22.10.01.03 59982 2439 2016 eng still image photographs Sexual minority community North Carolina Greenville East Carolina University Students Transgender college students North Carolina Greenville Shope, Ashten United States North Carolina Pitt County (N.C.) Greenville (N.C.) This item has been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Researchers are responsible for using these materials in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code and any other applicable statutes. If you are the creator or copyright holder of this item and would like it removed, please contact us at als_digitalcollections@ecu.edu. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ True Colors truecolors ECU History ecuhistory Ashten Shope From author: "For years I compartmentalized my feelings and lived a life fabricated by denial. I was always a star student and was heavily involved with medical internships, but I used it as a way to cope with being fractured by Gender Dysphoria. Once I got to college, I decided I wouldn’t continue to deny myself an authentic life. So, here I am today, having reclaimed my life and my future. I’m going to be a surgeon and now, for the first time, I can honestly say that I am whole and healthy enough to help people to the best of my abilities. Being Transgender does not define me, what I do with the life I have been given does." Ashten is a senior majoring in Pre-Medical Neuroscience and plans to attend medical school the Fall of 2018. Sexual minority community--North Carolina--Greenville 2016 StillImage photographs J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University eng 59982 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ East Carolina University--Students Transgender college students--North Carolina--Greenville Shope, Ashten United States--North Carolina--Pitt County (N.C.)--Greenville (N.C.) local, filename 59982.0001 129638120 image/jpeg 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 big endian uncompressed MD5 214851fed59e6e8e5f5c407b0a5804ad ecu:digital_collections 6000 7200 RGB mm mm 20160730 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 59982.0002 129640216 image/jpeg 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 big endian uncompressed MD5 e05c06177c64d3fd7db74029705a38bc ecu:digital_collections 6000 7200 RGB mm mm 20160730 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal