Ending an inner 'war'
Written by Kelley Atherton, The Triplicate December 23, 2009 08:23 am
Former DN music director discusses being transgender
http://www.triplicate.com/20091223107794/News/Local-News/Ending-an-inner-warThe dam had sprung a leak.
Christie Lynn Rust had built what she likens to a dam to hold back feelings of femininity inside a masculine body.
"For my whole life, I looked in the mirror and felt opposite," she said Friday. "I've had these feelings since my earliest childhood. I remember it at age 7."
Known as Lindy Rust, the longtime music director at Del Norte High School took students on trips to Europe to see the birthplace of classical music, put on concerts around town and was a prominent figure in the community.
The dam held tight for years, but once it started leaking, Rust decided to retire in 2008 after 30 years at DNHS and started contemplating what life would be like in Crescent City after physically transitioning from a man into a woman.
