Washington student's courage earns reward
By Doug Gulasy, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, November 10, 2011
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_766294.htmlPatterson spent time trying to figure out the problem. This past summer, the answer came: Patterson, who until then was a lesbian named Emily, came to the realization that he was transgender. He adopted the name Emmett before going back to Trinity for his senior year.
"Sometimes, you think your coming out about your orientation is done. But then you realize that your orientation and your gender aren't the same thing, and it took me a long time to put a word to that.
"The word I used was transgender, and it was this summer that I figured it out."
