Artist Statement:Although it took a second to gather my thoughts, I knew what I wanted to say but the overall experience of telling my story was great as it felt liberating for me.
I want others to understand that queer isn't a bad word, and that it's a word that allows space for growth with your identity, especially for those who feel the need to label themselves as something.
I think it's important for student voices to be heard within an academic institution as it is comforting to know that there are others you can identify with.
Brit Micho:My name is Brit and my pronouns are She/Her.
I am a first year grad student here at U of O.
And the questions is: While discovering
your true identity, what realizations
have you made about your yourself?
And I think the entire discovery of trying to figure
out who I am in my sexuality and gender.
Through that journey, I have come to the realization
that bisexual doesn't quite encompass what I am.
And I've finally decided that queer is more appropriate, not
only because gender doesn't matter for me and who I
am attracted to or who I decide to love.
And I've also found that within that identity, it leaves
space for growth and it leaves space for me to
figure out how I identify with my gender, which has
become a lot more unclear as I get older.
And gender is just a social construct.
It doesn't matter, it doesn't make sense.
And I think learning that I'm queer and owning that fact
really has helped me to come into myself, and it allows
me to grow in a better way, in a way that
allows me to be comfortable with using that word.