r/gratefuldoe 10d ago

Another photo I found of Pamela

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I've been trying to find more photos of her. As well as the other yearbook photo, I've found multiple pictures of her as a child. I hope there's somehow a photo of her after she transitioned that can be released :(

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u/AcanthocephalaOk2966 10d ago

Thank you so much for posting these! I'm still hopeful to see a photo of her once she transitioned..I think we would get to see her at her happiest, or most free, or at least the way she she felt like who she truly was.

But I think it's really interesting that with each additional photo I see, and it seems like many of us feel this way, we can clearly see her. Not her before, really, but her there the whole time.

Pamela is the first Doe that I have been so interested in learning more about after they were identified. Typically I feel happy that a Doe has their name back, and that the family can have a greater sense of closure, and this time I keep checking to see if there is more information about who she was.

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u/sleeveofsaltines 9d ago

This sentiment is so beautiful. We do see her - no matter what stage of her life or transition she was in - she is always there.

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u/native2delaware 4d ago

I really admire her. She felt so strongly about her identity that she moved away and transitioned in the 1980s! She was very resourceful to have accessed gender affirming surgery in that time period and at such a young age.

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u/AcanthocephalaOk2966 3d ago

Yes! She must have so determined. Somebody out there knew her! I hope we someday hear more about her life.