Diary

Tonight my forty-ninth column was broadcast in Gendertalk #578.

Unfortunately this will be my final column for now. The Gendertalk staff have decided they need to stop broadcasting at least for the winter season. What will happen after that remains to be seen.

The final episode of Gendertalk is a sad occasion of course, but it has turned out to be a very good program to listen to, with lots of old friends passing by. Besides my column I can also be heard in a conversation on the phone with Nancy, Gordene and Hal, discussing the future of Gendertalk and of my columns.
You can find the complete program in the Gendertalk archive.
Or you can find just my column at:
http://eveliensnel.com/audio/GOODB01.mp3
A full transcript of the text is below:

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Goodbye


It is about two years ago I started making these columns for you.
Looking back I got about four times as much as I bargained for:
I was planning on making 12 columns, but I have done 48 so far.

I was very sorry to hear Gendertalk will stop broadcasting.
And now it is time to say goodbye to all of you.

I hope I have been able to help some people with my columns.
To give out information.
To provide some consolance.
To share my experiences.
To make a few jokes.
To sometimes state a political point of view.

Over the years I have received quite a lot of reactions, that have shown me people appreciated my contributions. I would like to thank all off you for your warm words in these emails.

Nancy has asked me for a concluding installment.
It is just like the end of one of her interviews, where she used to say: "Well, we are down to a few minutes now...
Is there anything we have missed, anything you want to say before you go?"

A difficult question indeed.
I can remember Nancy asked me that question once when she interviewed
Julia and me online. And all I could think of at the time was to thank them for making Gendertalk and making all this information available worldwide.

I think this time the answer should be the same: This is the perfect time to thank all of you for the wonderful work you have done over the past 12 years.
Thank you Nancy and Gordene!

Gendertalk has been a wonderful resource for me over the years and it has certainly played a part in my own coming out and my transition to living as a woman.

I also want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to actually take part in this and become part of my favorite radio show myself. I think many people are dreaming about a chance like this. Well, I was! I was dreaming of making a radio show myself and that dream has come true.

For Gendertalk, this was Evelien Snel from the Netherlands.
I hope, one day, we'll meet again!


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