Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent image, Richard! Keep it up. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 10:44 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: B J Fadem > BJ Fadem > B was born intersex. In those days, the usual recommendation was that it > is > easier to remove bits, and ?if you raise someone as a girl, they will be a > girl? and so B was raised as a girl. Even though B had the body of a > football player, and indeed played at the high school?s football games > somewhat clandestinely, he did not know that he was intersex until he was > 19. It was then almost 20 years afterward that B finally transitioned when > his body was becoming non-functioning, as his body was not producing > enough > testosterone and was not producing any estrogen. > > B has a successful law practice and spends about 20% of his time doing pro > bono work on children?s cases. He has many toys in the office and the rule > is that they can play with the toys if they can reach them. > > Part of my "Hearts on Our Sleeves - portraits and stories of transgender > people" project > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20160717-Scanned-1623.jpg > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // On Facebook: http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // On Instagram: https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information