Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/17

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: B J Fadem
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:51:43 -0500
References: <CAF8hL-H2iJRGYsnBFiDNfx=POqQRWjycV7ZW=VW69OFt0JDdbQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Richard,

Nice image, difficult story.  Keep up the good work.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/17/2016 4:44 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> 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
>
>



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