[Leica] IMG: B J Fadem

[George Lottermoser]

Fine project. Good story telling. 

Intersex is a new term to me.
I knew it only as hermaphroditism.
So thanks also for educating.


a note off the iPad, George

On Jul 17, 2016, at 4:44 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> 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