Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On May 21, 2016, at 5:59 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20160521-Scanned-1562.jpg > > By the time I was four I knew I was not a girl, but back then, there was no > option to do anything about it. I thought puberty would fix everything, but > then I started having periods. I don't remember anything at all about my > 7th grade year because I was completely dissociated. When I came back to > reality, I resigned myself to being a girl and completely buries any memory > of my true male self. Over the years, I had a few lesbian lovers, but I > always told them that ?I am not a lesbian?, which, understandably, confused > the heck out of them. > > 2 years prior to my transition, I saw this painting called "Mermaid > Metamorphosis" by Sheila Wolk in a print store in Vancouver. For some > reason, I just *had* to have it. During my years in psychotherapy, I had a > very important dream, I walked up a hill to a mausoleum, and inside was a > slab of stone. Lying on the stone was a four year boy, pale, naked and > lying very still, He had no genitals whatsoever. Then he said, with his > eyes still closed, ?Don't kiss my sex?. In fairy tales, you kiss the > princess to wake her up. So here, ?do not kiss my sex? meant that I must > not wake up my male self and sexuality. The next morning, I knew exactly > what the dream meant. I went to my therapist and told her that I had to > transition. And after answering some searching questions from her, she gave > me her blessing -- which was a requirement for transition at that time. > > Reactions to my decision were almost universally greeted with support, if > not outright enthusiasm. My beloved stepmom said, "That's great! I've > always wanted a son!" My partner, Cynthia McQuillin, said, "Oh, good!, I > finally get to meet the man I fell in love with". > > I see myself as a twin, Jane and James, joined at birth, and separated when > I was 56. > > -- Dr. James Robinson, PhD in Biology with a particular love for > Paleontology > > "Hearts On Our Sleeves: Portraits and Stories of Transgender+? powerful ?words and pictures? beginning to a ?right now? timely project Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist