Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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