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Subject: [Leica] IMG: B J Fadem
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:55:14 -0500
References: <CAF8hL-H2iJRGYsnBFiDNfx=POqQRWjycV7ZW=VW69OFt0JDdbQ@mail.gmail.com>

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


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