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Title: Lauren Foster, Transgender Model, And Alex Davis, Transgender Musician, Discuss
Post by: Shana A on July 13, 2012, 08:45:46 AM

Lauren Foster, Transgender Model, And Alex Davis, Transgender Musician, Discuss Trans Issues

Posted: 07/12/2012 12:34 pm Updated: 07/12/2012 3:26 pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/lauren-foster-alex-davis-transgender-discussion_n_1662543.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/lauren-foster-alex-davis-transgender-discussion_n_1662543.html)

Here, Lauren and Alex discuss their unique bond and friendship, being photographed by Greg Gorman, how being transgender affected their childhoods and more.

Lauren Foster: There are really two beginnings to our journey together, Alex. The first: Our childhoods, which were worlds apart. You in Hollywood and me in a small colonial outpost in South Africa. The second: When we met in the studio of celebrity photographer and image-maker, Greg Gorman.

Alex Davis: I totally did not expect that day at Greg's to change my life the way it did. I've met so many people since I've transitioned who have been awesome, but you were the first person outside my family to tell me outright that I'm not just a transman, I'm a man, no two ways around it. Not a second-rate man, which is what I feared I would always be seen as. Growing up in Hollywood, I was consistently bombarded with messages that told me that transgender people are contemptible, or at best, "fascinating freaks of nature." You sat across from me and told me I had to believe otherwise if I was going to live at all, words from the ultimate glamorous woman herself. From what you've told me, it sounds like you are on the fearlessly honest path of knowing who you are and making yourself a visible reality long before most transgender people. And you credit your parents with creating that condition for you.