SIVAR
SIVAR WERD IN 2008 GEBOREN ALS MEISJE, GENAAMD SILJE. HIJ GROEIT OP MET EEN OUDERE BROER EN ZUS IN EEN DORP IN NOORD-HOLLAND. SINDS MAART 2017, NADAT BIJ HEM GENDERDYSFORIE GEDIAGNOSTISEERD IS, GAAT SIVAR ALS JONGEN DOOR HET LEVEN MET DE NAAM DIE HIJ BIJ GEBOORTE ZOU HEBBEN GEKREGEN ALS HIJ BIOLOGISCH EEN JONGEN WAS GEWEEST.
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SIVAR WAS BORN AS A GIRL IN 2008, NAMED SILJE. HE GREW UP WITH AN OLDER BROTHER AND SISTER IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN NORTH HOLLAND. SINCE HIS GENDER DYSPHORIA DIAGNOSIS IN MARCH 2017, HE HAS LIVED AS A BOY WEARING THE NAME HIS PARENTS WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM AT BIRTH IF HE HAD BEEN BIOLOGICALLY A BOY.
PUBLISHED AO BY DE VOLKSKRANT (JULY 2017), HET PAROOL (JANUARY 2018) AND DE VOLKSKRANT (JUNE 2019).
KATJA POELWIJK MET SIVAR IN MARCH 2017, RIGHT AFTER SILJE TOLD AT SCHOOL THAT SHE FEELS LIKE A BOY AND WANTS TO BE CALLED SIVAR. KATJA WAS TOUCHED BY HOW HE TAKES HIS SPACE IN THIS WORLD TO BE WHO HE IS, DESPITE ALL PREJUDICES AND BELIEFS OF OTHERS AND SHE DECIDED TO FOLLOW HIM.
THE SERIES 'SIVAR' DOCUMENTS SIVAR’S PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL JOURNEY ACROSS THE MANY LATITUDES OF HIS DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS. EACH IMAGE IS NOT JUST A TESTIMONY TO HIS INTIMATE SPACES, BUT AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE THE PROCESS SO MANY CHILDREN GO THROUGH, A FACE TO THE WORLD.
ONGOING
PUBLISHED BY
DE VOLKSKRANT JUNE 19TH 2019
HET PAROOL JANUARY 27th 2018
DE VOLKSKRANT JULY 25th 2017
https://verhalen.volkskrant.nl/sils-wereld#9640