Sivar

Born as a girl but feeling like a boy. An ongoing (long-term) project, started March 2017 about Silje, then 8 years old, from the moment she told her class she wants to be called Sivar. I am touched by the way he takes his space to simply be who he is. © Katja Poelwijk SIVAR IS BORN AS A GIRL CALLED SILJE IN 2008. HE GROWS UP WITH AN OLDER BROTHER AND SISTER IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN NORTH HOLLAND AND SINCE MARCH 2017, AFTER HIS GENDER DYSPHORIA DIAGNOSIS, SIVAR LIVES AS A BOY WITH THE NAME HIS PARENTS WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM AT BIRTH, WHEN HE HAD BEEN GENETICALLY A BOY.