<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Hi Vanessa!</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 31, 2020, at 12:57 AM, Vanessa Freudenberg <bert@freudenbergs.de> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span><div><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px">Hi all,</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px"><br></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px">Today is Transgender Day of Visibility, and I am coming out publicly as a transgender woman.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;min-height:20.8px"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px">My name is Vanessa, and my pronouns are she / her.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;min-height:20.8px"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px">Many of you have known me for a long time as Bert Freudenberg. I’m still me, just more so.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;min-height:20.8px"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px">I will resubscribe to this list with my new email address, <a href="mailto:codefrau@gmail.com">codefrau@gmail.com</a>.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;min-height:20.8px"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px">Cheers!</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;min-height:20.8px"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal"><span class="s1" style="font-size:17.41px">- Vanessa -</span></p></div></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div>This fills me with such satisfaction, curiosity and delight. Bert was an amazing man, and one of my dearest friends. His was a technical opinion I sought, trusted and relied upon, because it was always forthcoming, considered and sane. So I am already placing a weight on your shoulders Vanessa, one that my inner voice tells me you will be able to bear with grace and wisdom.<div><br></div><div>Welcome, and thanks for bringing such an illuminating, surprising and delightful light into the world.</div><div><br></div><div>xox</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-- </div><div dir="ltr">Dr. Bert Freudenberg</div><div dir="ltr">7275 Franklin Avenue #210</div><div dir="ltr">Los Angeles CA 90046</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px">+1 (818) 482-3991</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"> </div></div></div></div></div></div>
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