Led by Leslie and Deborah Fabian
The Fabians will explore the love they’ve shared for 35+ years, as well as the difficulties of being a “transgender couple” who’ve survived David’s transition to Deborah, in 2011. They will speak of the many challenges they’ve encountered, what they are now facing in our current social and political climate, and the wondrous support they’ve received from family, friends, and their UU communities.
Leslie and Deb (then, David) were married in their Hopkinton, Massachusetts, front yard, in 1991, by a UU minister. They are now highly involved with the Williamsburg UUs. In their 34 years of marriage, the Fabians have also lived in Massachusetts, Nebraska, Louisiana, and New Mexico, spending many joy-filled summers in their cabin on Lake Winnipesaukee, in New Hampshire. In 2021, Deborah and Leslie Fabian retired to Williamsburg, Virginia. They love their “newish” hometown where, fifty years before, Deb graduated from the College of William and Mary. She had then attended and graduated from Hahnemann Medical School in Philadelphia (now part of Drexel), ultimately becoming an orthopedic surgeon. Leslie worked in sales and raised two children, then, in her forties, obtained her Master of Social Work degree from Boston College. She became a psychotherapist, working with couples and transgender individuals, among others. The Fabians are the proud parents of six adult children living in Colorado, Utah, Florida, and Arkansas. They are grandparents to five adorable little kids who live too far away! Deb is Sarah Fabian’s sister and Leslie is Sarah’s sister-in-law.
Music by Grace Lewis-McLaren and Justin Wood