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| + | #REDIRECT [[Lee Hoffman#Lee Hoffman Hoax]] [[Category:redirect]] |
| − | was not really meant as a [[hoax]]. When [[Leeh]] entered [[fandom]] she didn't bother to state her [[sex]], which many assumed on the strength of the first name and the well-known predominance of he-fans to be male. Not till she appeared at [[Nolacon]] was the truth generally realized.
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| − | If not actually a hoax, it was a deliberate obfuscation.
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| − | Hoffman, whose [[nickname]], Lee, was short for Shirley, went to some trouble to keep her gender a secret, reportedly going so far as to tell people that the then-current Korean War draft had not been a problem “because I couldn't pass the physical,” leading people to think she was crippled or ill.
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| − | She [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Fanhistorica/Fanhistorica01-10.html recollected] in ''[[Fanhistorica]]'' 1 (May 1976, p. 10):
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| − | Lee is an ambiguous name. Non-committal. Throughout my first year of [[fan]] [[pub|publishing]], I made a point of never making a point of being female. This was, indeed, on purpose. It wasn’t too difficult. I was in an isolated section of the country, in face-to-face contact with only a couple of other [[fans]]. I swore a few close associates, like [[Shelby Vick]], to secrecy. I let the rest of ''[[Quandry|Q]]’s'' readers draw their own conclusions. In typical male chauvinistic manner, most concluded that the [[editor]] of a successful [[fanzine]] must be male.
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