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David Reimer (born Bruce Peter Reimer; 22 August 1965 – 4 May 2004) was a Canadian man raised as a girl following medical advice and intervention after his penis was severely injured during a botched circumcision in infancy.
- John Colapinto
- 2000
Published May 11, 2023. Updated March 12, 2024. David Reimer was born a boy in Winnipeg, Canada in 1965 — but following a botched circumcision at the age of eight months, his parents raised him as a girl.
Jun 23, 2023 · The John Money Experiment involved David Reimer, a twin boy raised as a girl following a botched circumcision. Money asserted gender was primarily learned, not innate. However, David struggled with his female identity and transitioned back to male in adolescence.
Sep 29, 2023 · The Tragic Story Of David Reimer, The Boy Forced To Live As A Girl. Famed sex psychologist John Money convinced David Reimer's parents to raise him as a girl after his penis was irreparably damaged in a botched circumcision when he was an infant. The case of David Reimer is a complicated one.
- Austin Harvey
Nov 15, 2017 · In the mid-1960s, psychologist John Money encouraged the gender reassignment of David Reimer, who was born a biological male but suffered irreparable damage to his penis as an infant. Born in 1965 as Bruce Reimer, his penis was irreparably damaged during infancy due to a failed circumcision.
May 13, 2004 · David Reimer, the Canadian man raised as a girl for most of the first 14 years of his life in a highly touted medical experiment that seemed to resolve the debate over the cultural and biological...
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May 12, 2004 · David Reimer, a man who was born a boy but raised as a girl in a famous medical experiment, only to reassert his male identity in the last 20 years of his life, died on May 4. He was 38.
