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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.
May 11, 2023 · By Natasha Ishak | Edited By John Kuroski. 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 · David Reimer was an identical twin boy born in Canada in 1965. When he was 8 months old, his penis was irreparably damaged during a botched circumcision. John Money, a psychologist from Johns Hopkins University, had a prominent reputation in the field of sexual development and gender identity.
Sep 29, 2023 · The Tragic Story Of David Reimer, The Boy Forced To Live As A Girl. Published September 29, 2023. Explore More Episodes. 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.
Nov 23, 2010 · Twins Bruce and Brian Reimer were born in Canada as two perfectly normal boys. But after seven months, both were having difficulty urinating. Acting on advice, the parents, Janet and Ron, took...
May 5, 2023 · David Reimer killed himself 19 years ago today. He was raised as a girl, after a botched circumcision. His story shows that upbringing is insufficient to impose gender identity.
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...
In 1965, Janet Reimer became the proud mother of identical twins, Bruce and Brian. However, when a routine circumcision on baby Bruce went horribly wrong, Janet and her husband made the agonizing...
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.
