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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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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, Ja...
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl is a biography of David Reimer, written by John Colapinto and published February 20, 2000, by Harper Perennial. Reimer was a Canadian man born male but raised as a girl following medical advice and intervention after his penis was severely injured during a botched circumcision in infancy.
