David Reimer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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boy raised as girl following botched surgery
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Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
About David Reimer
- David Peter Reimer (born Bruce Peter Reimer; 22 August 1965 – 4 May 2004) was a Canadian man born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl following medical advice and intervention after his penis was severely injured during a botched circumcision in infancy.The psychologist John Money oversaw the case and reported the reassignment as successful and as evidence that gender identity is primarily learned.
- The academic sexologist Milton Diamond later reported that Reimer's realization he was not a girl crystallized between the ages of 9 and 11 years and he transitioned to living as a male at age 15.
- Well known in medical circles for years anonymously as the "John/Joan" case, Reimer later went public with his story to help discourage similar medical practices.
- He died by suicide after suffering years of severe depression, financial instability, and a troubled marriage.
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