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Why This Boy Was Raised As A Girl
Janet Reimer — David's Mother  David's
mother comments on making the fateful decision, and how it affected
their lives."I think that I was very young and naive and ignorant." "I think he never was never anything like a girl. He never was a girl. He was always my son." "Lying and keeping secrets is a very hard thing to live with...I was very afraid that he'd hate me, but I thought it was better that he know the truth." "All the talking about it has comforted me. And I'm learning to forgive myself." Brian Reimer — David's Twin Brother  Brian
is David's identical twin brother. They no longer look anything
alike because David's body has been ravaged by hormones and surgeries
for so many years. "I just accepted him the way he was." He accepted
Brenda as his sister even though he thought she never acted like
a girl.Jane Reimer — David's Wife  David
and Jane have been happily together for 12 years. David's past history
to her "wasn't important.""..it's doesn't matter what's between his legs. It doesn't make the person." The Author  John
Colapinto, an award winning journalist, has followed David's story
for years. He has put every fascinating and heartbreaking detail
of David's life in his new book As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who
Was Raised As A Girl. John says the most disturbing part of
the story is the image of a child trying to let the public know
who he really was, yet no one was listening. It's the famous nature/nurture
argument. Back in the sixties, people believed that gender was learned.
This case proves that gender is determined by a person's biological
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