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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

Aired on 02/09/2000 | CC tv-pg
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 decision to have Bruce undergo a radical treatment known as sex reassignment, changing their son into a girl. Here, look back on the story of Bruce (now David) Reimer, who was raised as Brenda until discovering the truth as a young teenager.