David Reimer was born an identical twin next to his brother Brian Reimer in 1965. Both boys were scheduled to be circumcised but David was accidentally castrated. With plenty of thought, and advice from Dr. John Money, a psychologist at John Hopkins University, David's parents decided to have him "sex reassigned" thus turning him from the male to the female gender. Dr. Money had many follow-up sessions with David after this because he believed that if a male child was told he was a girl he would grow up thinking and feeling like he was a girl and wanted to prove this theory. Throughout these follow-ups Dr. Money claimed that David was real girl with a female gender identity. David was never happy as a girl, he hated dressing like a girl and he hated the toys he was playing with. He was always fascinated with his brother Brian's toys. He constantly complained about how he felt like a boy and felt that he was more masculine than feminine. Dr. John Money knew things weren't turning out how it was supposed to be and knew he was running out of time. He urged David to undergo surgery to construct a vagina. David was appalled by this and threatened to kill herself if she had to do the treatment. Eventually her parents couldn't deal with it anymore and decided to tell David the truth. David began indulging in more masculine activities and even focused his sexual orientation to those of the opposite sex. Eventhough David now knew the real truth there were still plenty of struggles to come. He underwent many surgeries to get rid of breasts due to estrogen treatments and even had male genitalia constructed. Later in life, after marrying his wife and starting his own family he suffered from severe depression and ultimately committed suicide.
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