Synopsis
At age 6 months, a bungled circumcision left David Reimer without a penis and David became Brenda. Thirty years later, has Dr John Money's radical gender theory worked?
- Programme: Horizon
- Series: 2000-2001
- Episode: The Boy who was Turned into a Girl
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2000
- Psychology
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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