As nature made him
| owner: | APIRG |
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| tags: | Transsexuals ,Canada ,Biography ,Sex change ,Case studies ,Gender Identity ,Queer Studies ,Gender Studies ,Nature and nurture ,LGBTQ |
| author: | John Colapinto |
| LCC: | RC560 |
Description
In 1967, after a baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment; the boy was surgically altered to live as a girl. This landmark case, initially reported to be a complete success, seemed all the more remarkable since the child had been born an identical twin: his uninjured brother, raised as a boy, provided a perfect matched control....