When a circumcision operation went horribly wrong
 

"When a circumcision operation went horribly wrong, doctors decided to turn the then eight-month-old David Reimer into a girl. It was argued that reassigning sex was easy. Nurturing, not nature, determined psychological make-up. ..."


Full Story: http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/6.../story_158.asp

That is just fucked!

Fuckin Aussies

"As McMullen reports, Reimer's story should sound alarm bells about sexual reassignment. Instead, 60 Minutes has been told that several of Australia's leading hospitals still routinely turn boys into girls.
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Weird, I was telling someone about this story yesterday because I watched the special along time ago.

"He tells Jeff McMullen of a tortured childhood trying to be something he was not, of the bizarre therapy sessions with his twin brother where he was encouraged to adopt attitudes of sexual intercourse. "

Im not quite sure how to take that paragraph though... that sounds a little more fucked up than them turing him into a girl!