Detrimental Scientific Ignorance Exposed

When David finally shared his story in 1997, it divided opinions, even among Dr. Money’s supporters. Many were torn between David’s truth and the manipulative theories that the doctor had presented about gender and carnal identity. By going public, David Reimer opened the platform for a conversation that would go on for years.

A journalist, John Colapinto, published the story in “Rolling Stone” magazine in December 1997, and the response was incredible. Colapinto himself described how the story changed his mind, challenging some of the theories he had previously believed in. He later edited the paper into the New York Times Best-selling biography “As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl,” which gave a detailed insight into David’s story,