As Nature Made Him
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| Author | John Colapinto |
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| Publisher | Harper Perennial |
Publication date | February 20, 2000 |
| Pages | 279 |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-019211-2 |
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl is a biography of David Reimer, written by John Colapinto and published February 20, 2000, by Harper Perennial. Reimer was a Canadian man born male but raised as a girl following medical advice and intervention after his penis was severely injured during a botched circumcision in infancy.
In 2001, the book was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction.
Reception
[edit]As Nature Made Him was a New York Times best seller.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "As Nature Made Him". HarperCollins. Retrieved January 14, 2022.