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Article: Woman's case may give insight into gender identity Canadian was `assigned' new gender after botched circumcision
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 7, 1998
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A Canadian boy who was raised as a girl after his penis was
irreparably damaged during circumcision continues to live as a
woman, suggesting gender identity develops after birth, researchers
say.
The case is only the second documented case of a boy being
"assigned" a new gender after his genitals were mutilated during
circumcision.
The study, released Monday in the July issue of the journal
Pediatrics, contradicts the findings in the first case, in which the
boy returned to life as a male.
The Canadian who is living as a woman describes herself as
bisexual. As of last summer, she was in a relationship with a
woman.
To researchers, that suggests that sexual orientation may be
determined ...