As Nature Made Him

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{{short description|2000 biography of David Reimer by John Colapinto}}

{{infobox book

| name = As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

| image = File:As Nature Made Him.jpg

| author = John Colapinto

| pages = 279

| pub_date = February 20, 2000

| isbn = 978-0-06-019211-2

| publisher = Harper Perennial

}}

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 after his penis was severely injured during a botched circumcision in infancy and John Money advised his parents to follow the optimum gender rearing model. Money published his research regarding Reimer as the "Joan/John case", comparing him to his twin brother. Reimer's identity became public with the publication of his biography.{{cite web |title=Man at centre of controversial gender experiment dies |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/man-at-centre-of-controversial-gender-experiment-dies-1.483274 |website=CBC News |access-date=14 May 2025 |date=May 10, 2004}} Half of the author's earnings from the book were forwarded to Reimer.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Graeme |title=Boy raised as a girl suffered final indignity |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/boy-raised-as-a-girl-suffered-final-indignity/article18264922/ |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=14 May 2025 |date=May 11, 2004}}