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Dr. John Money
Dr. John Money was a psychologist at Johns Hopkins University whose research on transgender people and individuals with ambiguous genitalia led him to develop the theory of psychosexual neutrality. He became prominently involved in the case of the Reimer twins after one of the boys, Bruce, suffered a severe injury to his penis. Dr. Money persuaded Bruce's parents to proceed with a gender reassignment, which involved surgically removing his testicles and raising him as a girl named Brenda.
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