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Thanks, Betsy, for posting this enlightening article of David's tragic life........terrible, terrible:(

Dana:(

I still think that suicide is a act of exstreme selfishness and bitterness, BUT... I would say that this story sheds much more light on david's death. It was very interesting. It would seem that inspite of the terrible things that happened to him in childhood, the depression that he faced was passed down from his mother. Still, it sounds like that even if David had not had the terrible childhood he may have turned to suicide anyway. Once again I am forced to think that if you are unhappy with your body as a female, to transgender, as dramatic as it is to change your sex, it will never guarantee that you will be happy with your body as the other sex :(
It is a very sad story:( :(

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Hi there all

Just so we have them in more than one place here is a list articles about David and some related items as well from our news page.

David Reimer; Man raised as girl dies
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/ser..._reimer20040507
The BBC broadcast about David Reimer's life . . . transcript can be found at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizo...irl_transcript.
For those who haven’t read the book "as nature made him" a 2 page summary can be found at
http://www.infocirc.org/rollston.htm
Winnipeg man raised as a girl takes own life
http://www.ctvca/servlet/ArticleNew...?hub=TopStories
"Further Adventures of The Boy With No Penis" http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/diamond/
OBITUARIES David Reimer, 38
http://www.latimes.com/news/printed...1,5810062.story
Gender Gap
http://slate.msn.com/id/2101678/
Told To Act Like a Girl
http://www.intellectualconservative...rticle3445.html
Other related stories
See "Complications of Circumcision"... http://www.circumstitions.com/Complic.html
When it goes bad... http://www.circumstitions.com/Botched4.html#excess
For a fuller list of Reasons Not to Circumcise, http://www.circumstitions.com/reasonsnotto.html
Death now has its own page http://www.circumstitions.com/death.html

DaleLynn Sims
A Kindred Spirit
http://www.kindredspiritlakeside.homestead.com
http://www.bodieslikeours.org
http://www.intersexualite.org

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I moved the original reply to a new thread ( Legalities/Stds of Care)...as it briefly talked about David but went much further in an article in a Duke Law Univ. web page for legal journals.