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A tragedy that started in the mind of a psychologist John Money.

In the late 60s, a charismatic psychologist called John Money was obsessed with proving that gender was not a biological matter, but a matter of environment, education and construction.

It was like this, with a little bit of theory and a lot of fame and prestige, that he convinced a desperate Canadian family to trust their 2-year-old son to one of the cruelest and most controversial experiments in all of history.

Money presents a radical solution: to secretly raise a boy as a girl.

"Dress a boy as a girl. Treat the boy as a girl. Make him think he is a girl, and that's it –he will be a girl."

A true story based on a lie.

Coming soon.

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Following a botched circumcision, little Bruce Reimer had his life turned upside down.

His parents dreamed of giving him the most normal life possible. And a psychologist told them this dream could easily become real.

But only if they obeyed him and followed his steps to the tee.

The parents did that. Yet the dream never became truth.

Rather... it became a nightmare. For everybody. Specially for Bruce.

A Boy Named Brenda: a true story based on a lie. Coming soon.

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n the late 60s, a charismatic psychologist called John Money was obsessed with proving that gender was not a biological matter, but a matter of environment, education and construction.

It was like this, with a little bit of theory and a lot of fame and prestige, that he convinced a desperate Canadian family to trust their 2-year-old son to one of the cruelest and most controversial experiments in all of history.

Money presents a radical solution: to secretly raise a boy as a girl.

"Dress a boy as a girl. Treat the boy as a girl. Make him think he is a girl, and that's it –he will be a girl."

A true story based on a lie.

Coming soon.

Comment "BRENDA" to join the official list! by @zach_burger

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In 1965, in Canada, two identical twin brothers were born: Bruce and Brian Reimer.

At 8 months, Bruce suffered an accident during a circumcision that destroyed his penis.

Not knowing what to do, his parents sought help.

And they found John Money, one of the best-known sexuality researchers of the time.

Money saw in that case something he would hardly find again:

Two identical twin brothers.

One could be raised as a boy. And the other, like a girl.

Bruce went through new interventions. He got new (girl’s) clothes. A new identity. And a new name:

Brenda.

For years, John Money presented the case as a success.

But there was a problem: Brenda wasn’t Brenda.

At the age of 14, his parents finally told the truth.

Shortly after, he decided to return to live as a boy.

And he chose a new name for himself: David.

This story would only become known many years later.

Now, almost 60 years after the beginning of this story, it will finally be told in a movie. For the first time.

But perhaps the most unbelievable part of him is precisely this one:

It wasn’t a screenwriter who invented it. All this really happened.

A Boy Named Brenda: a true story based on a lie, is coming soon.

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No doctors or actors were harmed during the shooting... we promise.

What we don't promise is that you won't cry when you watch A Boy Named Brenda.

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Sci-fi imagined something that actually happened in real life.

When "Severance" came up with the "Innies" and "Outies," they did so without knowing about a true story that happened decades ago.

In the 1960s, a boy from Winnipeg, Canada, was given a lie as a life. The whole reason they did that was to "protect" him from a harsh truth.

He had suffered a failed medical procedure, and the parents were convinced by psychologist John Money to raise him as someone else entirely.

Behind this story, Money was seeking to prove his point -that gender could be molded from scratch.

For years, his experiment on the little boy was sold as a success, but it was built on a pile of lies.

No one in Hollywood dared to tell this story. So we did.

A Boy Named Brenda: a true story based on a lie, is coming soon.

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AI might make things easier, but it also makes things less authentic.

And when we decided to make a movie about the story of David Reimer, we couldn't risk sacrificing the truth. Even when producing it.

For so long was the truth about his story hidden. For so long was a blatant lie sold as a success.

Under an experiment ran by Dr. John Money, David (originally Bruce) would live a life as his life.

Bruce had suffered an accident during a botched circumcision. His parents, with the hope of giving him the most normal life possible, sougght out Money for help.

Money was a staunch defender of the idea that nurture was mightier than nature, and that, for example, a boy could become a girl, if guided properly.

He offered the Reimers the following proposal: raise Bruce as a girl, and never tell him the truth, while raising his brother Brian as a normal boy.

Bruce was given a new name: Brenda.

And his parents received an order: never, ever tell the truth.

For years, Money sold the case to the world as a success.

Behind that “success,” an entire family lived the consequences.

Now, this story finally gets a movie.

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A teddy bear is a child's first friend. It's a symbol of love and loyalty -it goes wherever you go, it agrees with you, it hugs back, it keeps your secrets.

Well, it usually means that. But not in all cases.

There's a story of Brenda's teddy bear. Brenda's teddy bear was given to a boy who was told he was a girl.

It had a name stitched across it, and the name wasn’t his. It agreed with everyone. It kept the secret, too.

The terrible secret had to do with a man named John Money and a plan he came up with, to prove his theory.

He believed nature was nothing compared to nurture. That if you raised a boy as a girl, he would become a girl.

To prove his theory, he received a young couple who had two twin boys. Yet one of them had suffered an accident during a botched circumcision.

He told them they were going to raise the boy as a girl, and never tell him the truth. Bruce then became Brenda.

While he sold the experiment as a complete success, Brenda's life spoke otherwise.

At the age of 14, his parents finally told the truth.

Shortly after, he decided to return to live as a young man.

And he chose a new name for himself: David.

This story would only become known many years later.

Now, almost 60 years after the beginning of this story, it will finally be told in a movie. For the first time.

But perhaps the most unbelievable part of him is precisely this one:

It wasn’t a screenwriter who invented it. All this really happened.

A Boy Named Brenda will premiere soon.

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How would you feel if someone treated your life as a game?

Angry? Scared?

What if we told you there was a boy whose life was completely built on a lie, for the sake of one man's desire to be right?

In 1965, in Canada, two identical twin brothers were born: Bruce and Brian Reimer.

At 8 months, Bruce suffered an accident during a circumcision that destroyed his penis.

Not knowing what to do, his parents sought help.

And they found John Money, one of the best-known sexuality researchers of the time.

Money saw in that case something he would hardly find again:

Two identical twin brothers.

One could be raised as a boy. And the other, like a girl.

Bruce went through new interventions. He got new (girl’s) clothes. A new identity. And a new name:

Brenda.

For years, John Money presented the case as a success.

But there was a problem: Brenda wasn’t Brenda.

At the age of 14, his parents finally told the truth.

Shortly after, he decided to return to live as a boy.

And he chose a new name for himself: David.

This story would only become known many years later.

Now, almost 60 years after the beginning of this story, it will finally be told in a movie. For the first time.

But perhaps the most unbelievable part of him is precisely this one:

It wasn’t a screenwriter who invented it. All this really happened.

A Boy Named Brenda: a true story based on a lie, is coming soon.

Comment “BRENDA” to join the exclusive list and get all the updates firsthand! 👇 by @zach_burger

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White lies are innocent, and can sometimes be kind.

But if you stretch it just too far, you might get something no one even wanted.

That's what happened to a family in Canada.

In 1965, in Canada, two identical twin brothers were born: Bruce and Brian Reimer.

At 8 months, Bruce suffered an accident during a circumcision that destroyed his penis.

Not knowing what to do, his parents sought help.

And they found John Money, one of the best-known sexuality researchers of the time.

Money saw in that case something he would hardly find again:

Two identical twin brothers.

One could be raised as a boy. And the other, like a girl.

Bruce went through new interventions. He got new (girl’s) clothes. A new identity. And a new name:

Brenda.

For years, John Money presented the case as a success.

But there was a problem: Brenda wasn’t Brenda.

At the age of 14, his parents finally told the truth.

Shortly after, he decided to return to live as a boy.

And he chose a new name for himself: David.

This story would only become known many years later.

Now, almost 60 years after the beginning of this story, it will finally be told in a movie. For the first time.

But perhaps the most unbelievable part of him is precisely this one:

It wasn’t a screenwriter who invented it. All this really happened.

A Boy Named Brenda: a true story based on a lie, is coming soon.

Comment “BRENDA” to join the exclusive list and get all the updates firsthand! 👇 by @zach_burger

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Truth was barely mentioned in this movie. Weird.

Actually, it makes so much sense when you find out what the story is about.

In 1965, in Canada, two identical twin brothers were born: Bruce and Brian Reimer.

At 8 months, Bruce suffered an accident during a circumcision that destroyed his penis.

Not knowing what to do, his parents sought help.

And they found John Money, one of the best-known sexuality researchers of the time.

Money saw in that case something he would hardly find again:

Two identical twin brothers.

One could be raised as a boy. And the other, like a girl.

Bruce went through new interventions. He got new (girl’s) clothes. A new identity. And a new name:

Brenda.

For years, John Money presented the case as a success.

But there was a problem: Brenda wasn’t Brenda.

At the age of 14, his parents finally told the truth.

Shortly after, he decided to return to live as a boy.

And he chose a new name for himself: David.

This story would only become known many years later.

Now, almost 60 years after the beginning of this story, it will finally be told in a movie. For the first time.

But perhaps the most unbelievable part of him is precisely this one:

It wasn’t a screenwriter who invented it. All this really happened.

A Boy Named Brenda: a true story based on a lie, is coming soon.

Comment “BRENDA” to join the exclusive list and get all the updates firsthand! 👇 by @zach_burger

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To what extent are you willing to go just to prove your point?

What if you were actually wrong? Would you still try to tell the world you were right? Would you lie? Would you use someone as a guinea pig?

Dr. John Money showed us to what extent he was able to go.

In 1965, in Canada, two identical twin brothers were born: Bruce and Brian Reimer.

At 8 months, Bruce suffered an accident during a circumcision that destroyed his penis.

Not knowing what to do, his parents sought help.

And they found John Money, one of the best-known sexuality researchers of the time.

Money saw in that case something he would hardly find again:

Two identical twin brothers.

One could be raised as a boy. And the other, like a girl.

Bruce went through new interventions. He got new (girl’s) clothes. A new identity. And a new name:

Brenda.

For years, John Money presented the case as a success.

But there was a problem: Brenda wasn’t Brenda.

At the age of 14, his parents finally told the truth.

Shortly after, he decided to return to live as a boy.

And he chose a new name for himself: David.

This story would only become known many years later.

Now, almost 60 years after the beginning of this story, it will finally be told in a movie. For the first time.

But perhaps the most unbelievable part of him is precisely this one:

It wasn’t a screenwriter who invented it. All this really happened.

A Boy Named Brenda: a true story based on a lie, is coming soon.

Comment “BRENDA” to join the exclusive list and get all the updates firsthand! 👇 by @zach_burger

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