The ‘Sissy Boy’ Experiment

For the last few nights, CNN aired “The Sissy Boy Experiment,” an Anderson Cooper 360 special three-part series. The investigative series looked at a government funded study at UCLA’s gender identity clinic in the 1970s headed up by George Rekers aimed at making effeminate boys more masculine. Kirk Murphy was placed in the study at age 5 as a result of his mother’s thoughts about his gender expression and along with a closer look into the therapy and those involved, Kirk’s family speaks out about the therapy and the impact that it had on his development and life. You can click on the screen shots below to view the videos.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Much love.

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