John Money

John Money (1921 to 2006) was a New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University, known for his research on human sexual behavior and gender. Born in Morrinsville, New Zealand, he studied psychology at Victoria University of Wellington, moved to the United States in 1947 and earned his PhD at Harvard University in 1952, then worked at Johns Hopkins from 1952 until his death. He coined the terms gender role and sexual orientation, popularized the term paraphilia, established the Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic in 1965 and pioneered drug treatment for sex offenders. His advocacy of surgery for children with intersex conditions, and his handling of the David Reimer case, remain controversial, and his work is still a subject of academic scrutiny by psychologists, ethicists and intersex rights activists.