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Boyd grew up in Arkansas. His family did not believe in infant [[circumcision]], so he was protected from the usual [[circumcision of the newborn]]. | Boyd grew up in Arkansas. His family did not believe in infant [[circumcision]], so he was protected from the usual [[circumcision of the newborn]]. | ||
===Premature forcible foreskin retraction=== | ===Premature forcible foreskin retraction=== | ||
Premature forcible foreskin retraction (PFFR) is a very bad way to care for an [[intact]], [[foreskinned]] boy]]. As a young boy, Boyd received a [[forced foreskin retraction]] of his [[intact]] [[foreskin]], which ripped apart the [[synechia]] that fused the inner surface of his [[foreskin]] with his underlying [[glans penis]]. [[Fusions_and_adhesions#Adhesion| Adhesions]] were the result as the raw surfaces healed together. | |||
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Billy Ray Boyd is a circumcised man who lives most of his time in San Francisco, writing and teaching English to refugees and immigrants. With friends, he founded [The Victims Speak], a group of "men friends, and loved ones hurt by circumcision in various ways and degrees who seek to bring their voice to the circumcision debate through creative non-violent action.
Early life
Boyd grew up in Arkansas. His family did not believe in infant circumcision, so he was protected from the usual circumcision of the newborn.
Premature forcible foreskin retraction
Premature forcible foreskin retraction (PFFR) is a very bad way to care for an intact, foreskinned boy]]. As a young boy, Boyd received a forced foreskin retraction of his intact foreskin, which ripped apart the synechia that fused the inner surface of his foreskin with his underlying glans penis. Adhesions were the result as the raw surfaces healed together.
"A circumcision was recommended to solve the problem once and for all."[1]
Boyd BR (1990): Circumcision: What it does. San Francisco: Tatterhill Press. ISBN 0-9616792-3-9. Retrieved 17 February 2026.- Boyd BR (1998): Circumcision Exposed: Rethinking a Medical and Cultural Tradition. 174 pages. ISBN 978-0895949394. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
See also
References
- ↑ Boyd BR (1990): Circumcision: What It Does. Taterhill PR. ISBN 978-0961679231.: p. 66.