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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a [[circumcised]] man who lives most of his time in San Francisco, writing and teaching English at [https://www.ccsf.edu/ City College of San Francisco] to refugees and immigrants. With friends, he founded [https://noharmm.org/TVS.htm The Victims Speak] in San Francisco, 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." | |||
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an [[intactivist]]. He has authored two books to advance knowledge of the harm and lack of benefit of [[child circumcision]]. | |||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Boyd grew up in Arkansas. | Boyd grew up in the Ozark Mountains of north Arkansas. His family did not believe in infant [[circumcision]], so he was protected from the usual harmful [[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 harmful [[forced foreskin retraction]] of his [[intact]] [[foreskin]] by an ignorant caretaker, which ripped apart the [[synechia]] that fused the inner surface of his immature [[foreskin]] with his underlying [[glans penis]]. [[Fusions_and_adhesions#Adhesion| Adhesions]] were the result as the raw surfaces healed together. | |||
"A circumcision was recommended to solve the problem once and for all."<ref>{{REFbook | |||
|last=Boyd | |||
|first=Billy Ray | |||
|init=BR | |||
|title=[[Circumcision: What It Does]] | |||
|year=1990 | |||
|publisher=Taterhill PR | |||
|isbn=978-0961679231 | |||
}}: p. 66.</ref> | |||
{{PUB}} | {{PUB}} | ||
* {{REFbook | * {{REFbook | ||
|last=Boyd | |last=Boyd | ||
|first= | |first= | ||
|init=BR | |init=BR | ||
|author-link=Billy Ray Boyd | |||
|year=1990 | |year=1990 | ||
|title=Circumcision: What it | |title=Circumcision: What it Does | ||
|url= | |url=https://www.amazon.com/Circumcision-What-Billy-Ray-Boyd/dp/0961679239?s=books | ||
|scope= | |scope= | ||
|location=San Francisco | |location=San Francisco | ||
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|ISBN=0-9616792-3-9 | |ISBN=0-9616792-3-9 | ||
|accessdate=2026-02-17 | |accessdate=2026-02-17 | ||
}} | |||
* {{REFbook | * {{REFbook | ||
|last=Boyd | |last=Boyd | ||
|first= | |first= | ||
|init=BR | |init=BR | ||
|author-link= | |author-link=Billy Ray Boyd | ||
|year=1998 | |year=1998 | ||
|title=Circumcision Exposed: Rethinking a Medical and Cultural Tradition | |title=Circumcision Exposed: Rethinking a Medical and Cultural Tradition | ||
|url=https://www.amazon.com | |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/0895949393 | ||
|scope=174 | |||
|publisher=Crossing Press | |||
|ISBN=978-0895949394 | |||
|scope= | |||
|publisher= | |||
|ISBN= | |||
|accessdate=2026-02-17 | |accessdate=2026-02-17 | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[ | * [[Intactivism]] | ||
* [[Foreskin]] | * [[Foreskin]] | ||
* [[Pain]] | * [[Pain]] | ||
* [[Penis]] | |||
* [[Trauma]] | * [[Trauma]] | ||
{{REF}} | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Billy Ray}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Billy Ray}} | ||
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[[Category:Male]] | [[Category:Male]] | ||
[[Category:Author]] | [[Category:Author]] | ||
[[Category:Educational]] | [[Category:Educational]] | ||
[[Category:Intactivist]] | [[Category:Intactivist]] | ||
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