David Reimer was born a boy, knew he was male, felt "male" although he had no penis. A common reaction to David is that of support: "of course he knew he was a male despite that his anatomy revealed female genitalia. He was male, he felt male and knew his gender identity." However, the support is not as unconditional with individuals like "Noah." Noah will grow up and may face incessant verbal abuse, discrimination and possibly be the target of hate crimes because his gender expression is different from his biological sex.