!! OMG, he's pregnant: Thomas Beatie !!
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Thomas Beatie could be the world's first pregnant man. He is transgender, legally married to his wife Nancy, and now 22 weeks pregant, with the baby due in July. Doctors and people in general have been confused, disgusted, and unsupportive of their efforts to have a child.
I don't know why I'm surprised, given the average American's limited capacity for compassion and understanding, but it does make me sad that even medical professionals can't just do their jobs without bias.
Anyway, I'd like to say congratulations to Thomas and Nancy! I think the idea of pregnant men is pretty awesome. Maybe Thomas will start a trend. (via Towleroad)
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posted by Frank on Friday, March 28, 2008
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Nasty. Obviously...a man is not giving birth because "it" is still a woman..otherwise...uh no baby? Stop fucking up the way the world is supposed to work.
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Rach |
April 3, 2008 8:33 PM
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is it safe??????? he obviously takes male hormones...is that safe for a baby????
and why would a "man" WANT to bear a child? ask any man...a "real" man wouldn't.
Posted by:
SaltyDelights |
April 1, 2008 11:58 PM
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I think that anyone who can love and raise a child to the best of their abilities should be able to do so regardless of gender identification by self or others. Congrats on the baby! WooHooooooo!
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Norman |
April 1, 2008 5:24 PM
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I think its absolutely disgusting what they're doing, the way they're pimping themselves out to the media. If their goal is to "create understanding" this is not the way to go. They'll pretty much become a freak show with many in the country being shocked rather than being educated.
I'm sure he/she is not the first transgendered to get pregnant. Others have however decided not to sensationalize it.
Posted by:
yolanda |
March 31, 2008 10:24 PM
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Yeah, "given the average American's limited capacity for compassion and understanding"... I'm sure this would be welcomed in all other countries around the world with open arms and a parade. People are bigots. Not just Americans. Some people are even a little bigoted about Americans :) ...
Posted by:
Arkon Crest |
March 31, 2008 3:28 PM
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Sorry but as long as he has a uterus and can gestate a fetus, he's still a woman.
Posted by:
Gail |
March 31, 2008 2:48 PM
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I don't really want to get into an argument about the differences between sex and gender and one being a social construct or everything else that everybody seems to be arguing about, I just want to say:
He may identify as a man. But identifying as one, and biologically being one are two different things. Therefore, this news story really isn't ALL that interesting, until a biological man gets pregnant.
Biologically, he is female, and biological females getting pregnant may still be considered the 'miracle of life', but it's not newsworthy. I just want to know what kind of effect all his hormones are going to have on his child.
Posted by:
bob dylan |
March 30, 2008 7:38 PM
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Fuck legality... He is a man. A man with the most awesome gift of creating life. Nothing is closer to The Rhythm of The Universe, in other words... God.
Posted by:
Mikey Garcia |
March 29, 2008 3:02 AM
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Can you please try to STOP being rude to AMERICANS. You claim compassion always are so hateful. Who are you to judge an entire country?
OMGBLOG comment: the average American's limited capacity for compassion and understanding
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Mike |
March 29, 2008 12:42 AM
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He's so not the first... A friend of a friend who's a trans guy had a baby a year or so ago, he just didn't decide to go to the media to get his 15 minutes of fame.
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Chris |
March 29, 2008 12:05 AM
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