Thomas Beatie, a US man who was born female, underwent gender change surgery and is now pregnant, has sparked renewed debate in the United States about the rights of transgender individuals.
Beatie, who is legally male but decided to keep his female sex organs during chest reconstruction surgery and testosterone therapy, has appeared in several magazines and on Oprah Winfrey's talkshow since revealing that he is pregnant.
"I feel it's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human need. I'm a person and I have the right to have a biological child," Beatie told chat show host Winfrey this week, sporting a light beard.
His unusual situation first became public when he wrote an article in the leading US gay magazine The Advocate last month, entitled "Labor of Love." More info.
"To our neighbors, my wife, Nancy, and I don't appear in the least unusual," he wrote, explaining that his wife was unable to have a child after undergoing a hysterectomy and that they had conceived by artificial insemination.
Pregnant man On Oprah.
Monday, June 16, 2008
The Pregnant Man
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I think Thomas Beatie does really deserve to be happy! He is so wonderful and interesting person! Wish him all the best
1st, She is NOT a man, 2nd SHE has the reproductive organs of a WOMAN.... SHE can have all the happyness in the world that SHE wants but SHE needs to stop saying SHE is a man. SHE is not a man and no matter how many hormone pills or surguries SHE has SHE can not become a man. I am happy for the 2 of them for wanting and caring for a baby I am happy they have found happiness in this together. But SHE can stop calling HERSELF a man.
"1st, She is NOT a man, 2nd SHE has the reproductive organs of a WOMAN.... Blahblahblah. But SHE can stop calling HERSELF a man."
May I ask, why on earth are you so bothered about what HE calls HIMself? It's his damn own business. And yes, he is very much a man. Get over it.
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