Phallus in Wonderland

[Natasha]

Phallus in Wonderland

http://www.slate.com/id/2194977/
7/8/2008

"If you regard Beatie's sex change as a crime against nature, it's not clear what you should propose to do about it now. He and his wife have a baby. As things stand, this girl will grow up with a mom and dad. Do you want to tell her she has no dad? Do you want her to have two mommies? Do you want to nullify her parents' marriage?

Male pregnancy won't end with Beatie. It didn't even begin with him. Eight years ago in the Village Voice, a transgendered person in San Francisco told a similar story. Thanks to testosterone, he wrote, "My hips are smaller, my muscle mass is growing, and every day it seems like there's more hair on my face and body." But that was nothing compared to his partner's transformation: "My boyfriend is the mother of my child."