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The growing divide between anatomy and destiny

Started by Shana A, July 10, 2008, 01:49:29 PM

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July 10, 2008, 01:49:29 PM
The growing divide between anatomy and destiny
By Ellen Goodman
Article Launched: 07/10/2008 12:01:00 AM CDT

http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_9830876

BOSTON — One of the expressions my grandmother uttered with feeling and frequency was that 'one man should have one baby.' I never knew if this was a wish or a curse, but I'm pretty sure she never imagined Thomas Beatie.

For those of you who do not watch Oprah or read tabloids, Beatie is "The World's First Pregnant Man." While the title of "first" is in dispute, Beatie is certainly the most public transgender poster parent to have a baby bump plastered across the media.

Pictures of him in such gender-bending poses as shaving while his elbow rests on his bump and outside mowing shirtless have appeared from here to Australia. And now — pass the cigars — he has delivered the baby.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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