Thomas Beatie Bedtime Story
Filed by: Paige Schilt
January 17, 2009 5:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/01/thomas_beattie_bedtime_story.phpThe other night, my 5-year-old son, Waylon, was sitting on the toilet and reading Us Weekly. (Normally I would not confess that our home harbors such toxic tabloid sludge--much less that we expose our child to it--but since it is pivotal to my tale, I will just clarify that it is all my spouse's fault.)
"Mom!" Waylon shouted from the bathroom. "Come here! You gotta see this cute baby."
I marched into the bathroom, prepared to deliver my "stop stalling and get in bed" speech. Then my gaze met the baby in question. It was Thomas Beatie's daughter, Susan. She really is a cute baby.
Amazed that Waylon, a child with a trans parent, had somehow managed to pick out the only trans family in the whole magazine, I sat down on the side of the tub. "Look at her cheeks," Waylon cooed.
