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Title: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Natasha on March 23, 2008, 03:29:24 AM
Transgendered male claims to be pregnant

Link (http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=94b1f16c-cfb0-4e73-90ae-b346e4174e78)
03/23/2008

"Now identifying as male, Thomas legally married Nancy, the story says. The pair wanted a biological baby but Nancy was unable to carry a child. So they decided Thomas would"
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: lady amarant on March 23, 2008, 03:33:09 AM
Well now. THIS is going to screw with those fundies' heads.  >:D
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Pysgod on March 23, 2008, 04:17:37 AM
LOL....should be interesting what those nimrods have to say about a guy getting pregnant.
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Nero on March 23, 2008, 07:35:26 AM
Wow. Cool. More power to him. Not something I could do though. Must be pretty secure in his manhood.
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: debbie j on March 23, 2008, 06:06:17 PM
Quote from: lady amarant on March 23, 2008, 03:33:09 AM
Well now. THIS is going to screw with those fundies' heads.  >:D

indeed and some how i think they would almost be way too funny to see. but yet still worth seeing tho :laugh:
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: cindianna_jones on March 23, 2008, 06:27:41 PM
It just goes to show... life is an incredibly rich array of options and experiences.  The fundies will go absolutely nuts with this.  I hope they lose lots of sleep over it.

Cindi
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: tinkerbell on March 23, 2008, 06:42:19 PM
Well, this couple wanted a child.  His wife couldn't have children, but he could so he did.  So??

I found his picture (http://postbourgie.com/2008/03/21/thomas-beaties-rabbit-test/) on the editorials child board.


..and why do OB/GYN's feel "icky" when treating a pregnant transsexual man anyway?  >:(  I thought that physicians took something called a Hippocratic Oath  ::) and that they were supposed to treat people, not judge their decisions unless those decisions endanger the patients' health.  And as far as I am concerned being pregnant is NOT, in itself, a risk to health.

As someone who would dearly love to bear children, but never can, I say good luck to him, and to his wife and their child.

tink :icon_chick:
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: mr_marc on March 23, 2008, 07:04:03 PM
That actually scared me...
Gotta say he has balls doin it but still...
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Nero on March 23, 2008, 08:26:05 PM
Wow - thanks for the picture, Tink. He is smokin. The image is wild though - like seeing a pregant belly on a male model or something.
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: SarahFaceDoom on March 23, 2008, 08:27:42 PM
That's so romantic.  That he was willing to do that as a testament to their love is insane.
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Nero on March 23, 2008, 08:29:53 PM
Quote from: SarahFaceDoom on March 23, 2008, 08:27:42 PM
That's so romantic.  That he was willing to do that as a testament to their love is insane.

Is pretty extreme. Reminds me of back when I once believed love conquered all.
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Suzy on March 23, 2008, 08:51:42 PM
That's a mind bender for sure.  I love that pic, thanks Tink! 

Wasn't that great that the college would kick him out if he really transitioned?  Makes you wonder why they call it "liberal" arts!

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fganjataz.com%2F01smileys%2Fimages%2Fsmileys%2FloopyBlonde-blinking.gif&hash=4545ddf8251cf9c32ae6074d56e48bc34a755857)Kristi
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: cindianna_jones on March 23, 2008, 09:04:21 PM
Tink, thanks for the link.  I also enjoyed reading the posts which were quite stimulating and intellectual for a change.  No bashing!  Wow. 

Cindi
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Natasha on March 23, 2008, 10:16:02 PM
Quote from: Tink on March 23, 2008, 06:42:19 PM
and why do OB/GYN's feel "icky" when treating a pregnant transsexual man anyway?  >:( 

tink :icon_chick:

maybe because all of their pregnant patients are female & they don't know how to deal or what to do with a pregnant man? ;) this isn't something you see everyday tink.
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: lady amarant on March 24, 2008, 01:44:35 AM
Quote from: Tink on March 23, 2008, 06:42:19 PM
I thought that physicians took something called a Hippocratic Oath

More like the Hypocritical Oath...
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Christo on March 24, 2008, 02:07:14 AM
Whoooaaa! Thats hella cool. hes got balls. more power to him.  thanx 4 the foto link princes :) :) :).   I wouldnt do it but that dont mean other trans dudes cant do it.  WTF am I to judge?.   this is the 21st century.  it aint the middle ages so people gotta get over there intolerance & stop judgin'.
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: lady amarant on March 24, 2008, 02:57:48 AM
Thomas Beatie has just become the newest addition to my list of Really Cool People.
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Natasha on March 25, 2008, 05:55:35 PM
more about this gentleman here. (http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/03/25/oregon-man-pregnant-mr-beatie-is-expecting-a-baby-girl/)
Title: Re: Oregon's Pregnant Man Is Former Hawaii Woman
Post by: Shana A on March 26, 2008, 08:06:17 AM
Oregon's Pregnant Man Is Former Hawaii Woman
Transgender Man Fought For Gay Rights In Islands

http://www.kitv.com/news/15707641/detail.html (http://www.kitv.com/news/15707641/detail.html)

HONOLULU -- A pregnant man in Oregon making headlines around the world is originally from Hawaii.

Thomas Beatie used to be a woman. Before Beatie became a transgender man, he was Tracy LaGondino living in Hawaii as a woman.

Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Sarah Louise on March 26, 2008, 09:27:29 AM
The news media is just using this to make us look like Fools.

I can't wait for it to disappear.

Sarah L.
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Suzy on March 26, 2008, 10:20:55 AM
It was covered on this morning's news.  Actually, they did a great job with it, even though the anchor woman said it was a bit odd to see.  Other than that, correct pronouns and everything!  Woo Hoo!

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fganjataz.com%2F01smileys%2Fimages%2Fsmileys%2FloopyBlonde-blinking.gif&hash=4545ddf8251cf9c32ae6074d56e48bc34a755857)Kristi
Title: Re: Transgender Man Says He's Pregnant
Post by: Shana A on March 26, 2008, 12:39:20 PM
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4526582&page=1 (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4526582&page=1)


Transgender Man Says He's Pregnant
Oregon Man Says He Has Had Chest Reconstruction, Testosterone Therapy

By NEAL KARLINSKY, STEVE PETYERAK and IMAEYEN IBANGA
March 26, 2008

A transgender man from Oregon says he is five months pregnant, according to gay rights magazine The Advocate.

Stunning photos of what appears to be a pregnant Thomas Beatie accompany the first-person article on the publication's Web site.
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Keira on March 26, 2008, 12:54:08 PM

Man, that will mess the child's normal in utero progress
unless he stops T therapy!!
Title: Re: Transgendered male claims to be pregnant
Post by: Dennis on March 26, 2008, 01:14:36 PM
He stopped long before the pregnancy, Keira.

Dennis
Title: Re: Pregnant man.... more stories
Post by: Shana A on March 29, 2008, 07:15:17 AM
yet more on this story.... from the Sun  ::)

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Pals' shock at pregnant man

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article970394.ece (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article970394.ece)

By EMILY SMITH
US Editor

Published: Today

PALS of "pregnant man" Thomas Beatie last night told of their shock.

Beatie, 34, who yesterday released a pic of his five-months-pregnant belly, has gone into hiding. It is rumoured he and wife Nancy have sold their story to TV chat host Oprah Winfrey.

A British-born neighbour who is looking after their home in Bend, Oregon, while they are away said: "They've struck a big deal with someone.


and, in the the continuing fascination of the sensationalist media  ::)

'Being a pregnant man? It's incredible'

http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/wellbeing/story/0,,2268896,00.html (http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/wellbeing/story/0,,2268896,00.html)

Is it a miracle? A hoax? Or just tragedy in the making? Patrick Barkham on the frenzy surrounding the US transgender man reported to be expecting a baby girl

Friday March 28, 2008
The Guardian

Thomas Beatie lives in a former logging city in Oregon with his wife, Nancy Roberts. He has a beard and he has a bulge in his stomach that isn't a beer belly. Beatie, it is claimed, is five months' pregnant and the story has caused a worldwide frenzy.

Beatie, 34, is a transgender man, or "trans man". Born in Hawaii as Tracy Lagondino, he was a prominent gay-rights activist who found he identified with being a man. He underwent a sex change, which involved regular injections of testosterone, and having his breasts surgically removed (but keeping his female reproductive organs) and legally became a man.

Posted on: March 28, 2008, 07:42:42 AM
Pregnant man 'lost triplets'

By EMILY SMITH
US Editor

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article975022.ece (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article975022.ece)

THE pregnant man has told of his heartache at losing TRIPLETS before he conceived again.

Thomas Beatie, who is due to give birth to a girl on July 3, survived the ectopic pregnancy – but lost the tots and his right Fallopian tube.

The transsexual, 34, who kept his female reproductive organs after a sex change, said: "It was a life-threatening event that required surgical intervention."