“A married man who used to be a woman says that he is pregnant and will give birth to a baby girl in July.”
When asked how it feels to be a pregnant man, Thomas Beatie replied:
“Despite the fact that my belly is growing with a new life inside me, I am stable and confident being the man that I am.” Mr. Beatie was born female, named Tracy Lagondino, but had gender reassignment surgery and is now legally male and married to a woman.
She was born on Hawaii and fell in love with the woman he/she now lives as his legal wife.
Here are a few pictures of her:
Now, I am sure you want to know what I think about this “mess”.
Well, I am just learning that there is a legal definition “male” and there is a scientific definition “male”.
And in this case the two definitions don’t match… I wonder if I could apply for a gender change. I see that I would have a lot of benefits… let me not share all. But for one: I always wanted to have someone around who would pick up after me, cook me good dinner, pick my clothes for me, and it would be real difficult to find a man to do that for me, and in addition: I don’t think I would be attracted to a man who is like that.
Also, given my age, it is near impossible to find a boy friend, but if I were a 60 year old man, I am sure I would have girl friends fall over to be with me. hmmm.
Otherwise? I don’t know. I wish I knew where our preferences really come from.
As a coach, I have worked with gay men, and in each case we could identify a defining moment, but then again, it could have been already programmed… and come out at that particular time. I don’t know. But I think this story is interesting and thought provoking.
Here is a link to an article in Advocate