PREGNANT MAN Thomas Beatie will appear on Oprah Winfrey's TV show tomorrow.
Transsexual Thomas, 34, shocked the world when a picture was released showing his bearded face and growing belly.
The Hawaiian ex-lesbian kept his female reproductive organs and is nearly six months pregnant. In clips from the show, which will be aired tomorrow, Thomas says: "I'm a person and I have the right to have my own biological child."
The amazing revelations have been questioned by sceptics, but the Chicago-based talk show said Oprah had interviewed Thomas, his wife Nancy, their doctor and pals of the pair. According to the clips from the show, Nancy tells how a hysterectomy left her unable to conceive. Thomas said: "If Nancy could get pregnant, I wouldn't be doing this."
When he switched gender, Thomas had his breasts removed and began taking testosterone in a bid to grow facial hair. But after keeping his female reproductive organs, Thomas fell pregnant through artificial insemination.
He expects to deliver a girl around July 3.
In an interview with an American magazine, he wrote: "Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire."
That is really disgusting and why must people feel the need to mess up what God gave them? why can't they just be happy as they are just male or female.
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That is really disgusting and why must people feel the need to mess up what God gave them? why can't they just be happy as they are just male or female.
I can't believe that in 2008, someone who (I assume) has had an education can be THAT conservative and narrow-minded.
If they're gonna love the kid and raise him or her to be a good person, what does it matter who carried the baby? In fact, it's kind of a cool thing for women's rights, the man carrying the child for once!
As much as I agree with the person's choices and rights, I don't think it's really fair on the potential child. It is going to be so confused since it's "dad" gave birth to it, and is bound to be picked on at school because of the amount of publicity the whole thing has generated. I just don't think they've thought it through properly, or if they have they haven't considered the child's welfare- only their own.
Quote by wonderwall_liam:
That is really disgusting and why must people feel the need to mess up what God gave them? why can't they just be happy as they are just male or female.
I can't believe that in 2008, someone who (I assume) has had an education can be THAT conservative and narrow-minded.
Your opinion is shocking.
It's kind of a good point if you look at it from less of a personal-outrage outlook and more of a philosophical/biological standpoint. It is interesting that there are people who feel uncomfortable being the gender they are, especially if it is something that "God gave them". It seems like a harsh thing to bestow on someone.
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Poor child.
