Sad news, folks. Thomas Beatie and wife Nancy have separated. What? You don't know the name? Maybe this will ring a few bells: in 2008, he became known as the "pregnant man" when he delivered the couple's daughter, Susan.
The fact that he went on to deliver two more babies, despite having undergone gender reassignment surgery that allowed him to live legally as a man with a uterus, made Beatie something of a mystical being. Here was a man born a woman who actually bested Mother Nature! What would he do next? Leap high buildings in a single bound?
So much for superhero status.
It turns out Beatie is just like the rest of us. As he said on The Doctors:
Like all marriages, we have our ups and downs, and we’re going through a rough patch right now. At the moment, we’re separated.
Of course his harshest critics are jumping all over this announcement, pointing at his tummy and blaming the Beatie's "alternative" lifestyle. They're clutching their pearls and climbing up on soapboxes to get all gleeful about being able to say "I told you so." After all, nothing makes a bigot happier than being able to feel better about their own sad existence by delighting in someone else's misery.
Too bad the Beaties' separation proves absolutely bupkus about the repercussions of being a "pregnant man" or two people born as women getting together.
So-called "normal" couples get separated all the time. It sucks, but it happens. And we don't blame them for having kids the old-fashioned way or daring to be born with different genders.
Have they looked at the latest marriage and divorce statistics? According to the CDC, we're at the 50/50 mark, folks. Fifty percent of marriages are ending in divorce. That means all sorts of people doing things the "right" way, right down to some boring old vanilla procreation, are seeing it all fizzle in front of them.
If we really want to fix the world, how about we find a way to keep those folks together? There are a lot more of them then there are "pregnant men." Get a look at what Beatie -- and those kids -- look like today:
What do you wish you could say to Thomas Beatie and his wife today?
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I agree with some of the others that think it isn't ok for him to be a male but then still give birth. If he was truly born a male in a female's body, that is fine and he can become a male- which he clearly did. However, I think at that point, he should have taken on a male's reproductary role and not given birth himself. That is like having his cake and eating it too. If you are a male... fine. But males don't give birth!
There's nothing wrong with him identifying and living as a man, keeping his reproductive organs then having children. You do not need to have bottom surgery as a trans man in order to be legally considered a man. His wife had a hysterectomy due to severe endometriosis so he kept his female organs so that they could have children together - which does not equal "having his cake and eating it too". It equals being a kind, caring partner to his wife.
I agree that the term "pregnant man" is misleading. A pregnant man and a pregnant trans man are two very, very different things. I'm sorry their marriage is struggling and I wish them all the best.
I dont care how one lives their lives, but this one is not right. Its not right to claim that you want to be a man because you identify that way, but then keep.the womanly functioning parts. You either feel one way or dont.
Nothing to be confused about----it is a WOMAN....not a man. She was born a woman....her insides are a woman....that is how she was able to give birth-as a WOMAN. She purposefully changed her OUTSIDES to appear as a man. Simple.
I get that people have DNA issues and sometimes nature messes up. However, this guy/woman was born a woman, and then decided they were a man. Men DO NOT have babies and get pregnant. NOPE SORRY! My personal opinion is that SHE is a super masculine female that is a lesbian, and didn't have enough therapy or guidance to help he figure that out. Now on top of all the isses this person has they get tp deal with that. I don't envy them at all.
Do you women think pushing one out makes you a woman? Do you think because you gave birth that you are a better parent than a man? Are women better parents? If men could give birth I'd think that was wonderful...for any who wanted to give birth. I know lots of men who are better parents than their female partner. All speculative questions. What do you believe?
So if "he" changed sex after giving birth is he a mom/woman or man/dad? To the woman who said only women give birth- right now yes. In history way way back-no. There are lots of species that can change sex or be both at once- Who is to say we wont change in some far off future? On a planet that went from huge animals like dinosaurs to the Internet in a relatively small amount of time-You don't think it could never happen??