Thomas Beattie “Pregnant Man”

Thomas Beattie, from Bend Oregon, is a transgendered pregnant man who has appeared on Oprah, and is expecting the impending birth of his child. “Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire,” he has said. In order to have the baby, Thomas chose to keep his female reproductive organs, although to become legally a man he had chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy.

Thomas before becoming a man

Pregnant with his child

Shaving, thanks to Testosterone therapy

I like the duckie…

Critics say that because he “was never actually a man, a masculine looking woman had a baby” and dismiss Thomas’ pregnancy as a publicity stunt. After all, it’s true that while Thomas Beattie is cosmetically a man, biologically she is a woman, and still capable of female reproduction. What do you think? Wave of the future, or sad stunt?