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Transgendered Man Announces He Is Five Months Pregnant
26-Mar-2008
Written by: Brian Schmarje
Pictures of the pregnant Thomas Beatie appear on the gay rights magazine, The Advocate's, Web site.
“Our situation sparks legal, political and social unknowns," wrote Beatie, who's from Bend, Ore.
Beatie, who was born a woman, Tracy Lagondino, had chest surgery and took testosterone, but never had his reproductive organs altered. He appears as a man outwardly, but is still capable of getting pregnant.
According to ABC News, Beatie said he was able to get pregnant by artificial insemination. He and his wife, Nancy, are expecting a baby girl. The due date is July 3.
"A transgender man can be pregnant because he has the same organs as a woman," Cedars-Sinai Medical Center obstetrician Dr. Lisa Masterson said on Good Morning America today.
Masterson said there were some health risks associated with this type of pregnancy, namely that Beatie should stop taking testosterone, lest it give male characteristics to the female baby.
"To Nancy, I am her husband carrying our child," Beatie said, explaining that his wife is unable to conceive. "I will be my daughter's father, and Nancy will be her mother. We will be a family."
Not everyone believes Beatie’s story; according to an ABC video, neighbors were in disbelief.
"Quite frankly, I think it's a hoax," Beatie's neighbor Ron Schlieper said. "I saw him a few days ago, and he didn't look like that."
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