“He” is NOT a man, but “he” is pregnant again.

I wrote about this in July when Thomas Beatie gave birth to a child ("Pregnant man" gives birth). I said it then and I’ll say it again, Thomas is NOT a man. She was born a female and still has her womb and ovaries. Taking male hormones, growing facial hair and building up muscles doesn’t make you a man. Thomas is still capable of getting pregnant and that makes her a woman still. So the stories of a "man getting pregnant" are false, sensationalistic, and misleading. And I’m afraid that Thomas is the one to blame for a lot of it.

Thomas is pregnant again and I’m assuming we’ll have another media circus. I have no issues with how people live their lives, as long as they’re not harming anyone – but I do believe that Thomas’s need for publicity over this can and will likely be harmful to the children later. We aren’t talking about a gay or lesbian couple that has decided to have a family – we’re talking about a woman who looks male, but still has not given up her female sex organs. Either have a sex-change operation or don’t – but don’t boast about being a male who is pregnant.

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