I didn’t get to see Thomas Beatie on Oprah last week (even though reader Melis gave me a heads up as soon as she saw my post.) But the “world’s first pregnant man”’s appearance on daytime TV has come up in conversations with multiple friends this week. Luckily, I knew the plot, but I thought I would take a peek at Oprah’s site to see what I missed.
More interesting than the show’s recap is the discussion taking place on Oprah’s message board right now. There were your customary comments voicing outrage, disgust or both. Some faithful viewers were a little …read more

Ok, ok, I know I’ve blogged about male pregnancy before. But this time it’s different. I promise. I stumbled across this site today and learned about Thomas Beatie:
He was born biologically female, had sex reassignment surgery, and is now legally male. When his wife, Nancy, was unable to have children, Thomas, who still has female genitalia, decided he’d carry their baby himself. And thus became the world’s first pregnant man.
Really? I think so. www.Guanabee.com goes on to say,
Now five months pregnant, Thomas hopes his story will help foster dialogue about the nature of family and our bodies.
There are a lot …read more

Maybe it’s too late at night to be blogging. Maybe I’ve worked too long today. My eyes crossed when I saw this today. But the Dwayne Medical Center swears that the experiment of male pregnancy is no joke.
It’s true that many of the people involved in this project (including Mr. Lee) are indeed artists — and Virgil Wong has created an art installation of Male Pregnancy for …read more