An Oregon transgendered man has revealed to The Advocate magazine that he is five months pregnant. Thomas Beatie is legally male and legally married to his wife, who cannot carry a child after undergoing a hysterectomy due to severe endometriosis. Beatie had chest reconstruction surgery and testosterone therapy, but kept his female sex organs, calling the desire to have a biological child “neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire.” Despite the pregnancy, Beatie asserts that his male gender identity remains constant and he looks forward to becoming a first-time father. The couple’s baby girl is due this summer.
