Comments on: The ‘Pregnant Man’ Gives Birth To His Second Child

By: PixiesBassline

PixiesBassline — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:03:36 +0000

I think it’s the armpit hair in the famous picture that’s causing so much anger and disgust. :)

By: CIELO

CIELO — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:44:46 +0000

Hey!!! congratulations!!!!! A new baby is a gift to god, carefull so much, please dont listen the people, live your own life and will be happy….

By: Connie

Connie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:50:30 +0000

I think it’s beautiful. I consider my self a Christian but I also believe in living to your full potential the way God intended. So many people live sad miserable lives and this family is happy and to me, that glorifies God. They love each other and want to bring children into their lives to share that love and to grow into kind decent people. To me that’s all that matters. People should be happy for them regardless.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:18:33 +0000

Seriously if they are happy, who cares? It doesnt affect your life at all. Get over it!

By: Kristy

Kristy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:34:16 +0000

@sunstrider – 100% ditto

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:29:33 +0000

@canuckistani — to be honest, this debate was pretty much the same one that took place here on the blog last july when the first baby was born. for some reason, people feel a vested interest in this story.

By: canuckistani

canuckistani — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:26:11 +0000

Wow! I think this is the most heated debate I’ve seen on PITNB. Although this story isn’t really my cup of tea, that family isn’t hurting anyone or breaking any laws so I’m keeping out of it.

By: it's me

it's me — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:24:07 +0000

When a man pushes a baby out his pecker then a man will give birth.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:23:00 +0000

I’m fixated on the penis ; )

By: Jenn in BC Canada

Jenn in BC Canada — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:24:43 +0000

Congrats to the Beatie Family!!! Enjoy your children and love them all you can, that is what kids really need LOVE. Kids don’t care if their parents are “weird” they need love, affection and time.

By: Sweet_Lady

Sweet_Lady — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:24:13 +0000

if you want to be a man – be a man. If you want to be a woman – be a woman. I could care less which, just pick one and be true to your decision!

By: debho

debho — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:45:44 +0000

The fact that “he” doesn’t have male genitalia doesn’t bother me so much…we all know that having balls does not a man make sometimes. What I think annoys/puts off a lot of people is the fact that she hasn’t had her reproductive organs removed. If this person truly wanted to live as a male, wouldn’t he have done this? Outwardly he dresses like a man, but underneath each month he has to use a tampon.
I honestly don’t care if a person is straight, gay, purple, blue, Chinese, Aussie, French or Martian…but you need to be true to yourself. And how can this person be when they’re really neither female nor male. The fact that this couple love these children is also a given. However, kids can be cruel and I really don’t see how these children will escape taunting and ridicule when they get older. No matter how much most of us instill in our children not to discriminate, there will always be some arsehole (and his equally arsehole-ish kid) who will. It’s a sad fact of life and I’m afraid these people have left themselves wide open to all sorts of grief.

By: FPG

FPG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:13:11 +0000

i think this is such an interesting topic that is beyond what the majority of society is capable of comprehending..we imagine indiviudals to fit some kind of “norm” we’ve all created in our minds.. for example, think of individuals with disabilities.. some people can’t imagine even looking at some individuals with certain deformities. but some can look past it and see them for who they are. some think they belong in a circus! but i just really feel negativity is largely a result of humans who do not have the capability of looking beyond “deviants” of our society as some would say.

thanks for putting this on my radar, Trent!

By: Anisha

Anisha — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:26:49 +0000

vic, you’re entitled to your opinion but wouldn’t you think it was pretty unnecessary for someone to say “i support gay couples and gay rights, but gay sex kinda sickens me. gays are great people and all, but ew gay sex is just gross” ? i’m gay and i would find it unnecessary, like if you fully support me then why go out of your way to stuff like that when a lot of society ridicules me already? i’d guess that trans people would feel that way too. but i’m glad you at least support trans rights.

By: Anisha

Anisha — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:25:56 +0000

i’m glad there are people expressing acceptance. i just feel like a lot of people don’t seem to understand that things like ridiculing transpeople, calling them freaks, calling them by the wrong pronoun or “it” etc just adds to the shunning, prejudice, and yes hatred of transpeople. it translates to discrimination and yes, violence. even if you personally don’t hate or fear transpeople or want to hurt them, dehumanizing them by saying these things just helps the people who do. yes you’re all entitled to your opinions, but saying things like that about another human being (especially when those human beings are murdered at a rate of at least 1/month in the U.S. just for existing as they do) has consequences. have some empathy.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:19:21 +0000

vic – you should know better …

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:18:12 +0000

WOW – People are so fixated on the penis … the simple fact is medical science can do most things now, but they have not worked out how to build a penis that is a regular size – they can build a small one … Many Trans also don’t have surgery as they’re worried about losing sensation. Some feel they just don’t need the surgery.

By: vic

vic — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:00:57 +0000

I’m a gay man who fully supports transgender couples BUT I have to say this kinda sickens me.. It just seems wrong, I’m sure the couple are lovely people and have every right to have children but I don’t know it seems kinda gross! More power to them…but still, yucky!!!

By: Sunstrider

Sunstrider — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:56:24 +0000

It’s not transphobia to disagree with someone on how or why they they live as they choose. Just because someone doesn’t agree doesn’t mean you fear it. As a society we only legally have to tolerate others not agree or approve of it.

As far as facts go, this “man” is biologically a women. If I decide to live my life as a cheetah (like that tattooed guy does) it doesn’t make me a cheetah, I’m still a man. Facts are facts. If I go by this women then my flat chested Grandma with her beard is now a man also. MEN DON”T GIVE BIRTH, Only women do. Lose the vagina and get a penis and I will call him a woman.

By: sophia

sophia — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:02:42 +0000

this man really creeps me out ever since i saw him on Oprah.

By: Efulch

Efulch — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:53:49 +0000

WHO GIVES A FUCK?

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:34:19 +0000

@J, Thanks for enlightening a generation in your classroom! I wish more educators were as brave as you.
And CONGRATS to the Beatie family. He is a wonderful father!

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:23:35 +0000

DISGUSTING.

And that’s all I have to say about this subject.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:12:53 +0000

Who cares what this person is or isn’t? The fact of the matter is that these children have two parents who love and cherish them unconditionally and that is ALL that matters!
Some people need to worry more about themselves and less about OTHER people’s lives!

By: Jacintos

Jacintos — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:53:18 +0000

I wonder do people think that FTMs can just walk down to the local penis store and pick out the shiny new model…

FYI

a. Bottom surgery, particularly for FTMs, is incredibly expensive and insurance companies typically aren’t too keen on covering it.

b. The surgery that exists now isn’t especially top of the line for FTMs. It’s easier to turn a penis into a vagina than to do the opposite. For this reason and others, many FTMs choose NOT to have bottom surgery. Thomas is not an anomaly in that regard.

c. Good grief, it’s not like he set out to be the pregnant man. Many FTMs would prefer to just be treated as a man. However, Thomas and his wife wanted bio kids. She couldn’t have them, he still had the necessary parts, so he’s having the kids.