Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Daddy is pregnant

Back to a more traditional definition of gender, that of how we view ourselves. A person can be transgender -- a biological female may think of herself as male and through hormones and perhaps sexual reassignment surgery may transition so that sex and gender match. Such is the case with Thomas Beatie, who went through chest reconstruction to appear male, but kept his uterus. Legally male, he married Nancy. She had a hysterectomy, so when they decided to have children Thomas has the working uterus and so is carrying their daughter, due in July. This is his story, including discrimination by the medical community.

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