by Samantha Hooper
On April 3rd, Oprah aired an episode about a transgender man who is six months pregnant. The transgender man whose name is Thomas Beanie has always wanted a child and considers it a miracle. Beanie, 34 who was born a woman decided to become a man 10 years ago. He underwent breast surgery to remove glands and flatten his chest and also took testosterone treatments. Beanie told Oprah that he did not to do anything with my reproductive organs because I wanted to have a child one day.
Nancy, Beanies wife as well as a former lesbian told the talk show host that she inseminated him with a syringe using sperm purchased from a bank. Nancy and Thomas have been married for five years. They have two daughters from Nancy’s previous marriage. She told Oprah that the couple’s roles will not change after the baby is born. Beanie stopped taking testosterone two years ago and his hormone levels are normal.
Beanie said,” It’s not a male or female desire to have a child. It’s a human desire.”
How do you suppose the child will treated after it is born? Winfrey called the development “a new definition of what diversity means for everybody.” Most people were shocked, confused and slightly disturbed about Beanie’s pregnancy. This “miracle” as Beanie calls it, is one of the most shocking stories in many years. I can only imagine what will be happening ten years from now.
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