Thomas Beatie, The Pregnant Man, In The Public Sphere

Thomas is a female-to-male transgendered man without "bottom" surgery. He is legally a man and legally married to his wife, Nancy. He stopped taking testosterone and was artifically inseminated. He is now about six months pregnant:



I'm not sure what to make, sociologically, of the attention that Thomas' pregnancy is receiving in the mass media, but it is ripe for analysis. Below I've collected a bunch of different takes from various media outlets. I'd love to hear what ya'll think.

CNN:



Fox News:



On David Letterman:



MSNBC:



More MSNBC:



The Oprah Promo:



The Beginning of the Oprah Special:

What The Ladies Think

Discussion of gender bending and transgender children on The View: