The "first" Pregnant Man...NOT!

Okay, I need to vent.

I completely have nothing against him, the Oregon man Thomas Beatie, now pregnant with his second child.

But the fact that he's calling himself the FIRST is completely false. When Barbara Walters called him on it, he said he was the first LEGAL man to give birth. Also untrue.

My transgendered partner is now pregnant with our second child. We've lived a quiet life outside of the spotlight no problem. Our daughter is a good year older than Beatie's, and we aren't even the first.

His attention grabbing media schemes have me completely frustrated. He complains of having to fear for his families life. Having to stay indoors and have security cameras. Why? Because he willingly put himself on every paper and television program. This was his choice.

I'm not saying we should live inside 24/7. We live an open life without fear. Why? Because we don't need to claim we're the first to vindicate our existence as a valid, loving family.

I write this only to vent and let everyone know that this sad man is not the first, again neither are we, and shouldn't be claiming to be the pioneer that he clearly isn't.

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Call Guinness! Seriously!

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Not that I know of but you should, totally. It's such a rip off.

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That'll learn ya!

Nah, I'm good.

Lord.

And clearly this thread didn't garner the attention you were looking for.

Updated On: 12/3/12 at 12:11 AM

I can't fathom what you think I'm ignorant of.

Updated On: 12/3/12 at 12:19 AM

Indeed.

I've never vented so "each and every member" may be overstating it.

However, not venting has left me a volcano just waiting to erupt. Which is a nightmare, of course. I should have vented more. Hell, I should have vented at all.

Did your partner used to be a lesbian? I only ask because my old school femme dyke colleague laments the trend -- and yes, she sees it as a lamentable trend -- of butch dykes becoming tranny boys now and she sees a real dearth of butch lesbians. Hell, even Leslie Feinberg did it, and she was about as old school butch as you could get.

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Updated On: 12/3/12 at 12:30 AM