The woman in the picture below is pregnant.
Shocking? Not really, but the twist is that the woman in the picture now above has been transformed into a man.
Many have been asking how this is possible. Tracey, now better known as Thomas, is a transsexual man who had his (her?) breasts removed, but kept the reproductive organs. Upon finding out that his wife could no longer have a child, the couple decided that they had no other choice but to impregnant the man with sperm from a doner.
So many questions have been raised about this. Is it right? Is the marriage between a man and woman or a woman and a woman? What about the child? Before you judge, check out all sides of the story.
The woman already has children. She can't have any more. She claims that she's found her soulmate now and wants to have a child with him. She believes that it's her right to have a child with the father carrying the baby.
The transsexual claims he kept the reproductive organs specifically because he wanted to have kids. He also believes that it's his right to give birth since technically he's a female. He claims that he wants to have a happy family with his wife.
The media has taken it upon themselves to decide that this family is doing this not for love, but for money. Also, the media has really mentioned that the child is probably going to be ridiculed because the parents are in the public eye and the child is going to be watched. As I listened to two different radio stations talk about this today, almost all of the public that called in claimed that the child would be harassed and teased.
Doctors have performed several ultrasounds and report that the child and pregnancy are going great, and there have been very few complications. As odd as this may seam, I don't know that it's entirely bad.
The problem I have with this whole baby mama drama is not with the parents, but with the kid. There are parents who drop E, get pregnant, have a kid, and the baby is born addicted to a drug and without stable parents, so what's worse? On one hand I feel like the parents know the child is going to have a hard life and that they will prepare for that when needed, and on the other hand I feel like if the parents cared enough about the child they wouldn't be parading around on television shows and in magazines boasting about their tranny pregnancy. Is this something to talk about? Yes, but I don't know that shocking everyone on Oprah is the right way to do it. To each their own, but I don't know that I support this.
Picture Source: dlisted.com
7 comments:
Wow! Really interesting. And how much more "real" can you get? Great post, it definitely raises eyebrows. And I agree with you. If they were so concerned, they wouldn't be parading around on every TV show that will give them attention.
I watched this on Oprah and finally had to turn it off. I felt like it was a circus sideshow and tisk tisk on Oprah for even doing this interview. I don't think this is right at all and I also believe they are in it just for the money. Just think about this poor baby and how confused it will be growing up. Years and years of therapy will be coming...
Why is everyone assuming the kid will be confused or tramatized by the origins of her birth? how many biological men would even think about doing something like this for their wives if it were possible? The media circus i could live without, but "that's entertainment!"
I don't know why everyone is taking it as a miracle or anything like that. Thomas, not the transsexual was born a woman and is still a woman. All that happened is that her took pills and got his breast cut off.
Listening to Thomas on Oprah only made me think to myself, "What is the big deal? He was born a woman and is still a woman because he has reproductive organs. Thomas is not a man, he is Tracey a woman.
People need to get over this and it is sad that every magazine is willing to put such a thing on the front page.
Thanks Oprah and thanks world, but I think it is time to move on because this is no miracle and it is not news. I bet they're not the first couple to do such a thing and put it on television. All yeah, did I say thanks for wasting Americans time?
This story received so much publicity and it's not even any type of phenomenon, she-he is still a girl.
You have really great taste on catch article titles, even when you are not interested in this topic you push to read it
the GLBT community commits their selves to this level because they have gone through life of acceptance and rejection and have grown to make their own decision. They should obviously at this stage be mature and understanding about child birth and bring up a child in the right manner. I highly doubt this couple after being seen on TV and press that they'll want to do any thing stupid. They look smart and parent-ready enough to me. I just hope whether boy or girl they bring her up in the right traditional context. :)
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