I’d also like to point out that Thomas Beaties story encouraged quite a few transmen to come forward and say “Yeah, I had children, and I would do it again, too.” People who were in the closet with this, too. And it may have stopped an abortion or two from accidental pregnancies as well. (Surprisingly many ovaries seem to recover after testosterone is, usually for medical reasons, discontinued. And then there is the pre-testo boys, too.) That should count as something, too, shouldn’t it?

IMPRESSED?? Are you kidding? This is just the 21st-century version of a “two-headed cow” story. “People,” et al are going for the freak factor pure and simple. They dress it up like a human-interest story so the magazine wont look too “National Inquirer.”

By the way–Beatie had the kid on June 29. As these pictures indicate, he has pretty full facial hair less than a month later. Thats pretty fast if he was off testosterone during the pregnancy. And if its fake hair (like the kind drag kings use)–what kind of parent of a newborn has time to glue stubble to their face?

Everything Ive read about this guy says hes a headline-chaser (including the fact that he sold his baby’s photos to People.) That kid is going to have a tough road, without dad pimping her out to the press from Day One.

And before anyone gets on my case for being homophobic or insensitive, since when does popping out a kid make you noble or special or heroic?