March 26th, 2008 7:52 AM Eastern
‘Man’ Says He Is Pregnant
by Marrecca Fiore
An Oregon transgender man, born of female, says he is pregnant.
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Outrageous and Outspoken Commentary
An Oregon transgender man, born of female, says he is pregnant.
Comment below.
If someone makes a decision to live by their own rules and outside the norms of society, then guess what, they should expect that people will have comments, laugh or not accept what most people will consider their abnormal behaviour. I feel sorry for their children; talk about confused.
why is this news? this is NOT may i repeat NOT a male being pregant. it is a female that took male hormons. this person is still biologicly a female. come on she has all her female parts, that it takes to make a baby. this is nothing that should be news worthy.
What sick, perverted people. Those poor, poor children. This should be illegal. Not pregnancy, “Transpervertedness.”
Praying Hard for America,
Travis from Wesley Chapel
All i want to know is who stuck who???
This is one of the things that is wrong with America today! When i first heard about this story I was in shock. What kind life is this kid gonna have with a transgender dad that gave birth to her. How is she going to explain to her pre-school class. I usually dont get upset and comment on certain topics, but this one was just too much for me and I had to express my total dispproval and wished we lived in a place where things like this were un-heard-of but still there is always someone who wants to change the way things are meant to be.
NUTS! LOCURA! Total ABSURDITY! I’ve got to agree with the other comments. What is this person thinking? Men can NOT have children. Transgender people are confused enough, and to say that a “Man” is pregnant just feeds that sick mentality further. GOD Help us All!
This is a woman carrying a baby, she is in no way a man. I feel so bad for that baby.
And they wonder why so many children have issues these days. Jesus, my mom is really my dad, but my dad is really my mom. WHY……would anyone think this is ok. I say these 2 are mentally unstable and should not be allowed to have children. Why is it even legal to get a sex change in the first place? I just don’t get it. So is the wife a lesbian? If shes a lesbian, why did she marry a chick that considers herself to be a man. oh god, I’m confusing myself now.
Its just gross.
It just goes to show you that there really is no such thing as changing from one sex to another. You are what you’re born as- and can never ever change that (despite what people think- no amount of surgery or hormone therapy can change what you are). Just because you alter your appearance does not mean you can switch sexes.
I can’t decide if this is hideous or funny. Good grief..what next?
I thought Fox News was one of the few news sources that got most reporting right…how could Fox seriously “report” this story as factual, using the male pronoun, etc? This woman is in denial, but I was surprised to see that Fox is as well.
This is ridiculous. What is America coming to? I would hate for my child to see this person; how would you explain someone looking like a man and being pregnant? What type of reaction do these people think that they should get? They are going against the NORMALCY of society.
My sister-in-law pointed this out to me yesterday. Next time I get pregnant, I’m going to call Fox News to let them know. A woman got pregnant! THATS JUST CRAZY!!! Who would’ve ever thought a woman could get pregnant? The MIRACLES of MODERN MEDICINE!
Shame on you, Fox News. To report that this is a ‘man’ having a baby is completely factually inaccurate. This is clearly a woman masquerading as a man. The fact that SHE could go off from hormones for a relatively short period of time and conceive proves this. When doctors agreed to start providing ’sex change’ operations, they opened a pandora’s box of sick possibilities. What transgender people really need is psychological therapy, not hormone therapy. And these people need to get a clue. This is and will continue to be offensive to a majority of people who understand that it is, indeed, perverse to tamper with the way one is born. All of my sympathy goes to this baby, who will undoubtedly also suffer cruelty when people discover its origins. And after the blasphemous and disgusting display in San Francisco on Easter Sunday, we should all be anticipating the fury of God’s judgement.
Remember back in the day when someone was pregnant and people say “oh are you having a boy or a girl”? If God chooses you to be a girl, then deal with it and dont change yourself into a man…this is such a disturbing story! Its a same sex marriage (take away the hormones) you are still a woman! You might appear to be a man, but you are still a woman! Obviously i have 2 issues with this…first being the so called change at all, but secondly now sporting around a baby in a man shell. This is gross! God made Adam and Eve for a reason! Not Adam and Steve. And not Jane and Eve! People are taking our medical advances too far in the wrong direction! I feel so sorry for this baby~what a horrible future and complex this little one will have~
Oh good Lord!!! It figures that this is in Oregon. There is one state I would rather not visit.
So is it the birth mother or birth father on the certificate? how DOES that work?
It is SO scary to be a parent in this day and age.. where there is all this bogus of gender neutrality… just look at Californias SB777… Thank God the army transferred us out of that state before THAT went into effect!! ICK!
that’s all you can think… Ick!! Blah!! Gross!! BRRRRRR…
this is GROSS.
Firstly, every society that has ever embraced homosexuality fell soon afterwards. The most disturbing part of this article, at least for me, is that in the homosexual world, there are no moral codes in which to live by. It’s a free for all. They can do whatever, or whomever, they wish, and the rest of us are just supposed to bend over and take it up the @ss (no pun intended). Societies that don’t have moral codes that guide them don’t survive. EVERYTHING can’t be accepted as social norm (regardless of what they want to shove down our throat (again, no pun intended). However, “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.” We have to reject this on every level. Stop embracing homosexuals as friends, ostracize them, reject them from society. It doesn’t mean you’re homophobic. It’s what keeps balance in any society. When we accept them, and even protect them, we are perpetuating their lifestyle, and eventually they will win. We have to stop this madness.
EWWWWW!! Just looked at the pictures!! EWWWWWW!!!
this brings so many legal and ethical issues- and this child has no choice in the matter-how will the birth certificate legally be labeled, who will have custody if there is a “breakup”,who will pay child support, how will this child deal with society,schools,friends,activities, (would you want your child going over for a sleepover?) is the union of the adults “legal” or will this person get government aid and benefits for being a “single mom”, how are taxes filed, who will get the mothers day card, who will be listed as mother? it breaks my heart that this child will have to deal with unnecessary issues. and that an adult could even consider throwing a child into this arena. who are the doctors involved with all of this? As a Christian I am heart broken, and pray for these people.
First of all, she is not a man but a woman, period. That is what God created and she is stuck with it, regardless of how she changes her outside appearance. Secondly, God is slowly condeming this world because of filth like this in it. She is pregnant but I hope she miscarries, it would be best for the baby not to have to suffer through a childhood wiht freak parents like these two idiots.
The individual is biologically a female - not a male. “You can dress up a pig but it still is a pig”. This is just another liberal attack on neutralizing the sexes. Let’s be real
shame on this individual and shame on our society for allowing this. God help the future generations who don’t have a chance with the way things are going.
So two lesbians managed to get one of them impregnated. One dresses like a man and has taken testosterone. This is not news, just another example of two extremely self-centered, ego-centric, selfish people, who don’t care about the child involved.
that’s sick
This person is a WOMEN, not a man! I just wish the media would stop reporting this garbage and stop calling people by what gender they want to be but NEVER will be! I feel for the child.
Of course this person is pregant. What everyone fails to understand is that this is a WOMAN! Transgender has nothing to do with it. She was born a woman and will die a woman. Having her breasts snipped off and being given hormorne shots to look like a man changes nothing. People need to be careful how they address this woman too. When you call her a man you aren’t talking to her or us. You’re talking to God, and you’re telling him that he made a mistake.
So what if this person is having a baby for his wife. He must love her enough to go through the prejudice, name calling , and anything eles that is being thrown at them to have a baby. I thought being christian means not to judge. but it looks like everyone is judging this couple because of having a child and the life style they are leading. Maybe we should look in our own mirror and see what we have done in the past. The news media is the one who put this to everyones attention. They where a couple who just wanted to have a baby. Shame on those who judge.
Fox “news” never fails to disappoint! Once again finding the most extreme example of a story to get all the religious nutjobs worked up. You people should all stop your worthless praying and stay out of other people’s lives.
I think these people are discusting! First of all, that person shouldn’t be calling herself a man, because she is a woman no matter how she looks on the outside. And what kind of doctor would give this person that kind of sergury. What kind of sick world do we live in? She is setting a bad example for little children when she goes to the grocery store or any public place where there’s children. That kind of stuff should be illegal. I don’t know how a doctor could do that kind of thing. Also people need to understand that gays and lesbiens are like that by CHOICE! Yes, I said by choice. You are not born gay. You choose to be gay. Therefore if you’re gay or lesbien, you shouldn’t get a dime of the goverment’s aid. You have to earn it just like everyone else.
This should have never made the news. Women get pregnant every day. I curious about the third person in this triangle, what is he to the child? These two women could have not accomplished this alone. Shame on the Doctors who had any part in this mess.
This is crazy! I am a open minded person, but I also feel for the child. She is going to get teased and are the parents ready to deal with that. I personally don’t think this is smart or in anyway right whatsoever!
When these children grow up with “whatever” phsycological sicknesses they have, I’m wondering how they will blame us for their problems.
Thank you Karen… I’m transgender and find this story intriguing. I think that as long as the two parents are loving and caring the child will be just fine. Being transgender is not a lifestyle choice. Trust me there is nothing fun about living a lie with a mind of one gender and the body of another. We just want to be able to live our lives in peace without being hassled by a bunch of ignorant bigots. My spouse and I chose not to have kids partially b/c of the transgender issue but I know of many well adjusted children that have grown up with a transgender parent and they are just fine.
And to all the “Christians” we are the way God made us. God gave me the body of a male and the mind of a woman. I’m doing the best to live my life as best I can. This couple is just trying to do the same.
I feel sorry for the kid. These people are sick and don’t deserve children.
I really don’t understand why this guy is complaining about how people are treating him if he’s granting interviews and the like. He could just remain private and mum about the whole thing, if it’s really important to him not to be judged.
Whaaaat? Dat is a bad manwoman.
1. Who is the biological father. One thing you can be sure of, the one carrying the baby didn’t father it.
2. Doesn’t doesn’t the surgery close off the path when it builds the new organs? How was he/she impregnated?
3. Will delivery be cesarean section?
This just shows how far we have sunk. One can go on about how we should be “tolerant” etc, but that does not change facts. These two people are so selfish. If they really wanted to show their love for a child, they would have chosen NOT to have one. IT is the CHILD that will SUFFER. Say what you will, but kids can be cruel, especially if they have narrow minded parents. Forget everything else that can be said. In the long run, it is the child who suffers.
Discombobulated…… distorted……thats what those kids will think when they realize that they have selfish parents that wanted to be something they are not!
Is it any wonder children are growing up so screwed up??
That’s a wonderful example of Love, to be able to temporarily give up your identity as a man to carry a child for the woman you love. Congratulations to them and I hope their road doesn’t continue to be so bumpy with the dissapointingly hateful and prejudice society of today. People were able to overcome and be accepted in the civil rights movements of the past, and they will too, one day.
I wish America could be a moral and sound country again.
I am a christian woman. I believe in God. I believe the bible. However, having said that, I do not think that God makes mistakes and when people are born with gender identity issues or are gay there is a reason they were born this way. I may not agree but I think that people have NO right to judge these people. The issues they have are between them and God. If God did not want that “man” to get pregnant then none of the embryo’s would have survived.
I think that this “man” has every right to live the life he wants to live. I do not think that getting pregnant was on his list of things to do today when he decided to live his life as a man. I think that it is very noble and honorable that he did this thing for his wife, for his family. I think that the child will grow to be very healthy and happy because he/she will have parents that love them. I know of many many children in “normal” families that are beaten, abused, hated, tormented, and just treated poorly in general. NOTHING says that you have to be “NORMAL” to raise a family. You just have to have love for the child and the determination that you will not let the masses dictate your life.
I applaud this gentleman and his wife for what they are doing. Good for them and shame on everyone that judges them. NO one can do that but God. You do not dictate these peoples existence. Just let them live and love their child.
twisted and bizarre to say the least……oh how far society has come. Tell me again where the sperm came from since they are both women???
What’s “wrong” with America is that all of you feel the need, desire and right to judge this couple. They are doing nothing illegal. They are doing nothing that affects you in your day to day life. They are a loving couple (and how many of YOU can say that) that desires to have a family and can do so. Their children have been brought into a loving home by 2 loving parents who can financially and emotionally support them. Just because their life doesn’t fit into your narrow scope of what is normal doesn’t mean it is perverted or wrong. Would you rather they be married male and female drug addicts, who rely on welfare, abuse or neglect their children and end up in prison every year? Where is your focus? Where is your common sense? Stop judging others through bigoted and prejudice eyes and see what is truly important. They only want to live their lives. You get that right according to the terms you select. Why shouldn’t they?
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ….and ewwwwwww
This is one of those types of stories that actually make me want to trow up. Mostly it is the visual image of a pregnant man, but really this person is a woman, even if she looks like a man and calls herself a man, and is legally reguarded as such. Horomones, appearance, and legalities can not change the truth. This is totaly agaist nature and sick.
this is sick.with all that is happing in the the world you put this kind of crap on here.!!!
Now I have heard everything! We have let them get away with whatever they want to throw in our faces as being “politically correct” and if anyone has what they consider a negative comment, they sue for harrassment….and they get away with it!! I certainly they never feel that the child has to “know everything” about the way they came into this backwords world.
Where did the sperm come from?
FoxNews reporting this story as a man being pregnant is inaccurate, irresponsible and purposefully misleading — this isn’t good journalism. This is a simple case of a woman being pregnant, who has confused gender issues. Our hearts go out to this person, but it hardly seems like big news. And, most irresponsible of all is the fact that FoxNews fails to even mention that there has to be a sperm donor involved in this situation — the story is couched in such a way as to lead the reader to disallow for that obvious biological fact. SHAME ON YOU FOXNEWS. God help these two people and God help the child born into this situation. They’re going to need it.
I have to agree with the majority of the comments above…a person who is pregnant is a WOMAN. It is biologically impossible for a man to have a baby! I can guarantee you that the sperm was donated and, therefore, NEITHER one of these women are the father.
And as for the comment from Karen about Christians judging this couple, the bible does call for Christians to not judge based on their own opinion. Comments such as “they are sick” ” they are perverted” are incorrect and judgemental statements BUT pointing out that GOD says that homosexuality is WRONG is absolutely mandated BY GOD.
“Thank You” I say to Fox News for putting this story on air, and giving it’s viewers thier “Freedom of Speech” to comment on this tragedy. I wanted to just add to my previous comment, and say we need to pray for everyone! ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO CALL RELIGIOUS PEOPLE NUT JOBS and to CORRECT The IDIOT, who dares say that “God gave HIM the body of a male and mind of a woman.” (LOL Crazy Talk). That’s a load of CRAP! GOD isn’t an IDIOT and DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES. It’s Society’s laxed thinking and acceptance of the “ABNORMAL” that has allowed this atrocity among many others to come into our lives, via T.V. Media, and other venues. So, when we CHRISTIANS are forced-fed this CRAP, we then have the RIGHT to act and speak against it. So Deal with it!
Bless their hearts. Times are changing, people need to accept that and realize how lucky that baby is to have two anxious & loving parents. I am amazed that it’s even possible and am proud of them for following their hearts. How exciting!
I’ll keep them in my prayers! Good luck guys!
kc- in Texas
What God do you serve that preaches the hate that you spew out of your mouths? Every baby is a blessing from God. This child is a gift to this world from God, maybe to teach us tolerance (something that alot of you need to learn). At least it will have two parents that will love it and provide for it, which is alot more than some babies even get a chance at. It must be nice to sit on your pedestals and judge others. Tell me again - when did you walk across water?
This “dude” can give herself testosterone and have chest reconstructive surgery and then decide to get pregnant (thus mentally scaring the resulting child for life), but a normal person wants to inject testosterone to increase athletic performance and physical appearance and they risk a jail sentence.
Way to go America!
I was just about to eat lunch. There goes that idea.
This person had to either have sex with a man or a doctor artifically fertilized her eggs. Either way she had help outside her marriage. If she had sex with a man is’nt that cheating? And she says doctors are against her, but if she was artifically impregnated is’nt she lying? Not a very honest person either way. How do you explain that to a child later?
OK, there’s a THIRD person involved in this situation — two women cannot produce a pregnancy. FoxNews fails to mention that part. WHY? FoxNews says they are “fair and accurate,” but this is NEITHER!!
For Karen -
The proper use in the Bible of judging is judge not lest ye be judged. That doesn’t mean that you can’t tell someone that they’ve done something wrong. I feel free to judge them and say that what they’re doing is wrong beginning with homosexuality. And I feel free to be judged by that same standard. That’s the problem with America today. It’s not this story but rather people like you that believe that you can’t tell anyone that they’ve done something wrong without being a bigot. Grow some and stand up for what you believe in!
I’m glad to see that most of the comments being shared are against this disgusting portrayal of “family” And they are right! This is not a MAN giving birth. She’s a woman and will always be b/c she was born that way so therefore of course she can give birth! I’m sorry the media feels the importance of sharing these things.
How do he/she get pregnant? That would be a bad one night stand!
The title of the story is inaccurate. This person is not a man no matter what mutilation she has done to her body through surgery or drugs. She is a female so what’s the big deal.
Other than that, this is all pretty gross & disturbing. I sure wouldn’t let me children hang around people as abnormal as this!
Boy I tell you what… First of all, to be a Christian does not mean that you don’t judge. That verse is always taken out of context. A Christian IS to judge a person by his/her fruit. What a Christian should not do is condemn. We are all depraved and we all need a savior. No one is without sin. That said…
This article opens many, many thoughts in my mind. I have to wonder if Science, though it can be a wonderful thing, will be the very thing that will cause our demise. I have thought about this a lot. I am myself a mom of six, but I have friends who have struggled with infertility. But they refused invitro. What do you do with those embryos that are left? Sometimes they are adopted rather than destroyed. What if one day that child falls in love with his biological siblings or close relative. Then what? You risk serious genetic problems for those babies. What if one day your daughter falls in love with a guy who is not really a guy?! I can’t believe we are actually to this point in society. What a mess! No good can come out of us trying to play God.
I agree. This seems very grotesque and very sad. I also feel very sorry for the child. The child may be spoiled and loved, but she will be very confused and disillusioned. And what if their little girl says, “I think I’m really a man inside.” Grrrr… It just breaks my heart.
FoxNews also disappoints me that they are calling this woman a man, but what can they do? If they don’t call it like it is, they risk a discrimination lawsuit. It’s ridiculous. This is a messed up world we live in.
I serve a God that teaches me to stand for what is right and to stand up against what is wrong. I agree that every child is a blessing but I also believe that this is comletely wrong. And I don’t have any problem with saying that this is WRONG! And that is not a bigotted hateful comment, it is a statement of fact. What you are failing to understand is that people that do not stand for anything will fall for anything. That’s right where America is right now. It’s people that say you can’t judge that will be the downfall of this country.
It’s amazing to me the level hate people still have forthose who are different. I say Congrats to them for having the courage to go to this extreme to bear children. I could only imagine how difficult it was for him to deny who he really is and forego his treatment in order to have this child. When someone goes through the chemical and surgical changes with being transgendered it can be devestating to their mental health to have set backs. I think it is a true sign of love that he would go through that for his wife and for his child. He is a bigger man than most born that way. I don’t know any man who would do that if they could. Good for you! I don’t know that I would have wanted the media involved in my private life the way this family is, but who am I to tell someone they shouldn’t have a child and raise what is a normal family. If this wasn’t on Fox, everyone would have just accepted this normal family. Shame to those who judge someones desire to have a child- probably the same jerks who are against is someone ends a pregnancy. Mindless Fools.
Congratulatons for the blessing you have been given. It doesn’t matter how you are given the child as long as you love the one that you have in your presence. You and your wife are special people. Take the anger and the ridicule as those who are jealous and bigoted that they are not where you are emotionally and very stunted and are not open to the many unique miracles of God. Yes, he is mysterious but He is very open if we are open. He is not closed-minded and He is very loving if we allow Him to be. I’m excited for the both of you. Your picture is very beautiful. Treasure these times for the family that is growing in your body and in your life. You are very unique and loved. You are the first that is willing to step up the the ball plate and hit the home run. More will come up and do what others have only desired. Thank you for helping others see hope from the mountaintop.
May God give you His perfect will for you and your growing family.
Jeanmarie
This is the sickest thing I have heard in a while. How can anyone this mentally ill be allowed to have a child?
Shame on you, FOX, for misleading viewers on a very controversial topic. You know better and your viewers expect it.
He is still a she. FACT. The reproductive organs are the determining factor no matter how she wants to called. That couple may assert their belief but asking anyone else to buy in to their situation if foolish. A gay couple with serious identity issues…that’s all they are. Not worthy of parenthood.
AND THIS STORY IS HARDLY WORTHY OF COVERING…PURE SENSATIALINISM ON FOX!!
After reading this article I must it admit it is disturbing. This “man” was born a female and will always be a female, NOTHING can change that. That being said she has the God given right to her own freewill, and we should not judge her for that. I am not saying that I agree with this, I do not. This child will be raised in a home with one mom(the female that gave birth to her/him) and no Dad.
I pray that both persons involved will fully love and support this child.
It wasn’t too long ago that a mixed race family was deemed disgusting as well, but as society became more educated, we now know better. The same will happen for homosexual and transgender families… Unfortunately it may take fifty or a hundred years like it did for African Americans but as history as shown, it will happen.
I am a gay man, so I can’t be accused of being insensitive to the LGBT community with my comments. I also happen to be a nurse, so my understanding of the human body, especially a man’s body, is greater than that of others. I agree with most of the comments here that this is a woman who simply looks like a man. Yes, she was born a man and underwent a pseudo-gender reassignment surgery and WAS taking hormones. But HE decided to keep the female sex organs, one of the things that differentiates men from women. And his testosterone was exogenous in nature. I do understand the plea of the transgendered community; perhaps this person relates to the world as a man. However, anatomically, SHE is still a woman. I apologize if I have betrayed my fellow LGBTers, but science and common sense prevail here.
Wait … who is the biological father?
I thought to myself this story has to come from another world. Nope only, in the USA. Think, this is just one more reason people around the world “DONT LIKE AMERICANS” and want us dead. This is the most sickening feeling I had, had in years. Every thing that happens to this so called couple “they deserve”.
This just sick. You weirdos that say we should’nt tell these people its wrong need to wake up. I’m a Christian man and I think everything that concerns their relationship is wrong. Even scientifically this is wrong how do you think this is going to make the kid feel emotionally when he becomes aware that his parents are freaks!
A couple of unanswered questions….
#1 This is a Lesbian couple, who is the biological father?????
#2 What will HIS role be in the childs life????
Seems that these two women are VERY Selfish!
This crap should be illegal! The baby should be taken away and put in a normal home! Sorry freaks, whatever society deems as normal -is normal. And anyone who thinks this is ok should be examined for mental disorders.
The media is the ones that corrupt our children. Everytime you turn on the news they are always talking about the bad things that happen in the world. I wish one station would just focus on the good! As far as this article. It is a woman who is pregnant, not a man. I would hate to try to explain this to a child. Everyone needs to start Boycotting the News until they start telling about good things that are going on in the world.