American public speaker, author, and advocate for
transgender and sexuality issues with a focus on trans fertility and
reproductive rights.
Beatie, a trans man, had gender reassignment surgery in
2002 and became known as 'The Pregnant Man' after he became pregnant through
artificial insemination in 2007. Beatie chose to become pregnant because his
wife Nancy was infertile, doing so with cryogenic donated sperm.
Beatie's first pregnancy resulted in an ectopic
pregnancy with triplets, requiring emergency surgery and resulting in the loss
of all three fetuses. Beatie has since borne three children.
Beatie delivered his first child, Susan Juliette Beatie,
on June 29, 2008, at the St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon. Multitudes
of tabloids, magazines, and news sources continued reporting on the story after
paparazzi captured images of the family leaving the hospital days later. People
Magazine's senior editor, Patrick Rogers, gave an interview to the CBS Early
Morning Show about the birth. People Magazine's August 4, 2008 edition featured
Beatie with daughter, Susan, sharing the cover with President Barack Obama and
family.
On November 13, 2008, journalist, Barbara Walters,
announced on The View that Thomas was expecting his second child, Austin
Alexander Beatie. The next day, ABC aired a 20/20 Barbara Walters primetime
interview ("Journey of a Pregnant Man") with Thomas and Nancy Beatie.
On June 9, 2009, Beatie gave birth to his second child, his first son, Austin
Alexander Beatie. The couple's third child, son, Jensen James Beatie was born
to Thomas 13 and a half months later on July 25, 2010.
Guinness World Records 2010, named Beatie the
"World's First Married Man to Give Birth."
Beatie and his wife filed for divorce in 2012. The
Beatie case is the first of its kind on record, where a documented legal male
gave birth within a traditional marriage to a woman, and for the first time, a
court challenged a marriage where the husband gave birth.
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