Posted on 03/24/2008 10:23:37 PM PDT by Callahan
To our neighbors, my wife, Nancy, and I don’t appear in the least unusual. To those in the quiet Oregon community where we live, we are viewed just as we are -- a happy couple deeply in love. Our desire to work hard, buy our first home, and start a family was nothing out of the ordinary. That is, until we decided that I would carry our child.
I am transgender, legally male, and legally married to Nancy. Unlike those in same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships, or civil unions, Nancy and I are afforded the more than 1,100 federal rights of marriage. Sterilization is not a requirement for sex reassignment, so I decided to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept my reproductive rights. Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire.
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Gee, Janet Reno is going to be a grandmother!
The article says Nancy can’t get pregnant.
Sorry, I didn’t see that.
“abomination”
This is the word I used when I phoned my local NBC station urging them not to air this episode. (BTW, they did it anyway.)
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