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"That's like saying you can't be a woman and have a career," says Christine Burns, a trans woman and equality and diversity specialist.

A common reaction is to wonder how someone can identify themselves as male and yet embrace pregnancy.

The fact that even other transsexuals react with hostility reveals the levels of unease and prejudice a pregnant man can face. "The only people who have gotten upset are a handful of straight-identified homophobic FTMs online who started calling Matt by his girl name, because real men don't get pregnant." Straight neighbours were "pretty sweet" about it, he wrote. Trans man Matt Rice gave birth to a baby boy in 1999, and his trans man partner, Patrick Califia, later told Village Voice magazine about his toddler son who "shrieks with delight at the sight of the tortoiseshell cat". However, a "man" becoming pregnant is not new. Fox News television channel has reported that Beatie won't be speaking to the media until his confidentiality clause ends on April 1 - April fool's day. The dramatic picture of a bearded, apparently pregnant, Beatie has sparked horror in tabloid and conservative circles - and some are claiming it is a hoax.

I will be my daughter's father, and Nancy will be her mother." "To Nancy, I am her husband carrying our child - I am so lucky to have such a loving, supportive wife. Despite the fact that my belly is growing with a new life inside me, I am stable and confident being the man that I am," he writes. "How does it feel to be a pregnant man? Incredible. Now, following anonymous sperm donation and home insemination, Beatie says he is pregnant again and is due to give birth to a baby girl in July. So, according to the account Beatie gave the Advocate, a US gay and lesbian magazine, he stopped his twice-weekly hormone injections, allowed his periods to return, and tried for a baby.Ī first attempt ended in a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy. They wanted to start a family but health problems meant Roberts could not conceive. After marrying, Beatie and his wife moved to the US mainland.