Update: PG Man To Appear On Oprah — New West
In case you’ve missed the thousands of Internet stories posted about Thomas Beatie of Bend, a local who was born female but is legally male, you can hear Beatie tell the tale Thursday on the Oprah Winfrey show. The reason Oprah is bringing a guest from little-ol’ Bend to her show: Beatie is pregnant. In a first-person account this month in The Advocate, a gay publication, Beatie said he legally changed his name and sex about 10 years ago. He underwent a double mastectomy and started testosterone injections, he said, but kept female reproductive organs. After moving to Bend several years ago, Beatie said that he and his spouse decided to have a child/Joseph Friedrichs, New West. More here
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