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forwardmotion
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
What will they tell the children? Don't accept less than five figures to appear on Larry King.
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justsayin08
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
This is not a pregnant man. This is a pregnant woman. Having your breasts removed and growing facial hair does not make you a man. Biologically, this is a woman giving birth to a child. Big deal.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/18/08

@justsayin08: Thank you for this incisive and open minded contribution. I always knew that biology alone was the defining characteristic of identity!

(ps: fuck you.)
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nellicat
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
Why, yes, Larry, we feel very happy. Thanks for asking!
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sparkyl
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
I'm exasperated by this couples' claim that he is a "pregnant man". He is by all biological aspects a woman, who at this point has merely cut out her breast tissue. Even though he feels he is a man "trapped in a woman's body", there is nothing newsworthy about someone with ovaries, a uterus and XY chromosomes carrying a baby. I feel like we've all just entered a Ringling Brothers tent and plucked down our hard earned money to gawk at something that's been billed as something much more extreme than it really is.
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GirlyWhirl
11/18/08

@sparkyl:

Exactly. When I first saw the clip of Thomas on Oprah, and the stupified GASPS!!!! from all of the silly cows in the audience I wanted to hit something. (Mainly the silly cows in the audience).
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Meg
11/18/08

@sparkyl: Agreed, but XX, not XY.
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ObtuseIntolerant
11/18/08

@sparkyl: So true, he is a "Real Unicorn", but the strap holding the plastic horn on is embarrassingly obvious.
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GirlyWhirl
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
Diverse and unconventional families rock. But these people do not. They are just media whores who are sensationalizing their situation and family in an attempt to highlight their "wackiness", which in fact is not even very strange if you know the details and don't immediately respond to the "Pregnant Man!!!" headlines. If they felt the need to share, I feel like they could have found a far better way to do it, within a more selective media outlet. I just feel badly for those kids, because these people won't stop now... they'll be back on television throughout the entire pregnancy and afterwards again.
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forwardmotion
11/18/08

@GirlyWhirl: You've got a point. And It's why I can't stand anything that comes out of Portland anymore. OOh look at my piercings/body alterations/totally unique way of being that none of you bourgeoisie understand...lookatmellookatmelookatme.
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ObtuseIntolerant
11/18/08

@GirlyWhirl: I agree...who are you really doing it for, you know?

But apart from that, their wee baby IS incredibly adorable.
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bytememehard
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
I find him so gross and disgusting to look at I can't even watch this. Larry, that is.
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GirlyWhirl
11/18/08

@bytememehard:

Someone should be interviewing Larry about the seedy workings of his sex life and why six wives have already fled the scene. That's probably a pretty unconventional and sensational story.
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forwardmotion
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
I feel gay, Larry. Yougottaproblemwidit?
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llamalash★
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
Time for retirement, Larry.
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GirlyWhirl
11/18/08

@llamalash:

Larry retired several years ago. That's his shed exoskeleton.
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Unfun
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
ZOMG! You didn't show the best part! Larry asks how they have sex and the pregnant man talks about the hormones enlarging his clitoris! And Larry basically reiterates and says "You have a clitoris that looks like a penis" and it is so awkward and gah!

I never, ever thought I'd hear Larry talk about a penis-like clitoris. And I wish I never did.
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fileunder
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
Larry may need to check his Garlique and Ester-C intake.
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Private Hangnail
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
Poor old man forgot the follow-up questions though. "Do you feel pretty?" and "Do you feel witty?" would really have fleshed out the interview.
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drunkexpatwriter
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
What I don't understand is if "he" is married to a woman how is he getting pregnant? Is this some weird open relationship thing or is he like gassing up at the sperm bank?
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Meg
11/18/08

@drunkexpatwriter: They used a sperm donor.
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drunkexpatwriter
11/18/08

@Meg: Gotcha. The International Herald Tribune articles about this have been so vague I couldn't figure it out.
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GirlyWhirl
11/18/08

@drunkexpatwriter:

The vagueness is part of the sensationalization of the story. The media is enjoying only giving simplistic and usually inaccurate info... "First Pregnant Man Evah!" sort of stuff. It's so obnoxious on the part of everyone involved.
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Paul_Is_Drunk
11/18/08

In reply to Larry King To Pregnant Man: 'Do You Feel Gay?'
I feel sorry for this couple, for they will be a magnet for all those who hate a world that doesn't conform to their image.

Thankfully is Portland, Oregon mostly very open minded.
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PandoraSpocks
11/18/08

@Paul_Is_Drunk: Then why did they put themselves center stage, in the middle of the media circus?
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surfacenoise76
11/18/08

@PandoraSpocks: They're publicity whores. They could have easily done all this and involved only their friends, family, and doctors. Their little display isn't helping anyone.
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SaraRueful
11/18/08

@surfacenoise76: I agree. They also could have, oh, I dunno, used the sperm on the wife so it wouldn't draw attention at all. I feel sorry for the kids.
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Meg
11/18/08

@SaraRueful: I'm pretty sure (but could be wrong) that the wife is unable to have kids, for whatever reason, which is why he had them.
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BxgrlJeri
11/13/08

In reply to Pregnant Man Pregnant Again, Marvels Babs Walters
I do not understand "becoming a man" if you want to be pregnant. I do not understand being pregnant if you want to be a man.

this guy/girl/thing is just a freaky freak whose 15 minutes should be up.
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Aaron Altman
11/13/08

@JLynRedux: But you've got to see the baby!
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BxgrlJeri
11/13/08

@Aaron Altman: If I become a therapist I'm sure I could make a mint on that baby.
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gladys_kravitz
11/13/08

In reply to Pregnant Man Pregnant Again, Marvels Babs Walters
Why does anyone want to put their private babymaking shenanigans on national television? Screw the Duggars and their 37 children, piss off John & Kate, and go away pregnant man-woman. No one cares. It's all about money and sharing their beautiful and unique stories. Blech.

Thomas Beattie and his wife will have a new show on TLC before the second kid is born.
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PandoraSpocks
11/13/08

@gladys_kravitz: Mrs. Kravitz, this may be the first time that Durwood and I are in complete agreement with you.
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gladys_kravitz
11/13/08

@PandoraSpocks: Is that you Endora???
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BxgrlJeri
11/13/08

@gladys_kravitz: Jon and Kate are like boring boring boring why did they put these people on tv? boring boring.

I like big world little people or whatever that show is called because I think I'm learning about the challenges of little people and how the family operates and they're a little dysfunctional and a lot messy so I think it's kinda fun.

But the Duggars and Jon and Kate I really could do without. Bring me more Jeff Lewises.
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