'Pregnant man' gives birth, documentary in the works

MANILA, Philippines - A documentary on the 9-month journey of Filipino-American ‘pregnant man,’ Thomas Beatie is in the works and will be shown in the United States and United Kingdom. A British film and TV company won the rights to produce the hour-long documentary on Beatie, whose birth name is Tracy Lagondino. Since his operation to make himself look more masculine, the Hawaii-born Beatie has legally asserted his right to be called a man and is now married to a woman named Nancy. Beatie gave birth to a baby girl in Oregon on June 29. Reports said, September Films, a division of DCD Media Plc, will have exclusive rights to Beatie’s story and will be shown in Britain’s Channel 4. Channel 4 reportedly invested $600,000 for the documentary. The Portland, Oregon transgender gained international attention on his appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show where he revealed the circumstances of his pregnancy and announced his scheduled date with the stork on July 3. Up until that public confession, many of Nancy’s relatives did not know she is married to a transgender. "It’s an incredible experience," Beatie told Winfrey on his then five-month pregnancy, showing off his belly bump. The New York Times reported Beatie’s pending delivery as "partly a carnival sideshow and partly a glimpse at shifting sexual tectonics." Beatie told Winfrey he was born a woman, but underwent chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy that would transform her into a man. He decided to keep her female reproductive organs in the event the couple decided to have children, as Nancy’s womb was taken out in an operation 20 years ago. - Mark Joseph Ubalde, GMANews.TV