The self proclaimed “World’s First Pregnant Man” is once again soaking up some free publicity. Thomas Beatie, a transgendered male who was born a female, taped an interview this week set to air in May on “The Doctors”.
Beatie sat down with Dr. Travis Stork to reveal that he’s not a woman anymore. He says after carrying two children* and making claims that he was a man that got pregnant, transgendered OB-GYN Dr. Marci Bowers performed gender reassignment surgery finally making Beatie a man.
Jenna Talackova wrote on her registration form for Miss Universe Canada that she was born female. She looks the part of a hot supermodel but officials for the pageant found out she was actually born a man and any dream of taking the title was stripped away. Talackova revealed in a 2010 Youtube interview for the Miss International Queen competition in that she started hormone therapy at age 14 and had gender reassignment surgery at 19.
Most of us are already aware of some of the dangers of casual sex with complete strangers. You could be abducted. The sex could be horrible. He or she could be a psychopathic serial killer. You could contract gonorrhea. Etc, etc.
But what do you do when you show up at a stranger’s place expecting just to get off and go home, and the person who greets you isn’t at all what your internet exchange led you to expect?
This is a difficult ethical predicament, unless you are a completely cold-hearted asshole. Do you accuse the person of misleading you? Do you take a straightforward approach and just say “I’m not into it, bye”? Do you make up an excuse to leave before any physical interaction transpires? All of this probably depends on the circumstance. If you’re like me, radical body-and-sex-positive brainwashing has made you feel guilty if you don’t keep an open mind and give people a chance. This can be disastrous; or, as I’ve learned from experience, you can hit the (unexpected) jackpot.
All Alex Borrego wanted do to was have a few drinks with her friends at the Bishop Tavern and Lounge in St. Petersburg, Florida. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Borrego and her friend, a drag queen, and others were let in by a bouncer and were enjoying their free vodka and cranberry drinks. As they were indulging in the liquor, another bouncer approached and told them they were not allowed to be in there because they are “dudes.”
After more than three years on testosterone, on numerous occasions I’ve found myself in groups of straight guys standing around at a party or a bar with drinks in hand, talking about women. The anthropologist in me gets off on these awkward conversations about sex, primarily because the men involved often seem somewhat like acrobats on a tightrope – trying to simultaneously engage in a profoundly intimate dialogue and also establish complete sexual disinterest in each other.
“Hey man, so… are you an ass guy or a tits guy?” is the kind of inquiry that often starts off these conversations. It’s a classic homosocial icebreaker, after which we go around in a circle and each guy answers.
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