Thomas Beatie is a pregnant transgendered person who is legally recognized by the state of Oregon as a man. Ten years ago he underwent reassignment but decided to keep his female reproductive organs in case he ever wanted to have a child. Two years ago he stopped taking his testosterone and later with the help of his wife, underwent artificial insemination. According to his gynecologist, his pregnancy is a perfectly normal one. And why shouldn’t it be? He’s a woman. Genetically he is a female. No matter what a person does, the genes they are born with can’t be altered, and he is as XX as I am. So when he told Oprah that his being pregnant is a miracle, I have to respectfully disagree. It’s no more a miracle then any other women’s pregnancy regardless of the means or degree of difficulty, but it’s unsurprising that the press and pop culture media have jumped all over this farce. The world is so devoid of true miracles that it is willing to have one manufactured for it. Mr. Beatie is not technically a man but a woman, and women get pregnant. At best it’s a bit weird, but a miracle? I don’t think so.