Thomas Beatie

Thomas Beatie became one of the strongest voices of the transgender community, and he devoted himself to advocating for transgender fertility and reproductive rights. He is an American public speaker and author. He came out as a transgender man in 1997 and underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2002. You may remember him as the pregnant man that shocked the world after becoming pregnant through artificial insemination in 2007. It was actually a heartwarming gesture that not many would understand.

In reality, he took the place of his wife as she was infertile. Beatie had given birth to a total of four children. Their lawyers faced a unique case, a first of its kind because the couple decided to separate in 2012. The court was forced to handle a case that involved a marriage where it was the husband who gave birth.