The slippery slope has slid in the form of Thomas Beatie, the world’s first pregnant man. Photos, gynecologist interviews and sonograms are here.

Thomas Beatie, Pregnant Man

Yes you read that right. There’s a pregnant man here in Bend and his name is Thomas Beatie. And he’s all over the frickin’ news, and has made international headlines.

Since I know jack squat about transgendered people and sex changes, I’m not going to comment because I’ll undoubtedly say something offensive and/or stupid without intending to do so. So there you go — I report, you comment.

Thus far, nobody’s been able to confirm if the story is a hoax or not, which I guess is my only concern. If anybody knows the guy, feel free to comment here. The story was originally reported in the Advocate by Thomas himself, lending a bit more to the conspiracy theory. But as long as the parents are loving and caring parents to the child, that’s all that matters to me — he’d still be a far better parent than so many deadbeat parents out there whose kids are raised by MTV, MySpace and a nanny.

Update at 7:35: Somebody suggested I check the local phone book and property tax records to see if these people exist. Since I’m sitting here staring a progress bars on a server here at the office (I’m here doing some server software upgrades and repartitioning), I decided to look. He’s not listed in the phone bok, but there is a Thomas and Nancy Beatie that own a home here in south Bend and have owned it for about a year and had an address in southeast Bend, according to Deschutes County property records.

Stumble it!