An Arizona judge has refused to grant a divorce to a transgender man who
gave birth to three children.
The judge said there was insufficient evidence that Thomas Beatie was
male when he married; the state bans same-sex marriage.
In 2008, Mr Beatie, who had lived as a man for decades, gave birth to a
girl, the first of three pregnancies.
He is legally male but kept his female reproductive organs and bore
children because his wife was infertile.
A spokesman for Mr Beatie, Ryan Gordon, said Maricopa County Family
Court Judge Douglas Gerlach's comments came as a shock. He said his client, who
hopes to marry his current girlfriend, planned to appeal the ruling.
"It's unfortunate that the judge out here doesn't recognise marriage
in another state,'' Mr Gordon said.
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