Notice The Difference: Trans-Identified Men Are Celebrated For Infiltrating Women's Spaces, But Trans-Identified Women Usually Go Viral For Being Pregnant

Transgender identity has increasingly become more and more normalized over the last few years. Although there has been much backlash at how prevalent this has become in mainstream society, gender ideology is supported by virtually every major machine in America, from corporations to universities to Hollywood. Prominent figures like Bruce Jenner, a former Olympic gold medalist who now goes by Caitlyn, and Laverne Cox, an acclaimed actress from Orange is the New Black, have helped bring transgender issues into mainstream discourse. Their public transitions have given transgender people increased visibility, though they've also sparked much controversy and debate.

Transitioning, for many transgender individuals, is said to be an important part of aligning their physical selves with their internal sense of identity. However, the process is gruesome, Frankenstein-like, and always has dangerous drawbacks. Transitioning often involves hormonal treatments and surgeries that can have physical side effects, including fertility issues, complications from surgery, possible infection, potential health risks from hormone therapies, and even death. However, the increasing acceptance of transgender identity has now turned into a social contagion, resulting in many teens and young adults "transitioning" out of peer pressure more than anything else. While it's crucial to support youth in exploring their identities, critics argue for the importance of thorough psychological evaluation and counseling before irreversible decisions are made.

Another concern often raised pertains to women's rights. The inclusion of trans-identified men in female spaces infringe on the rights of women, particularly in areas such as competitive sports. Lia Thomas has been a shining example of how unfair it is for a young man to suddenly compete against women, because no matter how much hormone therapy a man has, he will very likely break records and steal medals from women who have worked hard to get to where they are in their sport today. Sadly, very little has been done to protect fairness in women's sports recently, and most activists and politicians are in support of the likes of Thomas overtaking same-sex spaces.

Meanwhile, we're seeing more magazine covers that feature trans-identified individuals being praised and celebrated for an accomplishment. However, there's something very different between seeing a trans-identified man and a trans-identified woman featured in headline news.

Why Are Trans-Identified Men and Women Celebrated Publicly for Such Different Things?

Since his many wins in collegiate women's swimming, Lia Thomas has been featured on various podcasts and interviews, where he talks about his accomplishments and why he believes that feminism must include men who identify as trans women. Similar to someone like Laverne Cox, who takes acting roles away from women, Thomas is propped up as a hero because he takes swimming opportunities away from women. Even Jenner was given the 2015 Women of the Year award by Glamour for his work as a "trans champion." Martine Rothblatt, a man who calls himself a trans woman, was celebrated on the cover of New York magazine for being the highest paid CEO as a "woman."

Most of the time, when a trans-identified man is being featured in the news for something, it's because he is infiltrating women's spaces and winning some kind of award or breaking some kind of record that will put him above the biological women in his category. Now consider the headline news when the media features a trans-identified female. There aren't many out there who are household names. In fact, the only one you might be able to name off the top of your head is Ellen Page, who now goes by Elliot and is currently on tour for her new memoir called Pageboy. She had a double mastectomy, underwent hormone replacement therapy, and cut her hair short to look more like a boy. She often posts shirtless pictures of herself to show off her newly constructed flat chest and washboard abs.

But other than Elliot, the only trans-identified women we see on the cover of magazines are lesser known, but they tend to have one thing in common: they're usually pregnant.

For example, on Mother's Day in 2022, the famous brand Calvin Klein decided to feature a woman who calls herself a trans man. And—you guessed it—she was pregnant while posing with her partner. She is shirtless in the photo, with visible scars on her chest from her double mastectomy, and she is holding her belly. Chest and stomach hair are visible, as is a beard. The woman's name is Roberto Bete, and she was proud to share the photos on her own Instagram as well.

More recently, there was much outrage over the Glamour UK cover, which featured another female influencer who calls herself a trans man: Logan Brown. She is visibly pregnant in the photo, with a suit jacket and tie painted on her body. She has short hair and a light beard, and in the remainder of the photo shoot, you can also see where she has had a double mastectomy. The headline on the cover of the magazine reads "trans pregnant proud."

In the interview, she talks about dressing as a tomboy when she was young and she refers to her partner Bailey Mills as they/them. She said she was off testosterone hormones for a little while due to some health issues, but she felt like something was different in her body. She took a pregnancy test and it came out positive.

"At first, I was lingering around the house while Bailey was still asleep. It was really hard because how do you tell your partner, 'Oh, I’m pregnant, but oh, I’m also your boyfriend as well,'" she said. "I finally woke them up, but I couldn’t get the words out of my mouth to say it, because it’s just something that you just don’t say as a man."

Reading the whole article can make you feel a bit queasy, and it's ironic that she expressed concern over how being pregnant would ruin her career—when in fact, being paraded around as a pregnant "trans man" has been the very thing to propel her career forward. "I am a trans pregnant man, and I do exist," she said. "No matter what anyone says, I literally am living proof."

It's clear to see immediately that trans-identified women and men are portrayed very differently in the media and in magazines. Is this a coincidence? Or is it intentional?

It's All Another Big Win for the Patriarchy

It's pretty simple, really. Both of these portrayals result in one thing and one thing only: women being erased. When the men parading around as trans women are stealing medals from women in women's sports, demanding that they are put in women-only prisons, and stealing titles away from women (like highest-paid female CEO), it's clear to see that women are being shoved to the side so that men can step in and win—at women's expense. It's ironic that the feminists spent so many years raging against the patriarchy, and now most of them are standing aside to let the trans agenda sweep over women and make men the winners once again.

The other side of the coin is successful at erasing women as well. Women who now call themselves trans men, and thus demand to be categorized as men, seem to be charmed by the idea that they are pregnant and giving birth to children while pretending to be men. This has resulted in an avalanche of words that are being used to completely wipe out female-centered terms that we have used for centuries. Chestfeeding is meant to replace breastfeeding, birthers is supposed to replace women, and we're told to use neutral terms like individuals who give birth or people who menstruate. Even the term mother has been squashed in many social media campaigns or activist organizations, but none of this happens to terms referring to males. Who needs women and mothers when you have "trans men" or "non-binary people" getting pregnant and giving birth?

Just because women demand to have access to same-sex spaces and be respected for who they are and the unique gifts they have been given, such as pregnancy and birth, doesn't mean that we want trans individuals to be treated cruelly. We are not calling for trans people to be locked up or to be deprived of their rights. But at some point, we need to stand up for something as simple as fairness, and we need to acknowledge that it has significantly negative effects on our society to pretend like women can magically become men overnight with the right hormone replacement therapy and men can suddenly turn into women by growing out their hair and throwing on a pair of stilettos. Women have a special role in our society that shouldn't be diminished, not only because women deserve to maintain the role they've always had, but because it's good for families, children, and society to recognize that men and women are inherently different, and that only women can do what women were designed to do.