AIBU to think this is a bit nuts? Trans woman is being praised online for still working at 37 weeks into her "simulated" pregnancy

[CalmGreenEagle]

I have just read on Facebook about this transgender woman, Gabrielle Darone, aged 32, who simulated a pregnancy last year in order to address "gender dysphoria about not being able to carry a child". She wore a fake belly and simulated morning sickness, breathing difficulties, tiredness and other symptoms. She blogged about her experience and received a lot of praise online for still continuing to work at 37 weeks into her "pregnancy".

AIBU to think this is just crazy? Wearing a fake belly and pretending to have pregnancy symptoms is absolutely NOTHING like the real difficulties that women who are actually pregnant have to go through. Sometimes I think I am on a different planet.

Well, that’s just some sort of mental illness isn’t it. It’s absolutely delusional.

Wtaf! And why are some people referring to him as she?
This planet is imploding, you’d be locked up in an asylum years ago for this carry on and rightly so!

That post has been doing the rounds for YEARS. If it was ever true its long out of date. I suspect it was/ is rage bait for interaction, I wouldn't trust facebook for your news, I see some absolute ridiculous stories and AI pics. I would love to know if you could find an actual reputable source.

I'm confused, is this a 'transgender woman' as in a woman who is transgender, a biological woman, who identifies as a man, who still wants the experience of pregnancy but for some reason is unable to become pregnant? Or a trans identified man who wants to play at pregnancy? The use by some people of 'she' and others of 'he' makes it very difficult to understand the situation.
If this is a biological woman, then this is extremely sad. If its a biological man then it's appalling behaviour.

It’s a man

I feel sick.

There is an answer to your question on the internet. There are props that these men buy for this purpose. Google with extreme caution.

Piss take and typical man move.

The world is a very strange place....

I hope the authorities were parked outside his house making sure no similar fruit cake was taking a baby round...

This person is undeniably bonkers and has lost any sense of reality.

Yes.

And unfortunately we are in such a bad state that women who objected to him doing what he did, including trying to procure a baby for ‘breastfeeding’, joining their support groups for his own very disordered ‘purposes’ would be called transphobic bigots, banned and their livelihoods harmed if possible.

There are still people and governments out there keen to enable these severely disordered men.

I'm aware of the story and I think the story is genuine up to the pretend pregnancy and the women who complained being kicked out of the stillbirth group. The latest reports about being praised for still being at work look more like ai to me.
It's really hard to separate fact from fiction these days but I hope he's not being heaped with praise.
This is a mentally ill man and encouraging him is being kind to nobody.

He. Him.

absolutely this.

This type of BS is so enraging.

Edit: and please stop with the 'she'/'her' stuff.

He is a man no matter how many dresses or skirts he wears, no matter how much make up he wears, no matter how long he grows his hair, no matter if he paints his nails, no matter if he uses handbags, no matter if he wears tights/stockings, no matter if he wears fake nails or eyelashes, no matter if he has his eyebrows micro-bladed... He is a biological man. And always will be.

There have been many similar cases. Women have been sacked from La Leche League for not wanting to include men like him (who take a cocktail of toxic drugs to simulate ‘breastfeeding’ with real babies) in their breastfeeding groups, there are multiple Onlyfans accounts run by men like him - I could go on for hours with all the eye wateringly bonkers things deliberately enabled by trans activists.

While these are extreme examples, sadly they are not anomalies. You know, when normal rules applied with good intentions inadvertently produce unexpected results. These men are actively enabled by some groups and many in authority. That’s why it’s so concerning.

Yeah, he's not the only one doing this. I'm aware of another trans woman posting in miscarriage groups on FB talking about how he has had previous miscarriages and stillbirths and claiming to be going through a pregnancy now with all the attendant emotions and worries that come along.
From the profile picture, you'd not be aware he's male and simulating all of it unless actually going into his profile and looking closer.
All his posts had lots of comments from unaware women offering sympathy and support. I remember wanting to comment and point out it was a simulated pregnancy but I have my real name and face on there and didn't want to risk being targeted by activists.
I have no respect for any male person who does this. It's preying on women's real grief and tragedy for the drama of it.

I Googled this and the only link was to a Facebook post claiming this happened and mocking it.

Is it even a true story?

FFS sick of this shit

The only mental illness where the general public are encouraged to go along with their delusions and fantasies.

Quite mad, and an utter insult to women.

Oh, and it's he. Not she.

This is the man who moaned that his wife and kids, stuck living in the same house as him, weren't being supportive.

Fuck off pal.

I read a story about a trans person who demanded a smear test. He had no female anatomy of course. The nurse had to pretend they were doing the test.

Real or made up? Who knows but it’s so batshit crazy I wouldn’t be surprised if it was true.

What exactly are trans rights?

Was that the French one where the gynae is facing disciplinary for 'misgendering' him and refusing his appointment because he only sees female patients? There's so many of these. It's hard to keep track.