UK transgender man who gave birth is child's mother: Court

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LONDON: A transgender man who gave birth but did not want to be registered as the child's mother on the birth certificate lost a legal battle at ...

LONDON: A transgender man who gave birth but did not want to be registered as the child's mother on the birth certificate lost a legal battle at England's High Court on Wednesday .Advertisement

"It is now medically and legally possible for an individual, whose gender is recognised in law as male, to become pregnant and give birth to their child. McConnell's story was told in the documentary"Seahorse" - a reference to the fish that reproduce through male pregnancies."If it is upholding the status quo then I am really worried about what this means not just for me but other trans people who are parents or who want to become parents," he said according to The Guardian newspaper, where he works as a multimedia journalist.

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