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“Person who gave birth” turns out to be mother.

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aliasundercover · 25/09/2019 14:52

www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/25/transgender-man-loses-court-battle-to-be-registered-as-father-freddy-mcconnell

It’s just not fair he says.

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Bouffalant · 25/09/2019 15:02

Yes, it''s the seahorse.

"McConnell’s journey to parenthood was captured in a recent feature-length documentary, Seahorse, a reference to the fish that reproduce through male pregnancies."

NellieEllie · 25/09/2019 15:00

Yes, but the judge said there “was a “pressing need” for the government and parliament “to address square-on the question of the status of a trans male who has become pregnant and given birth to a child”.

ErrolTheDragon · 25/09/2019 14:58

They could have saved a lot of words if 'sex' and 'gender' had never been allowed to be conflated.

The GRA needs reforming (if not abolishing) to make the difference clear. You can acquire a different gender, you can modify your body but you can't actually change sex.

Shetheyhim · 25/09/2019 14:57

Oh thank fuck for that. I’ve been really worried about the outcome of this judgement. Hopefully they can come to terms with the fact that they have birthed a beautiful child and take some pride in being a mother. It’s not an identity it’s a fact of life.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 25/09/2019 14:55

What a waste of time and money. The courts have real business to be getting on with not debating Adam and Eve.

AutumnRose1 · 25/09/2019 14:54

This isn't the same person the bbc have described as a sea horse?

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