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Pregnant Indian dad gives birth to healthy baby, making history with trans partner
- Zahad was in the process of becoming a man when he and his partner Ziya Pavel, also transitioning to be a woman, decided to try for a baby
- Hormone treatment was paused and Zahad gave birth on February 8. ‘It was a chance to be both a mother, in giving birth, and the father,’ he said
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Zahad was in the middle of a gender reassignment procedure to become a man in India’s Kerala state when he and his partner decided they wanted a family.
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At that point, the 23-year-old’s breasts had been removed and he was undergoing hormone therapy that was deepening his voice, producing a moustache, and making his body more muscular.
Next was the removal of his female reproductive organs. But Zahad and his partner’s desire for a child led him to pause his transitioning treatment and try for a baby.
Zahad, who goes by one name, was born a girl but identifies as a man. Partner Ziya Pavel, 21, was born a boy and is transitioning to become a woman.
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Transgender Indian couple first in nation’s history to become parents biologically
Transgender Indian couple first in nation’s history to become parents biologically
The transgender couple, who live in the city of Kozhikode, have became India’s first to have a baby.
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