At 34, Trystan Reese gave birth to Leo. The transgender man had retained his female reproductive organs.
“Men can have children,” proclaim loudly Trystan Reese, a transgender man, and her husband Biff Chaplow in a video on Facebook. On July 14, Trystan gave birth to Leo, a baby boy weighing 4.250 kilograms for 54.61 centimeters.
Born a woman, he started taking testosterone to become a man at the age of 19. But he never wanted to go through with the transition and preferred to keep his female reproductive organs. “This (surgery, editor’s note) costs tens of thousands of dollars, with a 50% chance of becoming incontinent. I love my body as it is, ”he explained to Paris Match.
Defend the LBGT cause
After 9 years as a couple and the adoption of Biff’s two nephews, Trystan wanted to wear their 3th child. “I embarked on this adventure because a very close friend of mine did the same. I’m the only one to talk about it, but there are many male trans who are in the same case, ”he told the French magazine.
By embarking on this pregnancy project, the couple felt invested with a mission for the LGBT cause. Throughout the pregnancy, they shared photos and videos on their Facebook page, even receiving hate messages.
But none of this succeeded in spoiling their happiness. Since Saturday, they publish photos of their youngest and messages of joy. “We are in heaven. He is beautiful and healthy! “, Biff said on the social network. A happy event that could happen again in this atypical family because Trystan loved being “pregnant”.
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