Fearing that he would never be able to have children, the 20-year-old British boy searched for an anonymous sperm donor on Facebook. He is 17 weeks pregnant.
Hayden Cross, 20, is the first British transgender to have a baby. In the columns of tabloid The Sun, the young man said he used an anonymous sperm donation while searching on Facebook.
He explained that he used this social network after twice asking the British health system for help freezing his eggs. Faced with the refusal of the NHS and in the financial inability to do so in a private clinic, Hayden opted for this unconventional alternative. The one who was born Paige and legally became a man 3 years ago is now 4 months pregnant.
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“Having a biological child has always been important to me. I’ve always wanted children, ”he told the British newspaper. But to carry out his pregnancy, the young man had to make a difficult decision. That of interrupting his hormonal treatment. However, he assures us that as soon as he can he will resume his transition and undergo an operation to remove the breasts and ovaries.
While Hayden Cross’s case is rare, it is not unique. Thomas Beatie, an American transgender, in 2008 became the first man to give birth. Since then, he is the proud father of 3 children. And in September, an Ecuadorian transgender couple (a man-turned-woman and a woman-turned-man) became the first couple to welcome a child in Latin America. Not having undergone a complete transition, they had this child naturally.
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