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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.
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.
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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.
The transgender couple, who live in the city of Kozhikode, have became India’s first to have a baby.
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