A transgender
man, Fernando Machado who was assigned female at birth and his partner Diane
Rodriguez, who was assigned male at birth, gave birth to a healthy child after
conceiving with his transgender wife, making the couple the first transgender
couple in South America to do so.
The couple
who gave birth in June, live in Ecuador have expressed their desire to have
more children.
Machado told
BBC:
“We are the same as other families.
Even though we might not have the same rights, we are the same.”
The
transgender couple met after meeting on social media more than two years ago.
Diane told
the BBC :
“We don’t have a name yet – or rather
we do – we are just waiting to announce it.
“Being a mother was never something I
thought I would do because I am a trans-sexual. The law before demanded that to
be recognised as a woman you had to be castrated.” We are the same as other families.
Even though we might not have the same rights, we’re the same.
Ms Rodriguez
on the other hand said, said she never thought she would have the opportunity
to be a mother.
The couple
have not undergone full gender reassignment so were able to conceive naturally.
‘We live as
man and woman. I’m a transfeminine woman and Fernando is a trans-masculine man.
The process to get here was complex for each of us,” Mr Machado said.
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