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Britain’s first man to give birth says he’s received hundreds of death threats from around the world and reveals he will NOT raise daughter as gender neutral
BRITAIN'S first pregnant man last night told how he had been bombarded with death threats from twisted trolls around the world, The Sun can reveal.
Proud new dad Hayden Cross, 21, said he was trying to ignore “hundreds” of sick threats sent to him over social media - some from as far as India and Australia.
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He said: “I have the best thing in the world now – they only have hate.”
Hayden, who was born Paige but has lived legally as a man for over three-and-a half-years, conceived using an anonymous sperm donor after the NHS refused to freeze his eggs.
After exclusively revealing his experience of becoming a dad in The Sun on Sunday yesterday Hayden received the torrent of abuse.
He has now been forced to close his social media accounts due to the cruel comments, one threatening: “You’re lucky I don’t see you”, another said “someone should get rid of this guy.”
He said: “All I can do is try to ignore it all and keep Trinity-Leigh safe.
“When I first said I was expecting I got loads of abuse, people that aren’t even in this country were sending me messages over the internet.
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“I am not scared, I have to turn the other way and focus on bringing up my little girl.
“The people that write these things about me are cowards. What am I doing to hurt anyone?”
The 21-year-old previously spoke to Sun columnist Lorraine Kelly about the bombardment of death threats he received during the pregnancy.
The former supermarket worker also revealed yesterday that he would support his newborn daughter Trinity-Leigh Cross if she was transgender but would not bring her up as gender neutral.
Last night he told The Sun: “I would support Trinity-Leigh if she was trans. Obviously I know what it is like so I could understand.
“I just want her to be happy and content in who she is.
“I wouldn’t want to register her as gender neutral because she is a little girl, just because I am trans it doesn’t mean she will be.
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“People will blame me if she is though! I don’t care I want her to have the best life and nothing else matters to me now.”
Hayden gave birth by c-section to tiny Trinity-Leigh weighing 6lbs 7oz at 2.21pm on June 16th at Gloucester Royal Hospital.
He halted his NHS gender realignment programme to have her as he saw it as his only way to fulfil his dream to become a biological dad.
Hayden, from Gloucester, had been taking testosterone for over a year to make irreversible changes to his body – making his voice lower and producing male facial hair.
He will now restart the transition programme next month and plans to have his breasts removed next year before finally having his ovaries taken out.
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Rev Chris Newlands' motion also called for the General Synod to provide guidance for clergy to lead services to mark the transition of transgender people.
The vote came after bishops backed a ban on “unethical” conversion therapy for gay Christians.
Rev Newlands, of the Blackburn Diocesan Synod, said: “Trans people are cherished and loved by God.”
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