Transgender man talks of his joy after giving birth to a healthy baby boy – following agonising miscarriage
A TRANSGENDER man has given birth to a baby boy in the US after suffering an agonising miscarriage the last time he was pregnant.
Trystan Reese, from Portland, Oregon, was born female but started taking gender-altering hormones nearly 10 years ago.
He stopped as soon as he found out he was expecting and has now given birth to a healthy son called Leo.
Trystan described the birth – still very, very rare – as a “moment of bliss.”
When he suffered a miscarriage the last time he was pregnant he feared he had missed his chance to ever have children of his own.
Leo becomes the first biological child for Mr Reese and husband Biff Chaplow who already have two adopted children.
“I would say it’s unique. I understand that people are not used to two men having a biological child,” Mr Reese told .
“The moment he was born was just like a pure moment of bliss, like the happiest moment of my life.
Trystan said that he kept his “original parts” adding that he never wanted to change his body.
“I think my body is awesome. I feel like it’s a gift to have been born with the body that I did, and I made the necessary changes so that I could keep living in it, both through hormones and through other body modifications,”
To see the very beginning of Leo, of his life, was just like amazing,” Mr Chaplow added.
The couple said their friends and family have supported their decision throughout but they have received some backlash from people online.
The news comes just weeks after the first transgender man gave birth in the UK was revealed.
Hayden Cross, 21, made headlines around the world when he announced he was pregnant by a sperm donor, three years after becoming legally male through gender reassignment.
His daughter Trinity-Leigh was born by caesarean and he described her as “perfect in every way”.
Like Mr Reese, Mr Cross has also faced a backlash from users online, with some people even sending him shocking death threats.
“I have had some good reactions but I’ve had some really bad reactions,” revealed Mr Cross.
“A lot of people don’t really understand the situation, and I get that, but I just want people to be more aware that there are those who do need help, that are like me, and haven’t got anybody to support them.”