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Trans Journalist Asks Court to List No Mother on Child's Birth Certificate

A transgender journalist in England is heading back to court after being denied the right to be called “father” on his child’s birth certificate. So reports The New York Daily News.

newborn 1399155 640smallFreddy McConnell was born female and began a testosterone regiment before having surgery to remove breast tissue. After suspending the testosterone treatment, McConnell decided to become pregnant through a sperm donor, an act which the General Register Office for England and Wales said means McConnell is legally a “mother.” Should the appeal be successful, though, McConnell's son will be the first person in the U.K. to legally have no mother.

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