Both the baby and Zahhad, who delivered the child, are doing well, Zahhad’s partner Ziya Paval said. However, he declined reveal the gender of the newborn.
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For the first Time in India a trans man gave birth to a baby in a hospital in Kerala’s Kozhikode on Wednesday, 8 February. Zahad, 23 years old, took a break from transitioning into a trans man, so that he can bear the child. His partner, a Trans woman, Siya said, the baby weighing 2.90 kg, was born around 9.30 am through a Cesarean Section at the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital.
The baby and Zahad are doing well. The couple decided not to reveal the sex of the newborn and refused to assign the baby’s gender at birth.
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According to reports Zahhad and Ziya Paval have been living together in Kozhikode for the past three years. Ziya was born a man and changed into a woman and Zahhad was born a woman and transformed into a man. Both of them left their families during their early adulthood after becoming aware of their transgender identities.
It was two years ago that they initiated their gender transition. When they started dreaming of a child, they halted their gender-transition hormone therapy and Zahhad became pregnant. “Once he delivers the baby, he will continue his journey to become a man,” 21-year-old Zia Paval has said earlier.
“Since we started living together, we had dreams of becoming a parent. Though we had made attempts to adopt a child, we felt it was difficult for a transcouple to adopt a child due to the legal complications involved. Then we thought about getting our own child,” Zia said.