A transgender couple from Kerala, Ziya and Zahad, are expecting a baby in March 2023, the couple announced on social media. According to their Instagram post, this stands as the first case in India of a trans man being pregnant.
“What grows in fire doesn't wither in the sun. It was a journey of stamping on fire all the time I grew up. The heat of the fire will not be forgotten as long as I have white feet after kicking on the burning fire (translated from Malayalam),” Ziya wrote on Instagram as she announced their pregnancy.
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Kerala Pregnant Trans Couple's Instagram Post
As Ziya shared some beautiful maternity photo shoots, she further wrote in another post, “Even though I am not a woman by birth or by body, a dream that I had inside me until I grew up knowing the femininity in me is "Mother" 🤰 …My body may not allow me to feel or feel that pain and comfort in this life. Time knows my desires as the God I know knows me. Isn't the expectation of a mother to wait for nine months for a person who doesn't even know who he is with the name and dreams of a mountain. As the long awaited dream in me will come true, I am also waiting to hear the call in the small voice of a mother. Just a few more days to go. Lord, give me and my life partner who knew my dreams the ability to move forward without getting tired in any crisis. 🤲” (translation)
“@zahhad__fazil started to change his body according to his wishes by spreading wings to my dreams, while living with the mental difficulties of living with his born body, he began to change his body to his desires. Hormone therapies and Breast removal surgery. Time has brought us together. It's been three years. Like the dream of mother in me, his dream of father and a desire to be our own brought us together in a single thought. 8 months old Juban moving in his belly with full consent. Supported our decisions to make our wishes come true. India's first TRAN'S MAN PREGNANCY.” (translation)
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She also expressed her gratitude and wrote, “Heartfelt thanks to my Ithak, brother-in-law, his mother, sister and Dr who stood with full support to us as a small family in our lonely life. 🙏🙏🙏”
Who Are Ziya and Zahad?
Living together for the past three years are Ziya, who is a woman following gender affirmation surgery and a professional classical dancer, and Zahad, who is a man after the same surgery. Zahad conceived while he was undergoing the transformation which was stalled for the child.
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How The Kerala Transgender Couple Conceived
As per a Manorama report, the couple had previously planned to adopt a child and had inquired about the procedure. However, as a transgender couple, they found the legal proceedings difficult. Then, it naturally occurred to them that Zahad, who was still a woman biologically, could be able to conceive a child, though Zahad was hesitant to revert to the femininity he was actively eschewing. However, Zahad's perspective was altered by Ziya's yearning to become a mother.
Zahad's decisionto have a baby came after his breasts had already been removed, but the doctors claimed it was still possible because he still had the uterus.
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