Pregnancy is not for gendered women any more :-)

The right to give birth to a child is central right, a right that has often been denied to marginalized people, either through forced sterilization or through social control. Today the world is changing. So much so, that a transgendered man broke through social control, and decided to give birth to a child. The baby girl is due this summer, I wish him and his wife all the luck in the world. I hope his story will encourage others to break the boundary one of the last boundaries and insist on their right to give birth, to parent, to build families after their own heart.


About Sotah

I am a firm believer that gender injustice is the result of a social order that tries to control the sexuality of women (and at times men), a.k.a the patriarchy. Freedom starts at the door of your vagina! I am a law school student in DC, with a background in anthropology, literature and jewish studies. I grew up with secular parents and practiced (and later rejected Orthodox Judaism), and currently practice an egalaterian form of judism.
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