It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Partner Came Out As Trans While I Was Pregna

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It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Partner Came Out As Trans While I Was Pregnant
In one year, I got pregnant with my boyfriend and I gave birth with my girlfriend.

Jan 31, 2013 at 9:00am
By Erin Ryan Fitzgerald



http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/it-happened-to-me-contest-entry-my-partner-came-out-as-trans-while-i-was-pregnant

A lot of stories about notable trans people usually have one line about how their supportive partners stayed by their sides. Sometimes it's one quick line about how the couple parted ways, but either way, it's not very illuminating.

When my partner came out as a trans woman, I sometimes wondered, "Am I the only one who finds this so f---ing hard?!" All of my conflicted feelings just wrapped up into a sticky guilt ball that sat in the pit of my gut, right next to my baby.



In November of 2009, Evan* and I decided to get pregnant. It didn't take long -- in fact it was pretty instantaneous. And in February of 2010, Evan came out as transgender. Our child was born that August. In one year, I got pregnant with my boyfriend and I gave birth with my girlfriend.

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Irish American woman speaks out on raising her child with transgender father
Boyfriend became transgender while she was pregnant
By IrishCentral Staff Writers,
Published Saturday, February 2, 2013, 7:53 AM

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Irish-American-woman-speaks-out-on-raising-her-child-with-sex-change-father-189493541.html

Erin Ryan Fitzgerald, from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, has written a tell-all article on how her boyfriend came out as a woman while she was pregnant with their child.

Ryan Fitzgerald wrote on XOJane.com about her decision to become a parent with her boyfriend Evan Greer and how the pair are raising their son Saoirse together.

"In November of 2009, Evan and I decided to get pregnant. It didn't take long - in fact it was pretty instantaneous. And in February of 2010, Evan came out as transgender," Ryan Fitzgerald wrote.

A musican, 27-year-old Greer describes himself on his website as radical genderqueer singer songwriter, parent, and community organizer.