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Transgender Men Who Become Pregnant Face Social, Health Challenges

Started by Marcellow, November 09, 2014, 02:38:37 PM

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Transgender Men Who Become Pregnant Face Social, Health Challenges
Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/11/07/362269036/transgender-men-who-become-pregnant-face-health-challenges
Author: Robin Marantz Henig
Posted: Nov 7th, 2014

"Pregnancy as a transgender man is unlike any other kind. No one expects a man to be pregnant, and the study participants said they were often greeted with double-takes, suspicion and even hostility from strangers and health care providers. "Child Protective Services was alerted to the fact that a '->-bleeped-<-' had a baby," one participant reported."
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