Tag: seahorse

Trans dad and documentary star Freddie McConnell has opened up about his legal fight to be listed as the father on his son’s birth certificate. McConnell, who lives in the UK, shared his experience of giving birth as a transgender man in the documentary Seahorse (which we covered, along with the philosophical questions it raises, here on Queerty). Per UK law, whoever gives birth to a child is automatically listed as the mother on a birth certificate. McConnell wants to...

Director Jeannie FinlayJeannie Finlay likes the unusual. The UK-based documentarian has chronicled fake hip hop stars in The Great Hip Hop Hoax, Elvis impostors in Orion and even the appeal of goth culture in Goth Cruise, all without judgment, and all while balancing motherhood on the side. This year, Finlay adds another distinctive subject to her filmography with Seahorse. The film follows a British transgender man named Freddie McConnell who decides to conceive and give birth to his own child. Finlay’s camera catches every tumultuous...