A court in the UK has ruled a transgender man who gave birth to his child cannot be registered as the father. Freddy McConnell, a journalist at the Guardian newspaper, wanted to be recognised as the father of his son, who was born last year, on the official birth certificate.
He was told he would have to be registered as the mother. He sought legal action to quash that decision, saying it breached his and his son’s rights but in a landmark ruling, Andrew McFarlane, President of the High Court’s