The first baby to be born to transgender parents in Argentina was delivered via C-section in the province of Entre Ríos.
The proud parents are 26-year-old Alexis Taborda and 28-year-old Karen Bruselario.
Alexis was born a woman, but lives as a man and Karen was born a man, but lives as a woman. Because of Argentina’s Gender Identity Law passed in May of 2012, the couple have both been able to legally change their genders without gender reassignment surgery, which meant that when they got pregnant via natural means, it was the man, Alexis, who carried the baby.
The baby was due on December 22 via scheduled C-section, but couldn’t wait. Alexis started having contractions the weekend before the scheduled birth, and the baby was born ”early” weighing 9.37 pounds at Hospital Fermín Salaberry in Victoriain.
The couple named their baby girl Génesis Evangelina.
Alexis and Karen do not only hold the distinction of being the first transgender couple to give birth in Argentina they are also the first transgender couple to have gotten married while the groom was pregnant.
When They Wed
The bride was born a man. The groom was born a woman. And when the Argentine couple wed Friday, it was the first time here that a groom tied the knot pregnant.
Argentina in 2010 was the first country in Latin America to allow same-sex marriage. And two years later, it passed a law allowing transsexuals to get national IDs listing the gender with which they identify themselves.
So when Karen Bruselario wed Alexis Taborda in the northeastern city of Victoria, it was another big step on their journey together after meeting in Buenos Aires as activists for transsexual and transgender rights.
“It was a very emotional day, unique, really special because a dream came true for us. We had a civil marriage,” Taborda, 26, told AFP by phone.
Their next big step: Taborda, who legally is male as he self-identifies as such, is 36 weeks pregnant, with the couple’s first child. Neither had sex reassignment surgery.
Taborda and Bruselario, 28, said they would like to marry in a Catholic church.
So they sent an email to Argentine-born Pope Francis about their case. They have yet to receive a response from the pontiff.
They claim to be the first couple of two transsexuals to wed here who have not had reassignment surgery.
Taborda admitted that he does not feel a lot of maternal instinct though he is ready to give birth December 22 by Cesarean section to a girl the couple wants to name Genesis Angelina.
“It’s really weird to see Karen dying to feel the baby’s kicks or to have my symptoms,” he said.
(Via Osun Defender, Emirates 24/7)
