Ecuador trans couple becomes world’s first to give birth to a baby

The couple's pictures and videos on social media make for some really stunning and powerful ones!

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These guys cannot contain their joy after becoming the first trans couple to give birth to a child. (Source: Fernando Machado/Facebook)

A trans couple in Ecuador, South America, gave birth to a child recently, becoming the first such couple to do so. Fernando Machado was born in Venezuela as Maria. Diane Rodriguez (born as Luis) met Machado on Facebook and today, the duo make a happy couple. That they gave birth to a child is heartwarming news and the reasons do not stop at one.

No intervention by any external medical processes were involved in childbirth, because the couple did not undergo any gender reassignment surgery. According to BBC, the couple has become a symbol of growing tolerance in the region of Ecuador. They were so sure about their love story that Machado was on a bus to meet Rodriguez within days after they met on the social media site. “After three weeks living together, I was pregnant,” Machado told the news organisation.

Reportedly, the couple is happy that they brought the taboo topics of gender fluidity to the mainstream in Ecuador, which according to the BBC is a polarised society to bring a child into, and even though there is wide-spread support, the opposition is just as much.

They often shared the pictures of Machado’s pregnancy on Facebook. (Source: Fernando Machado/YouTube)

The inspiring couple did not shy away from sharing pictures and videos of Fernando’s pregnancy on social media, and thank heavens they did not, because they are some deeply moving and beautiful pictures.

“We live as man and woman. I’m a transfeminine woman and Fernando is a transmasculine man. The process to get here was complex for each of us,” Rodriguez reportedly said. The couple’s joy had no bounds on learning that they are pregnant. “I started crying with happiness, fear and dread, all at once. It was the most beautiful moment,” Machado said.

According to the BBC, the couple affectionately calls their little one Caraote, which means snail.

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