A trans man encircled on the front page of Glamour UK magazine

"I am a trans man and I exist. No matter what anyone says, I am living proof. At 27, Britain's Logan Brown is a transgender man and has given birth to a daughter. Two weeks before giving birth, he posed for the British magazine "Glamour" which made him its muse for its June issue.

By posing on the front page, Logan Brown became the first trans man to be encircled on the cover of a magazine. For the occasion, he took the pose covered in makeup, giving the illusion of a costume on his body. A real choice on the part of the monthly on the occasion of Pride month, as part of its issue which evokes same-sex parenting and transparency.

A daily shared on Instagram and TikTok

He started a blog in March to talk about his pregnancy as a trans man, which had found wide resonance within the British LGBT community. In a relationship with Bailey Mills, a non-binary British drag queen, he regularly talks about his daily life on Instagram and TikTok, and is not spared violent and hateful messages, commenting frantically under his posts that "men cannot be pregnant".

Introducing Logan Brown, GLAMOUR's June Pride cover star ❤️

"I'm a pregnant trans man and I do exist. No matter what anyone says, I'm living proof."

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— British GLAMOUR (@GlamourMagUK) June 1, 2023

"I wasn't surprised by any of the negative comments I had because, obviously, (my pregnancy) is not a usual thing. I have a feeling there will always be people in the comments and keyboard warriors on Instagram. These people say things online that they probably would never say to my face," he explained in a lengthy interview with Glamour.

Hospital staff 'not trained' on gender issues

Logan Brown gave birth by caesarean section in mid-May to a daughter, Nova. However, throughout his pregnancy, he faced several difficulties on the side of the NHS, the British social security services. In hospitals, staff were "not trained", to his regret.

"No one asked me if I was okay. No one has wondered what it's like to be a trans man. Being pregnant, in general, is really, really hard. Add the fact of being trans... Some midwives understand it, some don't," Brown said. "Training should be mandatory, because we exist and trans people go to the hospital," he said.

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Before him, cases of pregnant men already listed

Media coverage that delights the Association of Gay and Lesbian Parents (APGL): "Any visibility helps the advancement of rights and acceptance. Clearly, today, trans people are invisible. It is therefore also important for understanding, because it is obvious that seeing a man pregnant can surprise, "says Nicolas Faget, spokesman for the association.

"We must give this visibility to trans parents to understand, to lead to debates on the evolution of the rights of transgender people," insists the APGL, which had supported for many years Claire, a transgender woman, in her fight to be recognized as the mother of her daughter.

Logan Brown offers new visibility to transgender men, but is not a pioneer: the American Thomas Beatie became in 2008 the first pregnant man in the world, after having benefited from artificial insemination. He gave birth to a total of three children with his wife. The France had discovered him in 2016, during his participation in the show "Secret Story".

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In France, two transgender parents gave birth to a baby girl in mid-February in Bourges (Cher), the first recorded case of a "spontaneous pregnancy" of a transgender couple.

Like Logan Brown in the United Kingdom, Victoire and Mattéo nevertheless face many difficulties on the side of civil registration and social security, which do not know their gender and sometimes complicate their medical care. The couple had praised the exemplary behavior of the hospital that had accompanied them throughout the pregnancy.