When someone decides to come out as a transgendered person, with the rare exception, there is fear and anxiety as to how friends and family are going to treat them once the truth has come to light. Every person's journey is different and some may have a very supportive core group of people surrounding them or perhaps have to take the journey on their own.

Regardless of the reaction received, many people who have come out report a weight being lifted off of their shoulders and a sense of relief, as they are going to be able to start their authentic life without any sort of incorrect label defining who they are. For some, this includes everything from surgery and taking hormones to make the outer shell match what the inside feels like. For others, they simply want to do nothing more than change their appearance and name.

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For Freddy McConnell, who gave birth to his child earlier this year, the fight has been uphill ever since hospital staff designated McConnell as the "mother" of the baby.

McConnell is fighting a September 2019 decision made by the High Court in which it was decided by the president of the court's Family Division that because McConnell physically birthed a baby, something that only a mother can do, McConnell has to be listed as the mother on the baby's birth certificate.

McConnell started the process of matching how he felt on the inside to reflect how he looked on the outside back in 2013. At that time, between hormones and an augmentation to the chest, McConnell began to feel more masculine and gain confidence in who he was. During that time, however, McConnell decided that he wanted to have a child and put any further surgeries on hold. He also stopped hormones so that intrauterine insemination could be performed, as McConnell wanted to carry his child himself.

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The procedure that McConnell underwent is governed by the Human Fertilization and Embryology Act of 2008, which by definition is used to assist "women to carry children," according toThe Guardian.As a result of this definition as well as the fact that the deciding judge claimed that "mother" is not a gendered term, the Court made the ultimate decision that McConnell being listed as his baby's mother on the birth certificate was the correct parental designation.

McConnell is not alone with what he feels is the incorrect label on a child's birth certificate in the UK. If he is successful in his quest to be identified as his baby's father on the birth certificate, it could open doors for many who are dealing with a situation similar to his.

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McConnell's journey from transitioning to a man to giving birth to his child is the subject of the documentarySeahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth.

There currently is not a date as to when a decision on the appeal is expected.

Source:The Guardian, LGBTQ Nation, WebMD

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