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What’s in a gender?

by catherinea | February 12, 2010

American Scott Moore, 30, is a transgender man married to Thomas, also formerly a woman. Legally married to Thomas because he still has a female birth certificate, Scott became pregnant by artificial insemination and is expecting a son, Miles. Scott says, “We know some people will criticise us but we are blissfully happy and not ashamed.”

It’s estimated that 1% of the UK population is transgendered, a figure equivalent to a city the size of Sheffield. In a primary school of 300, that equates to three pupils.

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