This Photo of a Transgender Parent Breastfeeding Is Going Viral
- Publish Date
- Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 10:51AM
This image of a breastfeeding dad could be re-shaping the idea of the "nuclear" family.
Writer Jessi Hempel wrote about her brother, Evan’s emotional journey into fatherhood for TIME magazine.
"My brother's pregnancy and the making of a new American family" https://t.co/xQzoqTAomw
— TIME.com (@TIME) September 2, 2016
“My brother Evan was born female. He came out as transgender 16 years ago but never stopped wanting to have a baby. This spring he gave birth to his first child,” says Hempel.
The photo, which shows Evan Hempel chest-feeding in his Massachusetts home, has divided followers on Twitter.
Evan's sister added: “Pregnancies like Evan’s—and the many that are likely to follow—will stretch our cultural perceptions of gender norms even further.”
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