Diane Rodriguez and her partner Fernando Machado are the proud parents of a six-week-old baby boy. What makes this couple unique is that the father gave birth after being impregnated by the mother.
The couple live in Ecuador which, they acknowledge in a story for the BBC, is not an easy place to be a transgender couple raising a family. But they are dedicated to changing opinions and are described as South America’s most high-profile transgender couple. They are the first transgender pair to have a baby in South America.
They regularly post images of their new family on Facebook in a bid to promote the LGBT community in South America.
The couple told BBC article that they met on Facebook when Diane – born as Luis – was looking for someone to share her life with, support her career as an activist and help her achieve her desire to have a family. She met Fernando.
And while both are transgender, neither had had gender reassignment surgery so they could conceive a baby like any other couple and needed no help with fertility.
Fernando, who was born Maria, describes his whirlwind romance: “I was on a bus to Ecuador days after we started chatting online. After three weeks living together, I was pregnant.”
They are now both involved in activism with the hope of bridging the gaps between the Catholic religion, which is strong in South America, and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) groups.
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