Much like comic book superheroes, people don’t yet seem to grasp the science behind being transgender. For example, what would you say if I told you that, as you’re reading this, my own wife-to-be is expecting a baby? Would you be surprised, medically labbergasted or unfazed? To clarify: she can expect all she likes. She’s not actually getting one. I’d even wager that if I claimed to be pregnant, there’s a high percentage of employers out there who would panic and grant me immediate, indeinite maternity leave rather than prod that spiky PC cactus.
FACT: As a trans woman, I don’t have my own womb and, owing to my HRT, I’m no longer capable of producing sperm. I was offered the opportunity to freeze my materials pre-HRT but I declined. No ice-icebabies for me.