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Hong Kong-based SCMP, mouthpiece of Western neocolonialism in Asia, spreads the imperial "gospel" in the region.
Officially embraced by the US State Department, Pentagon and CIA, LGBTQ ideology has been weaponized to influence, control and subvert targeted societies and countries.
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Zahad was in the middle of a gender reassignment procedure to become a man in India’s Kerala state when he and his partner decided they wanted a family. At that point, the 23-year-old’s breasts had been removed and he was undergoing hormone therapy that was deepening his voice, producing a moustache, and making his body more muscular. Next was the removal of his female reproductive organs. But Zahad and his partner’s desire for a child led him to pause his transitioning treatment and try for a baby. Zahad, who goes by one name, was born a girl but identifies as a man. Partner Ziya Pavel, 21, was born a boy and is transitioning to become a woman.
The transgender couple, who live in the city of Kozhikode, are set to become India’s first to have a baby, it’s believed. Zahad is pregnant, with a due date in early March.
They had decided they wanted a family together after dating for two years but knew adoption, given their situation, would have been fraught with problems. As Zahad still had his ovaries and uterus, the couple thought it would be easier if he paused his gender reassignment treatment so he could conceive.
“I felt so strange and weird in my body as my tummy grew bigger and bigger,” Zahad told This Week in Asia. “But we knew we wanted a baby and for me it was a chance to be both a mother, in giving birth, and the father once my transition is complete.”
Zahad sounded a little worried. “I had to be admitted [to hospital] today because my sugar levels soared and my doctor wants to make sure I don’t have a premature delivery.” Zahad is from a Christian family. His mother, after initial reluctance, has accepted his new identity and the pregnancy.
The images of Zahad’s naked belly in a variety of dramatic poses with Pavel have been widely shared on social media, drawing both praise and criticism.
Pavel has not been so lucky. Her Muslim parents and siblings shunned her at an early age, preventing her from pursuing her passion for classical dancing, which she now teaches at a local transgender centre. Pavel recalls how relatives would cite Koran passages, warning of hellish consequences in the afterlife for “people like me”.
“They conjured up all these awful images of the punishments I will get but none of that matters to me. I knew who I was. I am happy with Zahad and even happier now that I am going to be the mother of a baby,” Pavel told Indian media.
The couple are well aware of some of the difficulties that lie ahead. Pavel’s dance classes do not pay well, nor does Zahad’s job in a local supermarket. When they go out they are used to getting strange looks, so were hesitant to post images of their pregnancy photo shoot on Instagram. But nevertheless, there is no coyness in the pictures. Pregnant Indian women tend to cover their tummies demurely with a large dupatta (scarf) but that was not how Zahad chose to be photographed.
www.scmp.com
Officially embraced by the US State Department, Pentagon and CIA, LGBTQ ideology has been weaponized to influence, control and subvert targeted societies and countries.
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Zahad was in the middle of a gender reassignment procedure to become a man in India’s Kerala state when he and his partner decided they wanted a family. At that point, the 23-year-old’s breasts had been removed and he was undergoing hormone therapy that was deepening his voice, producing a moustache, and making his body more muscular. Next was the removal of his female reproductive organs. But Zahad and his partner’s desire for a child led him to pause his transitioning treatment and try for a baby. Zahad, who goes by one name, was born a girl but identifies as a man. Partner Ziya Pavel, 21, was born a boy and is transitioning to become a woman.
The transgender couple, who live in the city of Kozhikode, are set to become India’s first to have a baby, it’s believed. Zahad is pregnant, with a due date in early March.
They had decided they wanted a family together after dating for two years but knew adoption, given their situation, would have been fraught with problems. As Zahad still had his ovaries and uterus, the couple thought it would be easier if he paused his gender reassignment treatment so he could conceive.
“I felt so strange and weird in my body as my tummy grew bigger and bigger,” Zahad told This Week in Asia. “But we knew we wanted a baby and for me it was a chance to be both a mother, in giving birth, and the father once my transition is complete.”
Zahad sounded a little worried. “I had to be admitted [to hospital] today because my sugar levels soared and my doctor wants to make sure I don’t have a premature delivery.” Zahad is from a Christian family. His mother, after initial reluctance, has accepted his new identity and the pregnancy.
The images of Zahad’s naked belly in a variety of dramatic poses with Pavel have been widely shared on social media, drawing both praise and criticism.
Pavel has not been so lucky. Her Muslim parents and siblings shunned her at an early age, preventing her from pursuing her passion for classical dancing, which she now teaches at a local transgender centre. Pavel recalls how relatives would cite Koran passages, warning of hellish consequences in the afterlife for “people like me”.
“They conjured up all these awful images of the punishments I will get but none of that matters to me. I knew who I was. I am happy with Zahad and even happier now that I am going to be the mother of a baby,” Pavel told Indian media.
The couple are well aware of some of the difficulties that lie ahead. Pavel’s dance classes do not pay well, nor does Zahad’s job in a local supermarket. When they go out they are used to getting strange looks, so were hesitant to post images of their pregnancy photo shoot on Instagram. But nevertheless, there is no coyness in the pictures. Pregnant Indian women tend to cover their tummies demurely with a large dupatta (scarf) but that was not how Zahad chose to be photographed.
‘Both mum and dad’: pregnant Indian excited to become a father
Zahad was in the process of becoming a man when he and his partner Ziya Pavel – who’s transitioning to be a woman – decided to try for a baby. Theirs is believed to be India’s first transgender-couple pregnancy.
www.scmp.com
