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The viral transgender couple is Ziya Paval and Zahhad. According to local media reports, they married interfaith.

Zahhad was born a woman and transitioned into a man with the status of “husband”. Meanwhile, Paval was born as a man and transitioned into a woman with the status of “wife”.

Zahhad gave birth to the baby at a government hospital on February 8. It is claimed to be India’s first transgender man’s pregnancy and childbirth.

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“Those who believe in such miracles are living in a fool’s paradise,” said MK Muneer, senior leader of the Indian Muslim Union League (IUML), while addressing a program organized by the Wisdom Islamic Conference.

Muneer, who is a former minister for social justice and panchayat, said the person who gave birth to the baby was actually a woman, although she had her breasts removed to make it look like a man.

“The presence of the uterus in the person giving birth to the baby proves that she is actually a woman,” he said, adding that pregnancy occurs when a sperm fertilizes an egg.

Muneer’s criticism came amid the transgender couple’s move to register their new gender identity on the newborn’s birth certificate and other documents.

Even though Zahhad had given birth to the child, the trans man wanted his name to be registered as the father of the baby and Paval, his trans woman partner as the mother.

Paval said that a request had been submitted to the Government Medical College Hospital authorities.

“We gave a letter to the hospital authorities in this regard and they assured us that it would be considered. As per the recent Supreme Court ruling and the 2019 Transgender Persons Act, we have the right to change our gender,” he said, as quoted from NDTVThursday (16/2/2023).

Paval also said they had government-issued transgender ID cards so they hoped there would be no legal hurdles to granting their request.

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