Parents

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When you're trans and pregnant, some of the vocabulary of pregnancy, birth and parenting might not fit you. In fact, some of it might not even work for people of ANY gender. Trans parents Freddy McConnell and CJ talk about gender-additive language, inclusive for women and other genders, and about how in English law, the word 'mother' becomes semantically very complicated indeed. The interviewees are CJ, and Freddy McConnell, who stars in the film Seahorse and the BBC podcast Pride and Joy. This episode was produced by Helen Zaltzman, with editorial advice from Cass Adair from Sylveon Consulting. The music is by Martin Austwick.