The usual suspects are raging at a male pregnancy NHS diagram that doesn’t technically exist
The diagram showcasing a masculine pregnant person was not made by the NHS. (Facebook)
The diagram showcasing a masculine pregnant person was not made by the NHS. (Facebook)
Right-wingers and gender-critics are hounding the NHS over a diagram showcasing a male pregnancy – except it’s not real.
An infographic featuring a diagram of a male-presenting pregnant person was posted online earlier this week.
The diagram first appeared in a now-deleted post on X/Twitter, which claimed it had been created by the NHS and hung on a wall in King’s College Hospital, a teaching hospital in London.
Unexpectedly, an array of gender-critical, right wing and anti-LGBTQ+ users quickly flooded the post, enraged at the NHS for daring to represent trans masculine men, who, in fact, are able to get pregnant.
However, reports later revealed that the NHS had nothing to do with the diagram and that the framed photo was fake.
In a statement to Lead Stories, a spokesperson for the NHS King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said the post “Had not been produced by the Trust, nor is it on display in any of our hospitals.”
Reverse image searches suggest that the depictions of male pregnancy likely come from The Educated Birth, a US-based company that produces educational graphics and content related to pregnancy and health.
Regardless, haters still took it as a chance to spread inaccurate claims that men can’t get pregnant (although, more positively, after it was shared on Facebook by US activist Eli Erlick, many people wrote positive comments praising the image’s inclusivity).
At the end of the day, it is a fact that trans men still have a uterus and so can get pregnant, whether gender-critical figures like it or not.
The first recorded birth by a man who had undergone gender-affirming surgery came in 2007 after Thomas Beatie became pregnant via artificial insemination.
The US-born trans and reproductive rights activist, who became known as the “pregnant man”, chose to get pregnant with donated sperm because his now ex-wife, Nancy, was unable to have children. He is the first known case of a man to give birth after undergoing a double mastectomy.
Another trans man, Logan Brown, gave birth to his daughter, Nova, in 2024. Brown faced abuse online after appearing on the cover of Glamour Magazine, posing topless in body paint while pregnant.
He later wrote a book, In My Daddy’s Belly, which he said was inspired by his pregnancy journey as a trans person and the “excitement and joy of welcoming a new baby into a loving family.”
“This book is excellent for introducing children to transgender parents, opening discussion around different families [and] enabling children to grow into kind and understanding adults,” he said.
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