How should a birth certificate refer to a man who gave birth?

A transgender man who has given birth should be described as ‘mother’ on a birth certificate because there is ‘nothing incongruous about men being mothers’, the Court of Appeal heard. Guardian reporter Freddy McConnell was accepted as a man by the state in January 2017 and became pregnant with the child known as ‘YY’ on 21 April that year. The 34-year-old is currently listed as the child’s mother on the birth certificate following successful Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) fertility treatment, but…