A transsexual teen who started undergoing male hormone treatment discovered two months into the process that he was pregnant. Henry Steinn, 19, had already started living as a man when he found out he was carrying his boyfriend Thorir Leo Petursson's child .
The couple, who have since welcomed a girl, had not planned the baby but were delighted to start a family together.
They have been dating since Valentine's Day 2015 and had been friends for a long while before that, living together in the small community of Arskogssandur, in northern Iceland, which has just 200 residents.
He said: "Everyone around here knows of course about my life choices, and I'm pleased to say I haven't experienced any prejudice so far."
The baby was born via caesarean and Henry is breastfeeding, but plans to fully transition as soon as his child is weaned off breast milk.
Henry had told his family in October 2014 about his plans to have gender reassignment surgery and said although his mother was fine about it his father was a bit confused.
He said his dad was then more confused when he found out that his new son was going to have a baby.
With regards to the baby's upbringing, they said they would try and keep the baby girl’s early years ‘gender unspecific’, with nothing for example too particularly pink or girly.
He added: "When the child starts making obvious choices about what she wants to wear, she will be free to choose where she wants to go."
