Glamour UK’s cover model for June is author Logan Brown, a woman who was once a lesbian but now identifies as queer, or a “trans pregnant man.” In the interview, Logan described how he suffered from “really bad mental health” issues as a child. Brown later came out as a lesbian, then decided to explore the “identity of being trans,” before finally settling to identify as queer.
Logan also described how the “accidental” pregnancy came about when he took a break from testosterone treatments due to health reasons. It was during that time that Logan was impregnated by a biologically male partner, Bailey Mills, a drag queen who identifies as non-binary.
In March 2023, Logan, a 27-year-old writer who also works as a residential children’s support worker, rose to prominence when he began to share his journey as a pregnant transgender man on his blog Up The Duff Man.
While his writing resonated with (and beyond) the LGBTQIA+ community, Logan and his partner Bailey Mills – who uses the pronouns ‘they/them’ and is known for their ‘hun’ humour and drag performances on TikTok – were subject to rampant transphobia, particularly from another TikToker who repeatedly commented, “Men can’t get pregnant” across Logan’s social media accounts. In a display of solidarity, Logan and Bailey’s followers were quick to condemn the transphobic comments, but the whole episode garnered traction online and threw the couple further into the spotlight.
From the Chloe Laws Interview:
Logan Brown: I’ve been brought up in a very close-knit family, and so to bring a baby into the world in a queer relationship is the best feeling ever. I feel like we’ll be able to love and appreciate each other, and my daughter will be able to grow up knowing that she’ll always be loved and accepted for whoever she is. And I think that’s a really important thing for her to be around.
Since I was young, I always had these weird feelings that I never fully understood until I got older – probably to do with gender dysphoria, especially with my chest. I’d definitely been in situations where I’d be binding down my chest, putting certain clothes on that I thought boys wore, and then immediately take them off in embarrassment. That was going on for years; it was really hard to go through that all the time and not speak to anyone about it. There was no information out there for me to relate to. I didn’t realise that being trans is who I am. I had really bad mental health growing up. I was constantly in therapy.
When I was 13, I actually came out as lesbian – and I feel like that was more to do with how I dressed. Because I dressed like a ‘tomboy’, people would tell me I was a lesbian. Adults would literally say to me, “Why are you wearing that? Are you a lesbian?” And I didn’t know.
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