This week, Glamour UK released its June Pride digital cover featuring a transgender woman.
Cover image shows Logan Brown, a transgender author and activist standing with his top off and a suit over his chest. His pregnant belly is also on display.
Brown told the magazine, “I am a pregnant transgender man, and I exist. So no matter what anyone says, I am literally living proof.”
Glamour UK is an online women’s publication published by Conde Nast . It launched its Pride issue on Thursday to coincide with the start LGBTQ Pride Month. The magazine has featured prominent LGBTQ figures, including Grammy-winning artist Kim Petras as well as “Queer eye” cast member Antoni porowski.
The magazine said that this year’s edition “celebrates allyships between women (cisgender and not) and transgender individuals through our shared experiences – in particular pregnancy and childbirth.”
The cover interview was conducted two week before Brown, 27 gave birth to Nova. It recounts Brown’s experience of an unexpected pregnancy as well as his struggle with the medical system.
Brown revealed in an interview that both he and Bailey J Mills – a U.K. drag performer, and TikTok celebrity – received a mixture of positive and negative comments when they announced their pregnancy via social media.
Brown stated in an interview that “being pregnant is really, really hard, but with all the other things, like being trans, and so on, no one has ever asked, ‘Are You Okay?'”
According to , a survey conducted by TransActual in 2021, 90% of transgender people in the U.K. reported delays when requesting transition-related healthcare.
The cover star, despite the negative reaction, expressed his desire for those who might hold misconceptions regarding transgender people to be educated.
Brown told Glamour he was working on an autobiography and a children’s story that will highlight his pregnancy. He hopes that it can serve as a guide for other transgender individuals.
He said he also wanted the book to be read by people who “don’t identify as transgender, but are curious and want to learn about the situation.” This is referring to the trans pregnancy.
