For many years, Kim Lee could never imagine being a parent, because of the shame he felt society attached to being a queer trans man. | wtuohy
“I would never have given myself permission to know I could start a family,” says Lee, a data analyst at the National Australia Bank, who gave birth four months ago.“Especially coming from an Asian background, there’s a lot of shame tied to that ... it’s very emotionally taxing to dread that you are going against one’s cultural and family expectations.
On the day Morgan’s embryo was transferred to him, Lee was asked in front of other patients in the waiting room to leave, as “support people” were not allowed during the pandemic.The couple harbours no ill-will towards the people who helped them create their family. They decided to speak about their journey to parenthood as they believe visibility of rainbow families such as theirs is low and a lack of understanding that families come in many forms endures.
Lee and Lies during a traditional tea ceremony at their wedding reception, with Lee’s maternal grandfather, who has always been a great ally. “While I was so grateful that he was helping us to create a family, it was also very difficult to watch him constantly dysphoric [uncomfortable and uneasy],” she says.
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