Abstract

What was long feared by legislators and courts has now become reality: trans men give birth to their own children and request to be designated as their ‘fathers’ for the purpose of birth registration. This article sheds light on the transformative potential of such procreative scenarios and the following legal claims for fatherhood. An argument is made that they invite essential reflections on what it means to be a father today and, in so doing, they prompt a (re)construction of legal fatherhood which includes care as a relevant, paternal parameter. By focusing on ongoing cases decided by English and German courts, however, this article shows that domestic courts’ understanding of fatherhood has essentially preserved its conventionally heteronormative, biological, and mediated nature. Yet, the game is still open and an application pending before the European Court of Human Rights may breathe fresh air into the debate.

中文翻译：

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跨性别男人的出生和对父权的思考：会发生什么？

摘要

立法者和法院长期以来一直担心的事情现在已成为现实：跨性别男人生下自己的孩子，并要求为出生登记目的被指定为“父亲”。本文阐明了这种生产情景的变革潜力，以及以下有关父亲身份的法律主张。有人争辩说，他们邀请人们对今天成为父亲的含义进行实质性思考，并且这样做会促使（重新）构建合法的父亲身份，其中包括将照护作为相关的父亲身份。然而，通过关注由英国和德国法院判决的正在审理的案件，本文表明，国内法院对父亲身份的理解从本质上保留了其传统上的异规范，生物学和中介性质。然而，