By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore — 2016
For a new generation of trans parents and their children, the meaning of motherhood is undergoing a thorough renovation.
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Between 25% and 50% of transgender adults in the U.S. have children. Some have kids before coming out as trans, others adopt or foster, and some use egg or sperm cells they’ve frozen—usually before starting hormone replacement therapy.
The pandemic has exacerbated the isolation of early motherhood; some apps are trying to create a safer space for new moms.
Working mothers are either willingly leaving jobs or are being forced out in extraordinary numbers. Mothers’ V-shaped employment patterns are becoming prolonged and more severe in this global crisis.