This Photo of a Transgender Parent Breastfeeding Is Going Viral

This image of a breastfeeding dad could be re-shaping the idea of the "nuclear" family.

Writer Jessi Hempel wrote about her brother, Evan’s emotional journey into fatherhood for TIME magazine.

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“My brother Evan was born female. He came out as transgender 16 years ago but never stopped wanting to have a baby. This spring he gave birth to his first child,” says Hempel.

The photo, which shows Evan Hempel chest-feeding in his Massachusetts home, has divided followers on Twitter.

Evan's sister added: “Pregnancies like Evan’s—and the many that are likely to follow—will stretch our cultural perceptions of gender norms even further.” 

Read the full story at TIME.com