“We can reproduce from the heart, because love has no gender”: the controversy over the trans man who posed pregnant for Mother’s Day

Por Alexander
21 September, 2026

What do you think: is motherhood defined by the body or by the bond that is formed?

Erika Fernandes and Roberto Bete star in the new Mother’s Day campaign.

He, a trans man, appears pregnant alongside her in the photos that have already traveled around the world

For some, it is proof that motherhood does not depend on a body or a label. “We can reproduce from the heart”, Roberto said, and that phrase became the center of the conversation.

For others, the image is unsettling because it challenges everything they associated with being a mother.

The comments were divided between those who celebrate the representation and those who reject it outright.

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