Paloma Faith is the newest mum to raise her child as ‘gender neutral’

Paloma Faith

by Emma Dodds |
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Paloma Faith has revealed that she will be raising her child to be "gender neutral", an increasingly popular parenting technique which sees a child being brought up without a specific gender.

Paloma, 36, gave birth to her first child last December with her partner Leyman Lahcine after a gruelling and dangerous labour which saw her and her baby in jeopardy.

And the singer, who has chosen to keep her baby's name and gender a secret, has now revealed that she will be raising her child as "gender neutral".

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Following in the footsteps of other celebrity parents like Angelina Jolie, Russell Brand and Adele, Paloma has revealed that she is raising her child without a gender.

She told The Mirror at the Q Awards last week: "I love being a mum! I want two or three kids in all and they'll be gender neutral."

Paloma, who is a huge advocate for gay rights, added: "I just want them to be who they want to be."

She also revealed that she would not be dressing her children in stereotypical "boy/girl" colours.

Paloma is not the only celebrity to do this, as Russell Brand spoke out last year about his daughter Mabel before she was born.

He revealed on The Jonathan Ross Show: "We don’t know the gender I may not even ever impose a gender upon it, let the child grow up and be the whatever the hell it is, never tell it there is such a concept."

He also said on This Morning in February this year: "Now that I have these very important women in my life I have re-evaluated the way that I unconsciously looked at gender, because now I've got a daughter I think, 'Wow, I don't necessarily need to dress her in clothes that are indicative of her gender'.

"Why would you? I've become quite sensitive to that and aware of it."

Gabby Logan also spoke out in June about how she and rugby player husband Kenny Logan were raising her children to be gender fluid.

She told The Sun: "I don't try to force my daughter into only being into girly things like clothes and make-up. And I don't try to force my son into only being interested in typically male things either.

"If my daughter wants to wear an outfit I don't like – or have her hair a ­certain way – I won't intervene."

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