Alfred Reuben McConnell (born September 1986) is an English multimedia journalist who writes about transgender rights in the United Kingdom.

The experience leading to his giving birth is detailed in the 2019 documentary Seahorse directed by Jeanie Finlay that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

[7] McConnell stopped testosterone replacement therapy in September 2016 to start the process of becoming pregnant.

In September 2019, McConnell lost an application for judicial review to be described as father or parent on the child's birth certificate.

The President of the Family Division of the Administrative Court also denied a declaration of parentage filed by McConnell.

[8][non-primary source needed] His first children's book, titled Little Seahorse and the Big Question, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw, was set to be released in July 2022.

[11][non-primary source needed] McConnell has not publicly shared the sex of his second child, referring to them with they/them pronouns online.

His children are referred to by generic nicknames on social media in order to protect their privacy, the eldest being known as "Shrimp" or "SJ" (The initials, McConnell revealed to stand for "Shrimp J", with J not standing for anything), and the second child as "LB" short for "Little Bird", neither nickname refers to the child's legal name respectively.