He gave birth. He breastfed. Now, he wants his son to see him as a man

[kcchiefs6465]

He gave birth. He breastfed. Now, he wants his son to see him as a man

(CNN)Like many new dads, Sabastion Sparks knew parenting would come with serious challenges.

But most new dads didn't give birth to their child. They didn't breastfeed them. And they don't endure glares from strangers when they go shopping with their wife and their toddler son.

Sabastion, 24, is a transgender man who lives with his wife Angel in suburban Atlanta. Assigned the female gender at birth, he began transitioning five years ago . It's a process that felt more complete last month when he had surgery to remove his breasts.

With Father's Day approaching, Sabastion finds himself thinking about gender roles and what it means to be a dad. He wants Jaxen, their 20-month-old son, to have as normal a childhood as possible.

And for the first time, he now feels at ease inside his own body. He hopes Jaxen will see that difference.

"I'm going to be a better father being comfortable in myself and him seeing that confidence in me," he says.

......

Angel, a multi-faith minister, said this was a test of their faith. But as she sat there in the delivery room with Sabastion, teasing him "to be a man" while in labor, Angel's fears began to fade away.

"I always say the most beautiful thing in the world gave me the most beautiful thing in the world," she says.

After Jaxen was born, Sabastion sometimes had to breastfeed when he, Angel and their son were out in public. The three of them drew stares as they navigated the aisles of their neighborhood stores.

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Angel has noticed Sabastion seems more self-assured since his surgery.

"He's always running around with his shirt off," she says, playfully. "It's like he's looking for a reason to show the world his chest."

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hxxps://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/health/transgender-fathers-day-trnd/index.html

[Anti Federalist]

Not a man.

A severely disturbed and mentally ill woeman, being enabled by the medical establishment.

[thoughtomator]

Not a man.

A severely disturbed and mentally ill woeman, being enabled by the medical establishment.

A child abuser who belongs at the end of a rope.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

You tax dollars at work. Hey, if it's good enough for the army, it should be good enough for you people!

Pentagon to pay for surgery for transgender soldier


WASHINGTON — An active-duty service member underwent gender transition surgery Tuesday in the first such procedure approved under a waiver allowing the Pentagon to pay for the operation.

The patient is an infantry soldier who identifies as a woman, according to a source close to the service member. She got her Combat Infantry Badge in Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan in 2003, the source said.

.......https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...spital-n820721

[kcchiefs6465]

Not a man.

A severely disturbed and mentally ill woeman, being enabled by the medical establishment.

It seems CNN is parading these weirdos as champions of perseverance.

Like this circus of freaks and hairies is something to be celebrated this Father's Day.

[Brian4Liberty]

Jabba the Hut.

[Suzanimal]

[shakey1]

[Anti Globalist]

You know theres a parallel universe where none of this stuff exists. Why couldn't we have been born in that universe?

[Occam's Banana]

You know theres a parallel universe where none of this stuff exists. Why couldn't we have been born in that universe?

I don't think that would work.

If you had been born in that universe, then I bet you'd be saying exactly the same thing about other stuff that we don't have in this one ...

(I suspect there's some kind of conservation principle at work here.)

[pcosmar]

"As in the Days of Noah,,,"

How bad would it have to get before God decided to wipe it again?

not there yet apparently.

[Zippyjuan]

We need government to do something about this!

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

We need government to do something about this!

We actually need government to stop doing something about this. I posted (see post 4) a story the the US military paying for this kind of thing.

The subject of the OP story is 24 years old. I'm guessing transsexual surgery ain't cheap. A 24 year old is likely not paying for this. I'm guessing government has a hand in it somewhere.