Transgender man, who is pregnant, will give his baby up for adoption
A pregnant transgender man in rural Texas plans to give up his baby boy for adoption shortly after he is delivered.Jax Squire, 23, who is about nine months pregnant and lives in the rural town of Graham, decided he wanted to carry his baby to term.Squire, who has been pregnant before but miscarried, told the Dallas Morning News that he decided on adoption after the baby was delivered because he 'couldn't go through losing another one.'The expecting father has felt lonely throughout the pregnancy as the child's other parent is not in the picture. He hopes that by being transparent about his decisions and journey, others can feel less lonely as well.'This isn't a topic that's talked about,' Squire said to the outlet. 'A pregnant trans guy, are you kidding me?''I feel like there's a lot of people who have to stay quiet about this kind of thing, and I don't want that. I don't want people to think that you have to stay quiet about it.'The soon-to-be father found out he was pregnant in May of 2025, only one week after he landed in Texas and only a week before he was planning to start taking testosterone. Transgender men are biologically female, but taking testosterone to make them look more masculine can stop them from getting pregnant - as can having surgery to remove their uterus or ovaries. Squire, who is not surgically transitioned, came to the Lone Star State to stay with a friend, but the living situation unexpectedly changed, and he ended up in a homeless shelter. Jax Squire, a 23-year-old transgender man, who is about nine months pregnant plans to give up his baby for adoption after its delivered Squire found out he was pregnant a week after moving to Texas and one week before he was planning to take testosterone For two months, he worked and saved money to afford his own apartment and began getting medical treatment at a clinic in town, according to the outlet.Squire opened up to his physician, Dr. Johnson, revealing that after the baby is delivered, he wants to spend the two days with the baby allotted by the state before it is taken away.He wants to have skin-to-skin contact with the baby, which Johnson told the transgender man would be good.'I think he'll always treasure that,' said the doctor to the Squire.Squire, who works a job paying $16 per hour, told the outlet that he can't afford to keep the baby but still wants to be part of its life.'I want him to be happy, and I want him to feel loved, cared about,' Squire said. 'I want him to go on trips and have adventures and fall off his bike and scrape his knee up.'Speaking about the adoption is one of the few topics that makes the soon-to-be dad emotional, as well as talking about his own father, who he said is his role model. He regularly posts updates on his thread account about his pregnancy journey, with pictures of ultrasounds, belly bumps, and a clip of him finding out the baby was a boy.'I didn’t think I would make it this far, and if I’m honest, it terrifies the living sh*t out of me,' he wrote in an update. The expecting father, who is going through the pregnancy without the baby's other parent, said he is sharing his story to help other not feel as lonely as he does In another, he posted a pic of his bump at seven months and said he was over being pregnant.Squire, who told the Morning News he doesn't care how people refer to him. His pregnancy comes at a time and place where transgender people face scrutiny from state officials in Texas.This year, lawmakers in the state are weighing a controversial bill that could send transgender people to state jail for up to two years, simply for identifying as their true selves on official documents.Additionally, in 2023, Republican Governor Greg Abbot signed a bill banning puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery for under-18s wishing to transition. Medical providers who violate the law could have their licenses revoked.That same year, Abbott signed a law that banned transgender college athletes in the state from competing as the gender with which they identify, meaning that they must compete as the sex listed on their birth certificate.The law expanded a 2021 bill that banned transgender students in public schools from competing in sports that align with their gender identity.Transgender people make up about one percent of the US population.
