Rob Newbiggin Invests in Gender Reassignment Surgery

Rob Newbiggin to become Mercedes

Rob Newbiggin, a 44-year-old professional boxer, has decided to undergo a sex change operation. He says after the surgery is complete, he will change his name to Mercedes.

So will Mercedes be a boxer? She’ll certainly try. Rob Newbiggin says after he becomes a she, Mercedes will also pursue careers in modeling, painting and interior design.

Rob Newbiggin experiences support, rejection

Lucky for Rob Newbiggin, who has been married to Emma for three years, his wife is very supportive and they will stay together after the surgery is complete.

Unfortunately, though, not everyone has been so accepting. Rob Newbiggin says he must move from the town he lives in because he is being “treated like a freak.” People yell at him from their cars, and he feels the newspaper in Southport ran a negative story about him that caused a lot of the backlash.

No small fee

I don’t think Rob Newbiggin would be able to cover the cost of his surgery with a no fax payday loan. Gender reassignment surgery involves several different cosmetic surgeries that are quite costly.

Many people go through gender reassignment in phases because it is so costly and also because some of the surgeries are major and take a toll on the body.

Rob Newbiggins history

The Southport Visiter, in Rob Newbiggin’s hometown, summarized his past and the specific condition that causes him to want to have a female body:

Born in September 1964 in Pennsylvania, USA, although he had the physical characteristics of a man, he had high levels of estrogen in his body so his gender could not be classified as either male or female.

He said: “I was born intersexual to South American parents who just left me, I got moved round all sorts of foster homes and adoption agencies. I ended up in Canada.

“My adoptive mum and dad emigrated there from Manchester. My dad was in the Canadian Army and they couldn’t have children, they adopted me when I was about two and half years old.”
Rob’s father, Ted Newbiggin, was in the Canadian Army for ten years and the family moved back to England, settling in Southport, when Rob was four years old.

Moving on

Rob Newbiggin says that though he has lost many friends and it has been a difficult time, he feels the surgery and the life he will lead after it is over will be completely worth it.

“At the end of it I’ll be the woman I want to be and I’ll have done a lot of good, but it will be a huge sacrifice because I’m going to have to leave,” Rob Newbiggin said.

On parenthood

Rob Newbiggin has three children, and he did have something to say about going through a sex change as a parent.

“While I’m going through the transformation my kids will not see me as Mercedes. That wouldn’t be fair for them to see me like that.

“I’m going to wait until everything is completed and then Emma and I will gradually introduce them to me as Mercedes.”

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“When it comes to my kids it doesn’t matter whether I’m a mother or a father as long as I’m a good parent.

“And I think I’ll be a better parent as a woman. I haven’t provided enough financial stability in my male life for my children.”