Ben Michaels

Ben Michaels is a main character in Sweet L.A. Life and its sequel Sweet L.A. Life: The New Generation. He is portrayed by Daniel Sea and debuts in the --. He lives next door to sisters Layla and Callie McDaniel at the famous Sunrise Apartments in West Los Angeles. In the second arc, he becomes a father to a daughter Briana Juliette Michaels after falling pregnant by an ex-boyfriend. He spends the original series dating and raising his daughter. By the spin-off series, Ben is still single, but is dealing with a preteen daughter.
==Profile==
==Notes==
*Ben is a female-to-male transsexual, having undergone hormone replacement therapy, as well as male chest reconstruction and "lower" surgery to create male genitalia.
*The character is based on Thomas Beatie. Like Beatie, Ben went through a transgender pregnancy storyline.
*He asked Layla and Callie to be the adoptive and surrogate mothers to his daughter Briana.
*He still remains close friends with the McDaniel sisters.
*He gave birth to his daughter Briana on June 29, 2008, at his apartment in the episode The Big Shake.
*The father of Ben's daughter, Briana abandoned him in -, leaving Ben to raise his daughter alone.
*Delivered his daughter, Briana, unexpectedly at home.
*He had a troubled and strained relationship with his father, now they are estranged.
Category:Sweet L.A. Life characters
Category:Sweet L.A. Life: The New Generation characters
Category:Main Characters
Category:Transgender Characters
Category:Bisexual Characters
Category:Los Angeles residents
Category:Sunrise Apartments residents
Category:Males