10 Celeb Parents Who Proudly Support Their Transgender Kids

at that age how do they know they know at that age they know that you know what maybe i was i'm not supposed to be a girl the kids on our list might not have chosen the life in the spotlight but they are showing us how to live your truth while some are using their parents celebrity to tell their stories until they can do so themselves like zaya wade and jackson theron others like megan fox and jamie king are allowing their sons to be themselves and raising them in a gender-neutral household he still has little boys going like boys don't wear dresses or boys don't wear paint at the end of the day what it all comes down to is a parent's love for their child and the celebrity parents on this list have an abundance of it you are counted and that you are loved and that your life matters dwyane wade and gabrielle union retired nba star dwyane wade couldn't be prouder of his daughter zaya like it's what's the point in being on this earth if you're going to try to be someone you're not he remembers the day his second oldest came home and told him she was transgender which he talked about on the ellen degeneres show telling the talk show host that zaya came home and said hey so i want to talk to you guys i think going forward i'm ready to live my truth and i want to be referenced as she and her i would love for you guys to call me zaya zaya's dad alongside stepmom gabrielle union have been using their voices to advocate on behalf of 13 year old zaya saying to ellen i looked at her and said you are our leader you are our leader and it's our opportunity to allow you to be a voice right now it's through us because she's 12 years old but eventually it would be through her zea actually knew her gender identity nine years before she told her parents dwayne and gabrielle have shown zea support through attending pride events and teaching their social media followers about acceptance angelina jolie and brad pitt angelina jolie and brad pitt's oldest biological child shiloh who was assigned female at birth told the former power couple as a toddler that they would prefer to be called john choosing to dress in suits angelina discussed shiloh's fashion choices in an interview with vanity fair telling the mag she likes to dress like a boy she wants to be a boy so we had to cut her hair she likes to wear boys everything she thinks she's one of the brothers angelina and brad have always let shiloh wear what they want and let shiloh discover their gender identity on their own and while the proud parents might no longer be together they support shiloh who has become a fashion icon for the lgbtq plus community and for shiloh's 14th birthday a source told entertainment tonight that brad couldn't be prouder of who his child is becoming he loves that she always stays true to herself and is so good to her brothers and sisters megan fox and brian austin green another set of parents allowing their offspring to determine their own gender identity megan fox and brian austin green the actors have three kids together and have decided to raise them to love whatever they want and be confident in their choices we're going through that now where i'm trying to teach him to be confident no matter what anyone else says their style of parenting might have come under fire from critics but the two couldn't be prouder of their sons in an interview with hollywood pipeline brian austin green talked about critics criticizing his son noah choosing to occasionally wear dresses to them i say you know i don't care at the end of the day brian just wants his kids to be happy he's not harming anyone wearing a dress if he wants to wear a dress awesome just taking a quick look at megan fox's instagram and you can see the love she has for her boys and their individuality talking to media planet the star said when i became pregnant with noah i could feel through my mother's intuition i suppose that he was not subscribing to gender stereotypes so i decided to provide an environment for him early on that would allow him to discover how he wanted to express himself charlize theron academy award winner charlize theron has two adopted children and while the star stays very quiet about the two on social media posting the rare photo here and there in an interview with the daily mail charlize revealed her eldest daughter jackson is transgender telling the publication my kids were born who they are and exactly where in the world both of them get to find themselves as they grow up and who they want to be is not for me to decide my job as a parent is to celebrate them and to love them and to make sure they have everything they need in order to be who they want to be and i will do everything in my power for my kids to have that right and be protected within that it's just it was something that i just always felt like was how my family would look one day charlize couldn't be prouder of her daughter who let her know she identified as female at the age of three and told her mom she was not a boy the star also shows support by attending pride festivities and in an interview with pride source the mother of two explained why she felt the need to go public with jackson's story telling the mag i feel like as her mother for me it was important to let the world know that i would appreciate it if they would use the right pronouns for her where is he uh she's at home they're yeah they're with grandma cynthia nixon sex and the city star cynthia nixon shared a heartwarming instagram post about her transgender son on the 14th annual trans day of action writing i'm so proud of my son samuel joseph moses called seth who graduated college this month i salute him and everyone else marking today's trans day of action i should follow his lead and that's what i did and that's what we've been doing ever since in an op-ed she wrote for variety on marriage equality cynthia wrote everybody has lgbt people in their family and everybody needs to make the effort to come out in any and every way they can the star couldn't be prouder of her son who came out as transgender when starting college and she talked raising a transgender child on the homo sapiens podcast you can make all the arguments you want but the fact is as a parent as a human you should listen to what people tell you about themselves and that it's his life and it's his body and he knows what's right for him r kelly andrea kelly our kelly andrea kelly's daughter jaw came out as transgender at the age of 14 identifying as male and introducing themselves as jay kelly on an ask fm account sharing i believe i am a boy and wants surgery and the medication to help me be who i was supposed to be now jaw lives his jaw not minding if people call her male female non-binary or gender fluid telling paper magazine i identify as a lesbian i know i like girls but that's as far as i'll go to label myself it's up to you how you see me either way i don't care i stand in my truth and why does my truth need a label john never questioned her family's support especially the unconditional love from her mother drea who told paper magazine about her daughter coming out at the age of 10 i told her i love you because you're mine not because of your orientation i'm always gonna be here to protect you meantime live that best life and live it out loud and in color who gives a damn what anyone else thinks cindy barship former real housewives of new york star cindy barship says nothing changed when one of her twins jesse revealed he was transgender but the point is is that i'm just not putting any types of label on anything right now and just let them be happy the reality star opened up to people magazine saying when a child feels comfortable and open identity issues are able to be discussed in the family environment i believe living in creating an open and positive home so they're able to express themselves cindy is opening up about jessie hoping by doing so that people understand that trans is an identity and has absolutely nothing to do with sexuality they know their identity it's not about sexuality and that is the most important thing she loves her son and like other parents on this list let jesse wear what he wanted and express himself allowing him to be himself in a loving and caring environment so a lot of the kids know some don't nothing's really changed i just thought he may want to speak about it a little bit and he said no you can do it carrie payton the walking dead star carrie payton shared a heartfelt instagram post about his transgender son carter writing this is my kid one of the most happy well-adjusted individuals i've ever known my son carter carter with a k because it reminded him of my name he chose it you see he was born female but has always identified as a boy he thought it would be cool if i announced it on social media just know that the support for carter is the support for you the former general hospital star couldn't be more in awe of his son for sharing this adding there's nothing more beautiful than watching your child feel the joy of exploring what it means to be true to themselves this is his journey and i'm here for it i hope you all have the opportunity to feel the unquenchable love that i am feeling right now and uh and know that you are counted and that you are loved and that your life matters warren beatty and annette benning warren beatty and annette benning have four children together and annette opened up in an interview about their transgender son stephen and how he navigated his journey after identifying as transgender at 14 saying he's managed something that's very challenging with great style and great intelligence he's an articulate thoughtful person and i'm very very proud of him dad warren is just as proud of their son telling vanity fair he's a revolutionary a genius and my hero as are all my children jaime king actress jamie king is raising her two sons james and leo without gender markers in an interview with style caster the star told the site my son loves pink i look at him and he's not one way or another he's just like david bowie he wants to wear sparkles in pink and bright vibrant colors and yet he's in love with beautiful girls but specifically just a lover of everyone this prompted jaime to start a gender-neutral clothing company gardner and the gang but she says she isn't pushing an agenda she just wants kids to be themselves it's more if you like it you wear it great why can't kids just explore and be who they are why can't they just wear rad clothes that are fun and cool and stylish that speak to their personality why do we have to have labels we love each and every one of these parents and kids and what better way to celebrate transgender awareness week how are you marking it and is there a celebrity parent we're missing from our list let us know in the comments down below and don't forget to click on the subscribe button to get more access to videos from us here at the taco be safe 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Length: 10min 18sec (618 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 17 2020