Being the child of a celebrity often means
going through life changes in the public eye,
which can be difficult when gender identity
comes into the mix.
With that in mind, here are some transgender
children of celebrities who have been lucky
to have supportive parents.
World-famous singer-songwriter-model-actress
Sade can include another important credit
to her name: proud and supportive mother.
Her son is named Izaak Theo, and in March
2019 he finished his long journey of transition
after spending more than six months in the
hospital.
He came out as trans back in 2016, and he's
documented his story via Instagram and YouTube,
taking his followers along for the sometimes
bumpy, but ultimately worthwhile, ride to
become the man he was always meant to be.
"I'm gonna use it as a platform to educate
people and help people who need someone to
talk to."
One of the first people Izaak thanked was
his loving mother by posting a love note to
her on Instagram along with a photo of them
embracing.
He gushed,
"Thank you for staying by my side these past
6 months Mumma.
Thank you for fighting with me to complete
the man I am.
Thank you for your encouragement when things
are hard, for the love you give me.
The purest heart.
I love you so much.
Queen of queens."
Izaak Theo's public journey of transitioning
was intentional and hopefully inspirational
to those who witnessed it.
On 2018's Trans Day of Action, Sex and the
City star-turned-politician and LGBTQ activist
Cynthia Nixon proudly revealed that her son
Samuel Mozes is transgender in a moving Instagram
post.
She included the caption,
"I'm so proud of my son Samuel Joseph Mozes
(called Seph) who graduated college this month.
I salute him and everyone else marking today's
#TransDayofAction."
Nixon herself has been an out lesbian for
some time.
She's published multiple eloquent essays advocating
for the rights of LGBTQ people, and she also
made the community a huge foundation of her
platform when she ran for governor of New
York.
Seph hasn't been quite as public in discussing
his personal life or transition.
His Twitter feed focuses more on theater,
the arts, funny memes, and the occasional
selfie, but it's still great to know that
he has the open support of his mom behind
the scenes.
When the Daily Mail interviewed Oscar-winning
actress Charlize Theron in April 2019, she
opened up about discovering that her adopted
daughter Jackson is transgender when she was
just 3 years old.
As Theron put it,
"I have two beautiful daughters who, just
like any parent, I want to protect and I want
to see thrive.
They 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 that they have
everything they need in order to be what they
want to be.
And I will do everything in my power for my
kids to have that right and to be protected
within that."
In August 2019, Theron posted the first picture
of her daughter since 2016 on Instagram.
However, she was still cautious about revealing
her child to fans, so she made sure that Jackson's
face was obscured in the picture.
We're looking forward to watching Jackson
grow up to be just as lovely as her supportive
mother!
If there's such a thing as Hollywood royalty,
Annette Bening and Warren Beatty would absolutely
be contenders for king and queen.
The powerhouse pair have received dozens of
awards between the two of them for acting,
directing, producing, and writing, and on
top of all that, they're also parents to trans
activist and writer Stephen Ira.
While Stephen Ira came out as trans way back
when he was 14 years old, his journey was
a bumpy one for some time.
In 2014, he revealed on Twitter that he had
survived conversion therapy and transphobic
abuse.
In the years since, he's become a well-known
activist, and his parents have made several
statements supporting him and his work.
Beatty, for instance, told Vanity Fair in
2016,
"He's a revolutionary, a genius, and my hero,
as are all my children."
And in 2017, Bening told the Associated Press,
"I'm super proud of him.
I leave it to him to say what he wants about
his life.
I don't think it’s fair for me to speak
for any of my kids, quite frankly.
Not that I wouldn’t like to, ha!"
While Whose Line Is It Anyway?
star Colin Mochrie might make his living as
a comedian, his family is clearly what's most
important to him.
In 2017, he introduced the world to his daughter
Kinley.
But unfortunately the online announcement
was quickly met with harshly negative comments
directed at the entire family.
This prompted Mochrie to tweet in response,
"My 90-yr-old mother-in-law and 87-yr-old
mother['s] love and acceptance of our trans
daughter warms me.
Wonder why some who are younger can't."
"The very first thing, I think, when Kinley
told us, was, 'God, let her be safe,' because
there are other people out there who aren't
as enlightened as others."
The outpouring of support for both Kinley
and her dad does seem to outweigh the negative,
even though the family received a repeat of
the trolling on Kinley's 28th birthday in
2018.
So once more, Mochrie shut down the haters,
this time writing on Facebook,
"Thanks to the fans of this page for being
supportive and human.
To the trolls, my thoughts and prayers to
your body for losing it's mind and soul so
tragically."
Kinley has been open about her own story,
as her Instagram page explores her activism,
aspects of her transition, and struggles with
gender dysphoria.
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