12 Celebrities Who Are Elevating Transgender Youngsters

In fact, many celebrities are proudly elevating kids who set up as transgender. By sharing their unconditional love for his or her youngsters, being vocal LGBTQ+ allies and advocating for inclusivity, these stars hope that they may assist others be further accepting and create a safer world for all kids.

Study on to look out out which celebrities opened up about their transgender kids…

The late Chester Bennington’s teen Draven these days obtained right here out as transgender. In a specific Valentine’s Day publish, she launched that she suggested household and associates that she was trans once more in August 2024 and commenced hormone substitute treatment shortly after. She went on to call it “the perfect decision I’ve ever made in my life,” acknowledging that she is “blessed to have the power to do this,” whereas having enjoyable with “such supportive family and associates.”

She moreover gave a shout-out to her mom Samantha Bennington, who commented on the announcement, “I’m so happy with you. I actually such as you with all my coronary coronary heart and soul. You’re my favorite human on the planet. I merely want you cheerful and healthful eternally and always.😍”

Dwyane Wade’s daughter Zaya, whom he’s elevating alongside along with his partner Gabrielle Union, obtained right here out as transgender when she was a preteen. Wanting once more, Dwyane says she knew about her gender identification since she was a bit girl — nonetheless she didn’t formally come out until she was 12. Since then, Dwyane and Gabrielle have expressed their full help of Zaya and have labored to champion the LGBTQ+ group.

“All we try to focus on is listening, learning, accepting and understanding, you perceive, our youngsters as we go down this journey in life as mom and father,” Dwyane shared with On The Purple Carpet. “To have the power to like her out loud is one factor that…you perceive, I see her flourishing in life.”

Charlize Theron tends to keep up her non-public life out of the spotlight, along with any particulars about her two kids. Nevertheless in 2019, Charlize opened up about her daughter Jackson, revealing that the little girl had come out to her as transgender when she was merely three-years-old. Whereas she plans to let Jackson share her private story ultimately, she outlined that she wanted to share the knowledge publicly so that everyone would use Jackson’s proper pronouns.

“I’ve two gorgeous daughters who, an identical to any mom or father, I want to defend and I want to see thrive. They’d been born who they’re and exactly the place on the earth every of them get to look out themselves as they develop up, and who they want to be, is simply not for me to resolve. My job as a mom or father is to rejoice them and to love them and to make it doable for they’ve the whole thing they need as a strategy to be what they want to be. And I’ll do the whole thing in my vitality for my youngsters to have that correct and to be protected inside that,” Charlize suggested Each day Mail.

Marlon Wayans has a transgender son named Kai — and whereas he admits the early days of his transition had been “very painful” for him, he’s now in full help of his son. Marlon says he’s nonetheless “engaged on the pronouns,” nonetheless totally respect’s Kai’s wants. He has since been extraordinarily vocal in his help for the LGBTQ+ group on social media.

“As a mom or father, I merely want my youngsters to be free. I want them to be free in spirit, free in thought, free to be themselves … The additional you reside your reality, the happier your existence,” Marlon shared on The Breakfast Membership. “And I’m in order that happy with them for being them.”

On Trans Day of Movement in 2018, Cynthia Nixon revealed that her son Seph is transgender in a publish on social media. Whereas Cynthia has admitted that she was shocked by Seph’s decision to transition, she’s been nothing nonetheless supportive of her son. In fact, in early 2025, she attended a protest to speak out in opposition to Donald Trump’s “Defending Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation” authorities order.

Cynthia addressed a crowd outside of NYU-Langone Hospital, the place Seph had beforehand undergone excessive surgical process, to condemn the hospital for cancelling on the very least two kids’s appointments to acquire puberty-blocking drugs.

“My partner and I — our lives are full of primarily probably the most excellent, gorgeous, brave trans people — youthful and outdated, nonetheless significantly youthful,” Cynthia acknowledged in her speech. “The idea this metropolis is full of youthful people who thought they’d a spot to go the place they may acquire one of the best care and that place has now been shut to them sickens me to my core.”

Sister Wives star Meri Brown’s son Leon launched that they had been transgender in 2023. Since then, Meri has confirmed her help for the LGBTQ+ group nonetheless has abided by her son’s wants to remain personal and “have their very personal life” outside of the spotlight.

“The commentary that I get about Leon might be very polarizing,” she acknowledged on The Sarah Fraser Current. “It’s merely gonna be which means. I always respect the help, the suggestions of help I get, and clearly, I don’t respect the hate that comes at me. I don’t assume hate has any goal or any value…Leon and I’ve relationship and I don’t talk about them masses because of they want to keep personal.”

In 2021, Jamie Lee Curtis shared that her daughter Ruby is a transgender girl. Wanting once more, Jamie Lee admitted she didn’t have “an inkling” that Ruby was trans nonetheless was supportive right away. She even was the officiant at Ruby’s bridal ceremony the subsequent yr. Jamie Lee has since develop to be an advocate for the LGBTQ+ group.

“This life is about love. Being a mom or father is about love, and I actually like Ruby. Love her…People have acknowledged, ‘You’re so good to easily settle for her love.’ What are you talking about? That’s my daughter, this human being has come to me and acknowledged, ‘That’s who I’m.’ And my job is to say, ‘Welcome residence.’ I’ll battle and defend her correct to exist in opposition to anyone who claims that she doesn’t. And there are these people,” she acknowledged in an interview with Morning Joe.

Annette Bening and Warren Beatty share two kids, thought-about one among them being their transgender son Stephen, who obtained right here out when he was solely a youthful teenager. Whereas Annette and Warren have been supportive of their son, that they had been “defending of his privateness.” Nevertheless as of late, Annette says that she not must be so personal and feels that it’s very important to voice her help for the LGBTQ+ group.

“Initially, I felt very defending of his privateness, because of he’s the son of these two well-known people…I felt it was his correct to say what he wanted to say publicly, or not. And now, as time has gone on — significantly now with what’s occurring, sadly, throughout the political course of, [with how] trans individuals are getting used — concern and ignorance is being stoked in opposition to trans people in primarily probably the most horrifying means. It’s so unfair,” Annette shared on The View.

Once more in 2008, Cher’s son Chaz launched he was transgender, merely ahead of his fortieth birthday. He went on to endure gender reassignment surgical process after which legally modified his title and gender in 2010. Wanting once more, Cher says the pair had talked about gender identification by the use of the years sooner than his transition however it was nonetheless “troublesome to begin with.”

“It was exhausting for a mother. I had this one teen and I was prepared for the model new teen. There was this half in between the place you don’t know what you’ll have. You don’t know what your relationship goes to be. It was a scary interval — the unknown is always truly horrifying. [But now] Chaz is unbelievably comfy…Now it doesn’t make any distinction as I do probably not really feel a loss the least bit. The loss I believed I was going to essentially really feel, I don’t actually really feel one iota,” Cher suggested The Mirror.

Ally Sheedy’s son Beckett obtained right here out as transgender as a teen and she or he has been extraordinarily supportive of his journey. She says she did as rather a lot evaluation as attainable when he first began taking hormones, sharing that she’s “found masses” and feels “very comfortable talking to anyone whose little one is just beginning the tactic of transition.” Now she merely wants her son to have the perfect life attainable.

“I want him to have the power to do what he must do alongside along with his life and have the freedom to make his private choices and embody himself with a loving, supportive group,” she suggested People. “To this point, he’s been prepared to do this.”

She continued, “It’s pure to have fears about your youngsters, it doesn’t matter what. Nevertheless on this case, Beck is in an excellent spot in his life. I give him the room to run, and I merely truly try to easily watch.”

In 2016, Sade’s son Izaak Adu publicly obtained right here out as transgender. Whereas Izaak has been open about his transition and gender affirmation surgical process, Sade has been further personal alongside along with her help for her son. Nevertheless these days, Sade launched her first tune in six years as a tribute to her son. Her tune “Youthful Lion” was impressed by a letter Sade gave Izaak on his twenty first birthday. On the observe, she asks for forgiveness for misunderstanding him, singing that she “should’ve acknowledged” about his identification earlier.

“Though there was nothing I wished to forgive her for, the lyrics ‘Forgive me, son, I should have acknowledged,’ struck a chord,” Izaak suggested Rolling Stone. “My mum in no way tried to oppress the boy; I silently always knew I was. She always let me be me.”

He continued, “I really feel {{that a}} tune the place a mom or father apologizes for misunderstanding their teen can keep immense significance for the trans group. This tune might operate a beacon of hope and a reminder that folks can examine, develop and in the long run accept their kids for who they are surely. I hope it might presumably present a method of comfort, validation and a way of being seen and understood.”