12 Celebrities Who Are Elevating Transgender Youngsters

In reality, many celebrities are proudly elevating kids who determine 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 will help others be extra accepting and create a safer world for all kids.

Learn on to seek out out which celebrities opened up about their transgender kids…

The late Chester Bennington’s little one Draven lately got here out as transgender. In a particular Valentine’s Day publish, she introduced that she advised family and friends that she was trans again in August 2024 and began hormone alternative remedy quickly after. She went on to name it “the very best resolution I’ve ever made in my life,” acknowledging that she is “blessed to have the ability to do that,” whereas having fun with “such supportive household and associates.”

She additionally gave a shout-out to her mother Samantha Bennington, who commented on the announcement, “I’m so pleased with you. I really like you with all my coronary heart and soul. You’re my favourite human on the planet. I simply need you cheerful and wholesome without end and at all times.😍”

Dwyane Wade’s daughter Zaya, whom he’s elevating together with his spouse Gabrielle Union, got here out as transgender when she was a preteen. Wanting again, Dwyane says she knew about her gender id since she was a little bit lady — however she didn’t formally come out till she was 12. Since then, Dwyane and Gabrielle have expressed their full help of Zaya and have labored to champion the LGBTQ+ neighborhood.

“All we attempt to deal with is listening, studying, accepting and understanding, you already know, our children as we go down this journey in life as dad and mom,” Dwyane shared with On The Purple Carpet. “To have the ability to love her out loud is one thing that…you already know, I see her flourishing in life.”

Charlize Theron tends to maintain her private life out of the highlight, together with any particulars about her two kids. However in 2019, Charlize opened up about her daughter Jackson, revealing that the little lady had come out to her as transgender when she was simply three-years-old. Whereas she plans to let Jackson share her personal story sooner or later, she defined that she wished to share the information publicly so that everybody would use Jackson’s appropriate pronouns.

“I’ve two lovely daughters who, identical to any dad or mum, I need to defend and I need to see thrive. They had been born who they’re and precisely the place on the earth each of them get to seek out themselves as they develop up, and who they need to be, just isn’t for me to resolve. My job as a dad or mum is to have fun them and to like them and to be sure that they’ve every part they want with a purpose to be what they need to be. And I’ll do every part in my energy for my youngsters to have that proper and to be protected inside that,” Charlize advised Day by 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,” however fully respect’s Kai’s needs. He has since been extremely vocal in his help for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood on social media.

“As a dad or mum, I simply need my youngsters to be free. I would like them to be free in spirit, free in thought, free to be themselves … The extra you reside your reality, the happier your existence,” Marlon shared on The Breakfast Membership. “And I’m simply so pleased with them for being them.”

On Trans Day of Motion 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 resolution to transition, she’s been nothing however supportive of her son. In reality, in early 2025, she attended a protest to talk out in opposition to Donald Trump’s “Defending Youngsters From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation” govt order.

Cynthia addressed a crowd outdoors of NYU-Langone Hospital, the place Seph had beforehand undergone prime surgical procedure, to sentence the hospital for cancelling at the least two kids’s appointments to obtain puberty-blocking treatment.

“My spouse and I — our lives are crammed with essentially the most superb, lovely, courageous trans folks — younger and previous, however particularly younger,” Cynthia mentioned in her speech. “The concept this metropolis is crammed with younger individuals who thought they’d a spot to go the place they might obtain 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 introduced they had been transgender in 2023. Since then, Meri has proven her help for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood however has abided by her son’s needs to stay non-public and “have their very own life” outdoors of the highlight.

“The commentary that I get about Leon could be very polarizing,” she mentioned on The Sarah Fraser Present. “It’s simply gonna be that approach. I at all times admire the help, the feedback of help I get, and clearly, I don’t admire the hate that comes at me. I don’t assume hate has any function or any worth…Leon and I’ve a superb relationship and I don’t discuss them loads as a result of they need to stay non-public.”

In 2021, Jamie Lee Curtis shared that her daughter Ruby is a transgender girl. Wanting again, Jamie Lee admitted she did not have “an inkling” that Ruby was trans however was supportive straight away. She even was the officiant at Ruby’s marriage ceremony the next 12 months. Jamie Lee has since change into an advocate for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood.

“This life is about love. Being a dad or mum is about love, and I really like Ruby. Love her…Folks have mentioned, ‘You’re so nice to simply accept her love.’ What are you speaking about? That is my daughter, this human being has come to me and mentioned, ‘That is who I’m.’ And my job is to say, ‘Welcome dwelling.’ I’ll battle and defend her proper to exist in opposition to anybody who claims that she doesn’t. And there are these folks,” she mentioned in an interview with Morning Joe.

Annette Bening and Warren Beatty share two kids, one in every of them being their transgender son Stephen, who got here out when he was only a younger teenager. Whereas Annette and Warren have been supportive of their son, they had been “protecting of his privateness.” However as of late, Annette says that she now not needs to be so non-public and feels that it’s essential to voice her help for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood.

“At first, I felt very protecting of his privateness, as a result of he’s the son of those two well-known folks…I felt it was his proper to say what he wished to say publicly, or not. And now, as time has gone on — particularly now with what’s occurring, sadly, within the political course of, [with how] trans individuals are getting used — concern and ignorance is being stoked in opposition to trans folks in essentially the most scary approach. It’s so unfair,” Annette shared on The View.

Again in 2008, Cher’s son Chaz introduced he was transgender, simply forward of his fortieth birthday. He went on to endure gender reassignment surgical procedure after which legally modified his identify and gender in 2010. Wanting again, Cher says the pair had talked about gender id by means of the years earlier than his transition but it surely was nonetheless “tough to start with.”

“It was exhausting for a mom. I had this one little one and I used to be ready for the brand new little one. 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 at all times actually scary. [But now] Chaz is unbelievably joyful…Now it doesn’t make any distinction as I do not really feel a loss in any respect. The loss I believed I used to be going to really feel, I don’t really feel one iota,” Cher advised The Mirror.

Ally Sheedy’s son Beckett got here out as transgender as a youngster and she or he has been extremely supportive of his journey. She says she did as a lot analysis as attainable when he first started taking hormones, sharing that she’s “discovered loads” and feels “very comfy speaking to anybody whose child is simply starting the method of transition.” Now she simply needs her son to have the very best life attainable.

“I would like him to have the ability to do what he needs to do together with his life and have the liberty to make his personal selections and encompass himself with a loving, supportive neighborhood,” she advised Folks. “To this point, he’s been ready to try this.”

She continued, “It’s pure to have fears about your youngsters, it doesn’t matter what. However on this case, Beck is in a very good spot in his life. I give him the room to run, and I simply actually attempt to simply watch.”

In 2016, Sade’s son Izaak Adu publicly got here out as transgender. Whereas Izaak has been open about his transition and gender affirmation surgical procedure, Sade has been extra non-public together with her help for her son. However lately, Sade launched her first track in six years as a tribute to her son. Her track “Younger 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 “ought to’ve recognized” about his id earlier.

“Although there was nothing I wanted to forgive her for, the lyrics ‘Forgive me, son, I ought to have recognized,’ struck a chord,” Izaak advised Rolling Stone. “My mum by no means tried to oppress the boy; I silently at all times knew I used to be. She at all times let me be me.”

He continued, “I feel {that a} track the place a dad or mum apologizes for misunderstanding their little one can maintain immense significance for the trans neighborhood. This track could function a beacon of hope and a reminder that folks can be taught, develop and finally settle for their kids for who they really are. I hope it will possibly provide a way of consolation, validation and a sense of being seen and understood.”