Liev Schreiber was very proud of Kai, the daughter she had with her ex -wife Naomi Watts and said she considers her “a fighter.” The protagonist of the X-Men saga revealed, in addition, how was the time when the young woman asked her to start using female pronouns to refer to her.
“Kai was always the one who is,” said the actor, 57, Variety On Thursday before a gala organized by the Ali Forney Center, which provides housing and support to young LGBTQIA+ homeless. “But I suppose the deepest moment was when he asked us to change his pronouns,” Schreibe recalled. And he pointed out: “The truth is that we didn’t seem much, because Kai had been feminine throughout his life.”
“Kai is a fighter,” said the actor. “It is important to say: ‘Hey, I’m trans’, ‘Mirame’ and” if you don’t like it, I don’t care, “he added.
When his advice was asked for for parents whose children are trans, the star of X-Men Origins: WolverineHe chose his words carefully: “I don’t know what happens to your son. I don’t know what it is like to be the father of a trans person. I don’t know how they raised you. I don’t know what religion you knew or what your spirituality is. And telling you what I think about your child seems to me an overreach. ”
“I suppose that if I would say something to someone who has problems with their trans -teenage son: adolescents are a headache. They are difficult. It doesn’t matter if they are trans or not, because you will leave this,” he explained, laughing. “But a trans adolescent is a teenager. They are a bass most of the time, and Kai is as fighter and frank as anyone,” he said later.
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As for the restrictive policies of US President Donald Trump regarding gender adaptation, the actor chose to keep the hope that at some point the situation of trans people will change. “I don’t like to give him too many turns. To some extent, I feel that I don’t want to exaggerate that fear or that anxiety. There are enough things in the world to be anxious and scared,” he said.
Anyway, he recognized the importance of favoring the visibility of young people and providing the necessary support to those who do not have the necessary resources or with a close and trustworthy circle. Therefore, he considered very important to be present at the gala that was about to start when he was interviewed. “It is not just about representing the trans community. Actually, it is a community of people who lack resources, access to help and the protection and care of their families,” he explained.
“These are people who are being rejected. They are people who are experiencing the toughest version of humanity that we can offer, and some do not survive it. We have to take that into account when we go out to fix ourselves and prepare to be seen, you know? What we are doing is to raise funds for a community that needs them desperately,” he emphasized.
Kai, who is currently 16, made his debut on the catwalk in March of this year, nothing less than during Paris Fashion Week, modeling for Valentino. At that time, his proud father shared a publication on his Instagram account in which he assured that his daughter is hugging her identity with more strength than ever.
