“I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter”: Robert De Niro’s support shows his trans daughter

The Hollywood star Robert De Niro expressed his “love and support” to her daughter Airyn, after she publicly recognized that she is transgender.

In a recent interview with LGBTQ+ Them magazine, Airyn De Niro spoke about “taking the step towards this new identity.”

“I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter,” said Airyn’s famous father in a statement to the Variety entertainment magazine.

“I don’t know what the big problem is,” he added. “I love all my children.”

Airyn De Niro, 29, said he started the transition last year because, as a trans woman, “there is a difference between being visible and being seen.”

“I have been visible. I don’t think they have seen me yet.”

De Niro and Toukie Smith’s daughter also mentioned that actress Laverne Cox was an inspiration and now hopes to expand trans visibility and honor her ancestors queer negros.

“Trans women being sincere and open, especially [en] public spaces such as social networks and see them in their success … I’m like, you know what? Maybe it’s not too late for me. “

And as for the experience of being one of De Niro’s seven children, he said: “No father is perfect, but I am grateful for my parents to agree to keep me out of the public focus.”

“They told me they wanted me to have a childhood as normal as possible.”

Trans women in the United Kingdom have been under scrutiny in recent weeks, after the judges of the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by her biological sex.

Victoria McCloud, the only judge in the United Kingdom who has publicly said that it is trans, plans to take the British government before the European Court of human Rights for the ruling that, he says, violates his human rights.

For his part, Judge Lord Hodge said that the decision should not be seen as a triumph on one side over the other and emphasized that the law still provides protection against discrimination against transgender people.

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