Robert De Niro’s daughter Airyn got here out as transgender in a information article Tuesday, saying she started hormone remedy in November.
“I think part of me is concerned that [my family] will maybe still think of me as the person I was before the transition,” she advised the outlet Them.
However she is confidently shifting ahead.
“There’s a difference between being visible and being seen,” Airyn mentioned. “I’ve been visible. I don’t think I’ve been seen yet.”
Airyn De Niro and twin brother Julian have been born to the Oscar-winning actor and then-girlfriend Toukie Smith in 1995. Her mother and father helped her preserve a low profile rising up, she mentioned. Current tabloid reviews about her female look compelled her into the general public eye.
“Not only did they get information wrong about me … they just sort of reminded me that people really don’t know anything about me,” she mentioned to Them.
Airyn, who’s an aspiring actor, has been “femme-presenting” since center college, the outlet wrote. Her choice to maneuver ahead with a transition was fueled by her want to take care of her femininity as she aged and the optimistic tales of others who transitioned.
“Trans women being honest and open, especially [in] public spaces like social media and getting to see them in their success … I’m like, you know what? Maybe it’s not too late for me,” she advised Them. “Maybe I can start.”
In an announcement on Wednesday, Robert De Niro mentioned he loves and helps his daughter.
“I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter,” De Niro mentioned. “I don’t know what the big deal is . . . I love all my children.”
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