Robert De Niro has expressed his “love and help” for his daughter Airyn De Niro, who has come out as transgender.
“I cherished and supported Aaron as my son, and now I like and help Airyn as my daughter. “I don’t know what the large deal is,” De Niro advised Selection in a press release. “I like all my youngsters.”
In a latest interview with Them, Airyn De Niro opened up about “entering into this new id,” in addition to rising up as one among seven youngsters within the De Niro family.
“There’s a distinction between being seen and being seen,” Airyn De Niro stated. “I’ve been seen. I don’t suppose I’ve been seen but.”
She went on to say that “no father or mother is ideal, however I’m grateful that each my dad and mom agreed to maintain me out of the limelight. They’ve advised me they wished me to have as a lot of a traditional childhood as doable.”
In the identical interview, Airyn De Niro defined what impressed her to go public together with her transition, naming actress Laverne Cox as a key affect.
“Trans girls being trustworthy and open, particularly [in] public areas like social media and attending to see them of their success,” she stated. “I’m like, ‘ what? Perhaps it’s not too late for me.’”
Airyn De Niro additionally mentioned being labelled a ‘nepo child’ in quite a few tabloid articles that commented on her look and misgendered her.
“Not solely did they get data unsuitable about me… They simply type of jogged my memory that folks actually don’t know something about me” she stated.
Having had an upbringing the place she was stored out of the limelight, Airyn De Niro says she by no means took benefit of her father’s fame. “I wasn’t introduced up having a facet half in one among dad’s films or going to enterprise conferences or attending premieres” she stated. “My dad was very massive on us discovering our personal type of path, I might need (success) to occur by myself advantage”.
Whereas she is engaged on her performing and modelling careers, she can also be learning to turn out to be a psychological well being counsellor. “Clearly no father or mother is ideal, however I’m grateful that each my dad and mom agreed to maintain me out of the limelight. They wished it very personal,” she stated of her childhood. “They’ve advised me they wished me to have as a lot of a traditional childhood as doable.”
The Transgender group has confronted a raft of oppression from each the US and UK governments in 2025. American President Donald Trump’s govt order defining gender as being assigned at delivery has meant many Trans People have had rights corresponding to gender markers on passports revoked, sparking anger from star Hunter Schafer and the leisure world at giant.
In April, the UK Supreme Courtroom dominated that the definition of girls doesn’t embrace Transgender girls in issues of single intercourse areas and discrimination. The music world condemned the choice, whereas Bridgerton actor Nicola Coughlan raised over £90,000 for a Trans charity in response.
Regardless of the troublesome occasions for the group, De Niro says that public-facing Transgender girls impressed her to begin her transition journey. “Trans girls being trustworthy and open, particularly (in) public areas like social media and attending to see them of their success… I’m like, you already know what? Perhaps it’s not too late for me,” she stated. “Perhaps I can begin”.
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