Robert De Niro
Daughter Airyn Comes Out As Transgender
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Robert De Niro‘s daughter simply gave a giant reveal … she’s transgender!
Airyn De Niro sat down for a latest interview with Them — a web based LGBTQ media outlet — to inform the world she’s “stepping into this new identity.”
The 29-year-old says there is a distinction between being seen and being seen — claiming she’s at all times been seen however has but to be seen.
Airyn introduced up tabloid tales labeling her a “nepo baby” as a result of she’s certainly one of De Niro’s 7 kids — she and her twin brother, Julian, are De Niro’s children with actress Toukie Smith.
She says these articles have all of it incorrect … noting that her Oscar-winning dad by no means handed her a task in certainly one of his movies, nor did he ever carry her to film premieres or different trade capabilities.
She says the legendary actor at all times wished her to search out her path in life and attain success on her personal advantage. She admits her mother and father aren’t good, however thanks them for shielding her from the limelight, so she might have a considerably regular childhood.
Within the interview, Airyn additionally opened up about battling physique dysmorphia, a psychological well being situation through which somebody obsesses over flaws of their look.
She stated that rising up, she was advised she was “too big, not skinny enough, not Black enough, not white enough, too feminine, not masculine enough.” She provides, “It was by no means simply, ‘You’re good, simply the best way you might be.’”
Because of this, Airyn stated she started hormone remedy final November, drawing inspiration from her mom and different Black girls.
She hopes to encourage individuals like herself — Black, queer, and in greater our bodies — who do not match the mould of being “tremendous skinny or heroin stylish.”
Transferring ahead … she hopes to sooner or later turn into a psychological well being skilled who treats “people of color and queer people.”
