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18/12/2019

Charlize Theron On Her Daughter's Gender Identity

Charlize Theron plans to let her daughter Jackson tell her own gender identity story.

The actress previously revealed that the seven year-old, who was born a boy, came out as transgender when she was just three, and has now said she doesn't want to tell people about Jackson's experiences before the youngster feels ready to speak about it herself.

During an interview with Pride Source, Charlize was asked: "I'm curious if having a daughter who happens to be transgender influences your decisions when it comes to taking on the LGBTQ characters you do or, for that matter, don't."

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And she replied: "Well, this is all pretty new for us, so it hasn't really kind of come into question. I don't really necessarily know if it will.

"My daughter's story is really her story, and one day, if she chooses, she'll tell her story. I feel like as her mother, for me, it was important to let the world know that I would appreciate it if they would use the right pronouns for her."

The actress explained how she told of Jackson's gender to ensure she would no longer be hurt by people using the wrong pronouns for her. Charlize said: "I think it became harder for us the older she got that people were still writing about her in the wrong pronouns, and also I was still talking about her in the press using the wrong pronoun. It really hurt her feelings. I don't want to be that mom, and that was really why I said what I said a while back.

"I haven't really talked about it ever since, again, because outside of just asking that respectfully of the press - and the world, hopefully - the rest is really private and it's her story, and it's really up to her to decide if she wants to share that."



(JG/CM)

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"Charlize Theron plans to let her daughter Jackson tell her own gender identity story."