Charlize Theron reveals her daughter, 7, is transgender

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Jessica Napoli | Fox News




The very private Charlize Theron is opening up about her family life.

The Academy Award-winner revealed that her eldest child is transgender. According to the actress, Jackson, 7, was assigned male at birth but told Theron four years ago that she was actually a girl.

“Yes, I thought she was a boy, too,” the 43-year-old admitted to The Daily Mail. “Until she looked at me when she was three years old and said, ‘I am not a boy!'”

“So there you go! I have two beautiful daughters who, just like any parent, I want to protect and I want to see thrive,” the "Atomic Blonde" star said. “They were born who they are and exactly where in the world both of them get to find themselves as they grow up, and who they want to be, is not for me to decide.”

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Theron adopted Jackson in 2012 and her second daughter, August, in 2015.

“My job as a parent is to celebrate them and to love them and to make sure that they have everything they need in order to be what they want to be,” she added, “and I will do everything in my power for my kids to have that right and to be protected within that.”

She credits her mother for teaching her how to be a tolerant and accepting person.

“You know, I grew up in [South Africa] where people lived with half-truths and lies and whispers and nobody said anything outright, and I was raised very specifically not to be like that,” Theron explained. “I was taught by my mom that you have to speak up; you have to be able to know that, when this life is over, you’ll have lived the truth you’re comfortable with, and that nothing negative can come from that.”

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Theron has been an LGBTQ activist for many years. In 2009, she announced on "The View" that she wouldn't get married to her then-boyfriend Stuart Townsend until everyone in the United States had a right to marry.

"I have so many friends who are gays and lesbians who would so badly want to get married, that I wouldn’t be able to sleep with myself,” she said while on the show.

[Goofy]

*sigh*

[Pony]

*sigh*

Are you saying a three year old isn't fully capable of making life altering decisions?

[fricnjay]

Some big brain milestones between 2 and 3

These are some of the developments you’re likely to notice as your little copycat toddles towards their third birthday:

Starting to tell simple stories.
Arranging things in groups and pairs, like toy cars, animals and shoes.
Putting things in size order.
Remembering what they did yesterday, and sometimes even something exciting from months ago.
Recognising themselves in the mirror.
Saying please and thank you, sometimes without a reminder.
Knowing what comes next in their favourite books – and telling you when you’ve missed a page!

But yea your 3yo KNOWS its a girl even though its a biological boy and even understands the idea of biological and gender.

[RBP]

I'm sure constant anti-male rhetoric has nothing to do with the child internalizing it's bad to be a boy.

[fricnjay]

I'm sure constant anti-male rhetoric has nothing to do with the child internalizing it's bad to be a boy.

True, with all the white male hate out there as a child hearing all that might make you say you dont want to be a boy.

[Muddy]

I disagree.

[RBP]

True, with all the white male hate out there as a child hearing all that might make you say you dont want to be a boy.

I more meant coming from mom. Especially mom's delight when he says he's a girl.

[fricnjay]

But think about it for a sec. As a white male if I start hearing all my favorite super heroes and what not villainizing white males as a defense mechanism I might say "im not a boy I'm a girl" so as not to be thrown in that category. Again not really understanding what the full context of what im saying. Totally plausible.

[Hal-9000]

Are you saying a three year old isn't fully capable of making life altering decisions?

This is what caught my eye.

Apparently when I was young we had a houseful of people and I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I replied - I want to be a midget, a black midget.

It got some laughs I guess.

I watched the mini-series Roots when I was around 10 and recall talking about wanting to be black.

Point being - Children and especially young children of three have no idea what is good for them. Shame on Charlize for even mentioning it.

[Pony]

This is what caught my eye.

Apparently when I was young we had a houseful of people and I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I replied - I want to be a midget, a black midget.

It got some laughs I guess.

I watched the mini-series Roots when I was around 10 and recall talking about wanting to be black.

Point being - Children and especially young children of three have no idea what is good for them. Shame on Charlize for even mentioning it.

Shame on your parents for not immediately putting you on drugs to stunt your growth and darken your skin. It's amazing you lived this long being trapped in the wrong body.

[Muddy]

I think that there are actually people that feel like they were born in the wrong body. I think that every single situation is different. Personally, I do not agree with giving a child life changing drugs or surgeries at such a young age because I don't think a child at that age can be trusted to make an informed life long decision. A lot can change in 18 years you know..!

[Hal-9000]

Shame on your parents for not immediately putting you on drugs to stunt your growth and darken your skin. It's amazing you lived this long being trapped in the wrong body.

Yeah man I was the OG SJW. Screw these chicks with the blue hair, eyebrow piercings and hidden dicks.

[Hal-9000]

I think that there are actually people that feel like they were born in the wrong body...

That's the entire premise of the trans movement. No offense but it's nothing new.

[fricnjay]

Yeah man I was the OG SJW. Screw these chicks with the blue hair, eyebrow piercings and hidden dicks.

So where are you hiding these days?