Warren Beatty and Annette Bening's 18-year-old child is reportedly living as a man and planning to transition.
The student is said to be known as Stephen Ira and wears men's clothing to college.
The National Enquirer reports that acting pair Beatty, 73, and Bening, 52, are "devastated" by the news.
A source told the publication: "Warren Beatty is beside himself over the situation with his daughter Kathlyn.
"He and Annette have tried to deal with this over the years when their daughter was younger, but she's determined to go ahead with the transgender operation, just like [Chaz Bono].
"She repeatedly told her parents that once she turns 18 she would take matters into her own hands."
Beatty and Bening have been married for 18 years and have three other children. They have not commented on the reports.
Last year, Chaz Bono, the son of singer Cher, announced he was becoming a man after living as a lesbian for 20 years.
The 40-year-old recently legally changed his name and is thought to be nearing the end of his transition.
Last week the gossips alleged 52-year-old Today show host Matt Lauer was cheating on his wife with "Whitney Houston's singer-songwriter/producer step sister Alexis Houston." It's a juicy bit of gossip except that Whitney Houston's rep says that Alexis is in no way related to Whitney and both Lauer and Alexis have denied any sort of affair. There is one rumor that Alexis hasn't denied however—that she's transgender.
According to a Page Six source, Alexis was born Stuart Wellington and had "a sex-change surgery three years ago after a man fell in love with the cross-dressing singer and paid for the operation." Whitney Houston sued Alexis in 1996 for claiming to be her cousin, alleging Alexis used the false identity to defra
ud a New York doctor of $100,000.(Neither Alexis nor her lawyer Gloria Allred commented on Alexis' alleged transgender identity or alleged fraudulent past during a press conference yesterday.)
It wouldn't be shocking is Alexis is trans. At least not have as shocking as all the press she's pulled piggybacking off of false rumors of bigger named celebrities.
MSNBC has a great interview with Jarret Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) where he speaks of “Ugly Betty” and how it broke ground for both the Latino and gay population.
According to the post:
More groundbreaking was the show’s handling of its gay and transgender characters, said Jarett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Although initially played for laughs, “Ugly Betty” provided a sympathetic portrait of Meade scion Alex who transforms into the stunning Alexis. And it followed the bumpy love life of Mode’s gay fashion assistant Marc St. James.
But most of all, it showed how Betty’s family accepted without fanfare Justin’s love for musicals and the latest fashion trends, a tacit acceptance of his sexuality. Then, in this final season, Justin got his first kiss with a boy.
Barrios said too often gay characters are depicted on TV as adults without families.
“A gay teen is also a son, a nephew, a grandson,” he said. “As a man who is both Latino and gay (and a father), I liked the show because it depicted really my own experience and that of so many others in the United States.”
Barrios said the show paved the way for network depictions of gay teens and families in shows such as “Glee,” “Brothers & Sisters,” and “Modern Family.”
You can read the entire post here!
Warren Beatty and Annette Bening's 18-year-old child is reportedly living as a man and planning to transition.
"She repeatedly told her parents that once she turns 18 she would take matters into her own hands."
