Her second daughter, Katarina, who goes by Kat (seen here on the far left), is a lesbian. Two years after her eldest daughter, Max, announced that she's bisexual, another of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" star Heather Dubrow's children has come out. talk show that she is "raising two beautiful, proud black African girls." Days later, Charlize used the pronoun "she" while talking about her older child on "The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon." And I will do everything in my power for my kids to have that right and to be protected within that." In the weeks that followed, the South African actress continued to publicly support Jackson's gender identity, stating on Graham Norton's U.K. "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. 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," she added. "So there you go! I have two beautiful daughters who, just like any parent, I want to protect and I want to see thrive. "I thought she was a boy too," Charlize told the Daily Mail in April 2019, "until she looked at me when she was 3 years old and said, 'I am not a boy!'" Charlize is also a mom to daughter August, whom she adopted in 2015. When Charlize Theron adopted her first child, Jackson, in 2012, she introduced her baby to the world as a boy. RELATED: History-making LGBTQ moments in pop culture 'I can't believe I'm as normal-seeming as I am.' I said, 'I'm very proud of you.' 'I'm proud of myself!'" TMZ pointed out that in December 2020, Elon tweeted claiming he supports the trans community but added, "All these pronouns are an esthetic nightmare." Court documents revealed a rift between the SpaceX and Tesla CEO and his trans daughter: Vivian stated that her reason for wanting a name change boiled down to "Gender Identity and the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form." Mom Justine took to Twitter in June to voice her support, sharing this conversation she had with her child: "'I had a weird childhood,' my 18 year old said to me. Vivian's new last name is a nod to mom Justine Wilson, who was married to Elon from 2000 to 2008 (they share four other children Elon also has two younger children with ex-girlfriend Grimes). TMZ reported that Xavier Musk filed documents in Los Angeles County three days after turning 18 in April seeking to change her legal name to Vivian Jenna Wilson and her legal gender to female. A judge granted the request in June 2022. One of Elon Musk's eldest children publicly revealed in an April 2022 court filing that she's transgender. Keep reading for more stars whose kids belong to the LGBTQ+ community… Father and son are hopeful that their discussions on "Mathis Family Matters" might help others who "may be going through something similar and help them as they navigate that process in their own way," Gregg Jr. "It really does chronicle not just my coming out process to the world, but also my boyfriend's," he said, referring to longtime love Elliott Cooper. opens up about his reasons for not publicly coming out when he was younger and how "vulnerable" he felt opening up about it on national television. So I was shocked that he hadn't, and there are moments there that are very emotional in the sense that I let him know that he has to fight." On season 1 of their new reality show, Greg Jr. "Greg and I had an discussion about him not sharing his sexuality or being gay with the general public, his friends and others," the "Judge Mathis" star told E! News. "I thought he had because he shared it with us at age 18 and moved to Washington, D.C., and has been there for over a decade and that's a gay-friendly town. Father and son discuss Greg Jr.'s coming out journey on the first season of E!'s "Mathis Family Matters, which airs in the summer of 2022. Find out which celebrities have kids who are part of the LGBTQ+ community… Judge Greg Mathis Sr.'s eldest son, Greg Mathis Jr., is gay.
Many Hollywood, music and sports stars have spoken out over the years to share their love for their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and nonbinary or gender fluid children.