From The Washington Blade: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/11/29/annette-bening-says-she-is-proud-of-her-transgender-son/
by John Paul King
November 29, 2019
Hollywood icon Annette Bening has spoken up about her feelings toward her transgender son.
Bening, who is known for keeping quiet about her personal life, opened up in an interview for AARP, when she brought up a book recently given to her by her son, Stephen Ira. In the novel, “Little Fish” by Casey Plett, a young transgender woman finds out, to her surprise, that her Mennonite grandfather might also have been trans.
The four-time Academy Award nominee then went on to add:
“He’s managed something that’s very challenging with great style and great intelligence. He’s an articulate, thoughtful person, and I’m very, very proud of him.”
Ira, 27, is the firstborn child of Bening, who can currently be seen starring as Senator Dianne Feinstein in “The Report,” and fellow A-lister husband Warren Beatty. Assigned female at birth and given the name Kathlyn Elizabeth, he came out as trans and began transitioning at 14.
Beatty has previously expressed his own support for his son, telling Vanity Fair in 2016, “He’s a revolutionary, a genius, and my hero, as are all my children.”
Complete article at: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/11/29/annette-bening-says-she-is-proud-of-her-transgender-son/