Jamie Lee Curtis Shows How Parents Should Love Their Trans Kids
Celebrity mom Jamie Lee Curtis wrote a love letter to her daughter, Ruby, on Trans Visibility day.
Jamie Lee Curtis’ recent display of wholesome support not just for Michelle Yeoh’s victory at the Oscars but also for her daughter, Ruby, on Trans Visibility Day has restored some faith among the netizens. While we’re sure there are struggles and conflicts behind doors, Jamie offers a simple argument for those who struggle understanding gender identity: “Love is love.”
Jamie: “A mother’s love knows no judgment.”
What terrifies parents when they have trans kids is the judgment. Not just for their kids but for themselves. Some parents fear being embarrassed when their friends find out that their children are transgender. Rarely do any parents come out with this but, Jamie Lee Curtis takes the first step, and it’s one in the right direction. She writes, “As a mother, I stand in total solidarity with my children as they move forward in the universe as their authentic selves with their own minds and bodies and ideas.”
And isn’t what she says what we want for our own children? We swore to our kids the moment they were born that we would love them no matter what shape or form they take. We would support them regardless because we know that society wouldn’t even mull over whether to tear them apart or not. Why be the very thing that we’re trying to protect them from?
Her choice to be visible will inspire.
Many parents who struggle to support their trans children are unable to find the support they need for themselves in the journey. It looks like a dark tunnel with no way out; especially with nothing but the echoes of embarrassment or of parents blaming them for not raising a proper “cis male” or “cis female”. But sometimes, the tunnel has no way out because parents need to create a way out. Jamie Lee Curtis and Ruby’s visibility offers this and inspires that the world can do better at understanding what gender identity is.
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