Robert De Niro's daughter Airyn comes out as transgender

[Lori Dee]

Robert De Niro's daughter Airyn comes out as transgender
The 29-year-old spoke to Them, an LGBTQ magazine, about starting hormone therapy and finally embracing her femininity.
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NBC News - Doha Madani
April 30, 2025, 11:20 AM MDT

Airyn De Niro, daughter of Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro, opened up about starting hormone therapy and coming out as transgender in an interview published Tuesday.

De Niro, 29, spoke to Them, an LGBTQ magazine owned by Condé Nast, about feeling she was out of place. De Niro, whose mother is Toukie Smith, described herself as a "late bloomer" who failed to fit in with societal standards growing up.

"I was always told I was too much of something or not enough of something growing up: Too big, not skinny enough," she told the magazine. "Not Black enough, not white enough. Too feminine, not masculine enough. It was never just, 'You're just right, just the way you are.'"

She wants to be public now to give others someone to aspire to. And in a time when civil rights for transgender people are being targeted, she said she is studying to be a mental health counselor to aid the community.

"People of color and queer people definitely need more mental health advocacy and support," she said. "So I'm hoping I'm able to do that."

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[Sephirah]

Good on her. I wish her, and her dad, the very best.

And it kind of explains why people like Robert de Niro and David Tennant are so vocal about the toxic crap in the world these days. It's one thing to stand on your soapbox and spout venom and ideology... looking at you, Rowling. But when people actually have experience of family members dealing with it, and even a rudimentary understanding of the condition... you get a good deal more insight.

It's easy to throw artillery shells from a distance.