Actor Liev Schreiber has a 16 year old daughter, Kai, with his ex Naomi Watts. Liev said that Kai never actually told them that she was trans. “Kai was always who Kai is. But I suppose the most profound moment was her asking us to change her pronouns. To be honest with you, it didn’t feel like that big of a deal to me only because Kai had been so feminine for so long.” He said that Kai is embracing her space in the trans community: “Kai is such a fighter. It’s important that she goes, ‘Hey, I am trans,’ and, ‘Look at me.’”
When asked if he has advice for other parents of trans kids, he said, “I don’t know the answer for your kid. I don’t know what it’s like for you to be a trans dad. I don’t know how you were brought up. I don’t know what religion you encountered or what your spirituality is. And for me to tell you what I think about my kid feels like an overstep. I guess if I would say anything to someone who’s having trouble with their trans teen or their adolescent trans kid it’s ‘Teenagers are a headache. They’re hard.’ It doesn’t matter whether they’re trans or not because you’ll come out of this. But a trans teen is going to be a teen. They’re such a pain so much of the time, and Kai is as feisty and outspoken as they come.”
On Friday, Kai, Liev, and his wife Taylor attended a gala for the Ali Forney Center, which provides housing and support for homeless LGBTQ youth. The center currently serves more than 2,200 young people through its 24/7 Drop-In Center and network of 13 emergency and transitional housing sites.
Liev voiced his support for the Ali Forney Center, saying, “This isn’t just about representing the trans community. This is actually a community of people who don’t have great resources, who don’t have access to help, who aren’t being protected and looked after by their families. These are people who are being rejected. These are people who are experiencing the harshest version of humanity that we can offer, and some of them are not surviving it. We got to bear that in mind when we go out there and glam ourselves up and get ready to be seen, you know? That what we’re doing is actually raising money for a community that desperately needs it.”
In March, Kai made her her modeling debut at Paris fashion week, walking for Alessandro Michele’s Valentino show.
