Airyn De Niro says His actor dad Robert De Niro has been “non-stop” supportive since Airyn came out as transgender.

Airyn, born as Aaron De Niro in 1995, came out as a transgender woman in April, and since then, his Taxi Driver star dad has been with Airyn all the way, according to Pink News .

“The support has still been non-stop from him, and I’m so grateful,” Airyn told Them magazine.

“I talked to him about it very recently and I told him I wanted to do some touch-ups here and there, just so I can feel more confident in myself,” the trans activist said. “The way he spoke to me about it was very affirming in a way, because he was saying things like, “You’re a good-looking kid. You don’t need to do anything to change yourself.”

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