Busy Philipps says her 12-year-old Birdie is gay and uses they/them pronouns. The Dawson's Creek star has been opening up about family life and spoke of Birdie's recent decision.
Busy says her eldest child came out as gay aged 10 and is now also non binary. The former talk show host has been speaking on her postcast Busy Phillips Is Doing Her Best.
She said she and husband, screenwriter Marc Silverstein, "knew that Birdie knew" and have thrown their support behind the youngster.
She confirmed she asked Birdie's permission before openly discussing them on her show. "I want Birdie to be in control of their own narrative and not have to answer to anybody outside of our friends and family if they don't want to," she said. "Bird was like, 'I