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Dawson's Creek star reveals child, 12, is gay and prefers to be called they/them
Dawson's Creek actress Busy Philipps has revealed that her 12-year-old son Birdie is gay and prefers they/them pronouns.The 41-year-old television star opened up about her child's journey on an episode of her podcast Busy Philipps Is Doing Her Best.She shared with her listeners: "Birdie told us at 10 years old and we immediately … I mean obviously, I knew that Birdie knew."Busy went on that she has done a "bad job" with pronouns when talking to or about her son but was working on it.She explained: "Because Birdie said that they would like their pronouns to be they/them, and I haven’t been doing it, and I said because I have this public persona and I want Birdie to be in control of their own narrative and not have to answer to anybody