{"id":1534943,"date":"2022-07-01T11:35:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1534943"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:35:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:35:21","slug":"sister-wives-star-comes-out-as-transgender-warns-fans-on-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sister-wives-star-comes-out-as-transgender-warns-fans-on-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sister Wives\u2019 Star Comes Out As Transgender, Warns Fans On Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsister-wives-star-comes-out-as-transgender-warns-fans-on-pronouns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1534943&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Reality star Leon Brown of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/television\">Sister Wives<\/a>\u201d fame, who recently came out as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/transgender\">transgender<\/a>, admitted to being confused and warned fans to drop the old pronouns and name.<\/p>\n<p>Brown is the only child of Kody Brown and his first wife Meri, who became famous on the TLC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/reality-tv\">reality series<\/a> which explored the lives of polygamous families. The 26-year-old has been part of the series all along, growing up as one of 18 children in the house that had one husband and four wives. Brown is now announcing a new identity and new rules to go with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone recently told me that i didn\u2019t have to have all of my s*** figured out in order for me to share myself with the world,\u201d Brown wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfV-WXmLZ-Z\/\">Instagram<\/a> post alongside a photo. \u201cSo here\u2019s me, definitely not having almost any of my sh** figured out, to let you know that i am trans. my name is Leon or Leo (i love both) and my pronouns are they\/them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember the first time that i knew i wasn\u2019t a girl,\u201d the TLC personality wrote. \u201cI was pretty young &#038; unfortunately i grew up in a context that was incredibly gendered &#038; restrictive. so i continued to be socialized as a girl &#038; later a woman. and here\u2019s the thing, i\u2019m finally ready to share my favorite self with the world. and that self is incredibly genderqueer, trans, and unapologetic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown went on, writing, \u201cBeing queer &#038; trans are definitely some of my favorite parts of myself. and yet, there are so many things that i am learning to love about myself through this process. here\u2019s to me getting to know myself, share myself, and continually evolve to be the person i am, to be my favorite self in all contexts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSister Wives\u201d star concluded by advising friends, family, and fans of some new rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sharing this part of myself to let folks in, and also to set some boundaries. if you choose to not use my correct name or pronouns, then you do not need to speak to or about me. my name is Leo or Leon, and my pronouns are they\/them. please only refer to me in that way,\u201d Brown wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Comments were limited on the post. For now, the reality cast member\u2019s Instagram handle is still \u201cmariahbrwn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown is currently in a relationship with Audrey Kriss, who is also trans.<\/p>\n<p>Brown\u2019s mom Meri reacted to the Instagram post by adding it to her Instagram stories. She included the caption, \u201cYou are my sunshine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reality star Leon Brown of \u201cSister Wives\u201d fame, who recently came out as transgender, admitted to being confused and warned fans to drop the old pronouns and name. 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