Editor’s Note: Out of respect to gender identity, we, like many other publications, referred to the eight-year-old using gender-neutral “they” pronouns.
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“She wants to be a boy,” Angie said. “So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys’ everything. She thinks she’s one of the brothers.”
Oh well meaning Hollywood media If you want to respect his gender identity then why not just refer to him by the pronoun he has chosen?
It might be a phase, but many trans people know that something isn't right with their gender from extremely young ages. And it often shows through wanting to be called a different name and in the way you dress.
I honestly don' think Shiloh is transgender but I am happy that Brad and Angelina are so openly supportive of their child and this is a phenomenal example for parents everywhere that have Transgendered children.
If more parents were like them deaths like Leelah Alcorn's could be avoided.
If you want to respect his gender identity then why not just refer to him by the pronoun he has chosen? 
