The Annette Bening and Warren Beatty Family: a Complete Guide to Their 30-Year Union and 4 Kids
The eldest Beatty child, Stephen Ira, was born in January 1992. He began his public transition at age 14 and has become a prominent voice within the transgender literary community. Stephen co-founded Vetch, a groundbreaking poetry journal dedicated exclusively to publishing work by trans poets, and was recognized as a Lambda Literary Fellow.
While early tabloid speculation attempted to manufacture drama regarding his relationship with his famous parents, both Beatty and Bening have voiced fierce, unwavering public support for him. In a rare 2016 interview with Vanity Fair, Beatty called Stephen "a revolutionary, a genius, and one of my heroes."
Bening echoed that deep admiration in interviews, speaking eloquently about her son’s intellect and poetic talent. She has regularly leveraged her public platform to defend LGBTQ+ rights, directly citing her experience as a proud mother of a transgender child.
