The television personality penned a message of support for her son on Instagram Saturday in honor of International Sons Day.
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"Real Housewives of Orange County" star Heather Dubrow celebrated International Sons Day by announcing that her youngest child, Ace, had recently come out as transgender.
On Saturday, the TV personality shared a photo of a beach with the name "Ace" written in the sand, penning a message of support for her son in the caption.
"Our job as parents is to give our kids a safe and supportive environment so they can grow up as healthy, happy, confident, independent humans," she wrote.
Dubrow also let her followers know that her son's story was his and his alone to tell.
"Since Ace is a 12 year old child, with a long life ahead of him - we will let him tell his own story someday if he chooses to do so," she continued. "All we can say is Ace, we love you so much and we are proud to be your parents. Your brother and sisters love and support you too."
The actress, who rejoined the cast of "RHOC" in 2021 after leaving in 2017, married plastic surgeon Terry Dubrow in 1999. According to People, the couple shares twins Max and Nick, 19, Kat, 16, as well as Ace.
The outlet also reported that Max came out as bisexual in 2020, while Kat came out as a lesbian in February 2022.
"We've got four kids, they are different genders, different sexualities, and all at interesting places in their lives, figuring out who they are and where they belong as humans," Dubrow told People that month.
Dubrow also said at the time that she wanted to raise her children to talk openly about their sexuality, which is unlike how she was raised.
"I was raised by 1950s parents. They talked about nothing. I had no idea," she said. "These kids, they talk about everything and I think it's so, so important."
Some celebrity parents have found their own ways of celebrating their kids' sexuality and gender without infringing on their privacy.
During a June 2022 performance in Los Angeles, Jennifer Lopez introduced her child Emme Muñiz using the gender-neutral pronouns "they/them" before they sang a duet together. Videos from the event also showed Emme using a rainbow-colored microphone onstage.
