Tia Carrere is one proud mom. Carrere, 58, tells PEOPLE that her 19-year-old son Jude, whom she shares with her ex-husband, Simon Wakelin, has come out as transgender.

Get the best of what’s queer. Sign up for Them’s weekly newsletter here. Tia Carrere, who stars in Lilo & Stitch, has announced that she is the proud parent of a trans child. Carrere, who ...

Tia Carrere has so much pride for her son, Jude Wakelin. “I'm really thankful that I think, somehow, I had a hand in making a child that doesn't feel like [he] has to fit in with everybody else, doesn ...

NEED TO KNOW Tia Carrere is opening up about her son Jude coming out as transgender She tells PEOPLE he's a wonderful kid and a caring friend who loves working with animals Carrere says she's just ...

Tia Carrere has so much pride for her son, Jude Wakelin. “I'm really thankful that I think, somehow, I had a hand in making a child that doesn't feel like [he] has to fit in with everybody else, doesn ...

Tia Carrere is one proud mom. Carrere, 58, tells PEOPLE that her 19-year-old son Jude, whom she shares with her ex-husband, Simon Wakelin, has come out as transgender.

Jude was born on Sept. 25, 2005, and raised in Topanga, a neighborhood outside Los Angeles in the Santa Monica Mountains. Tia credits her son’s individualism to growing up in an eclectic community.