How RHOC's Heather & Alexis Create Acceptance for Their LGBT Kids

RHOC's Alexis Bellino Introduces Transgender Son Miles

Heather Dubrow and Alexis Bellino are connected a ngo to make a amended satellite for each of their children, nary substance their intersexual and sex identities.

The Real Housewives of Orange County stars got candid astir their enactment of their respective LGBTQIA+ kids during the Bravo series' Sept. 19 episode.

"All 3 of my kids are each trying to find their ain mode successful this world," Alexis—who is ma to transgender son Miles, 16, successful summation to lad James, 17, and 16-year-old girl Mackenna—shared successful a confessional. "I'm present to make a satellite that is loving, benignant and accepting for everybody successful my family."

The costars adjacent agreed to be the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards wherever Heather presented an award.

"I've had a narration with the GLAAD enactment for galore years earlier my archetypal kid adjacent identified successful the community," Heather—who shares 20-year-old twins Max and Nick as good arsenic Kat, 17, and Ace, 13, with hubby Terry Dubrow—explained successful a confessional, "and to beryllium asked to present, it's specified a immense honor. GLAAD has 1 of the largest platforms successful the LGBTQIA+ community, for Terry and I to enactment the enactment that GLAAD does makes maine consciousness similar I americium making a quality and I'm connected the close path."

"They don't cognize thing but emotion and enactment and I'm gladsome that's true," the Let's Talk With Heather Dubrow podcast big noted. "Even though they cognize there's tons of kids retired determination that don't person what they have, I'm gladsome that they conscionable consciousness normal."

Following the event, Alexis got affectional portion thanking Heather for being a relation exemplary successful however to champion their queer kids.

"What you bash makes maine consciousness similar I tin determination guardant successful my life," she tearfully told her friend, "with what my conflict is."

The world stars antecedently opened up astir however having trans kids helped them reconnect successful caller years.

"We became affable again a fewer years agone done immoderate of our older kids," Heather told E! News successful June. "Having LGBTQIA+ kids decidedly brought america person together. Common bonds."

Keep speechmaking to spot Heather and Terry's sweetest moments with their kids. 

The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Thursdays astatine 9 p.m. connected Bravo.