Stereophonics' Kelly Jones says daughter, 15, has transitioned to a boy

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones felt he lost one of his children when his daughter transitioned from girl to boy.

The 45-year-old went through a “grieving process” and had to fight his prejudices when 15-year-old Lolita Bootsy became Colby.

But the family was “learning a lot” from the “scary” experience, he said.

Colby, who initially came out as a lesbian before transitioning, has remained at an all-girls’ school.

Kelly, who also has daughters aged 12 and three, told Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast: “For a while it was becoming more and more intense and I remember getting upset one night and I felt I sounded like an ­animal because I couldn’t work out what was going on.

“You actually go through a grieving process because you feel like you’ve lost your daughter and you’ve gained a son and then you get responsible for the siblings and how they’re going to deal with it. And the grandparents.

“I didn’t really know what I was dealing with but the only thing you can end up getting to is acceptance.

Kelly said: “You actually go through a grieving process because you feel like you’ve lost your daughter and you’ve gained a son” (Image: GETTY)

“It’s the resistance to everything and your own upbringing or derogatory terminology you used as a kid – all that comes into your head the minute you hear the word ‘transgender’.”

The singer-songwriter said Colby had inspired the band’s video for Fly Like An Eagle, in which a young girl similarly opens up to her own dad.

He added: “The school have been amazing supporting the whole thing.

“We are all fully supporting it.”

Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk

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