
“She is the most self-assured person I know. Noella apparently transitioned before her own parents did. At 4.5, she socially transitioned and at 7 she legally transitioned,” said Noella’s parent Dee of the child.
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We wouldn’t even know how to encourage that kind of femininity.” “At 2 years old, she started telling us she wasn’t a boy. She loves glitter and makeup and clothes. “My spouse and I probably own two pairs of shoes between us,” she said.

Neither of Noella’s parents pushed her to be a girl, Dee said. ” With Noella we have a child who has known who she was from very early on.” “Our job as parents for all three of our children is to embrace their individual needs,” Dee told The Post. Dee said they eventually took her to a gender clinic and she came into her own once she felt freed up to be a girl. Dee McMaher/Facebookĭee told The Post Wednesday that Noella didn’t like wearing boy clothes even as a toddler and often acted out. Since then she has been in two Chicago Fashion Weeks and a handful of smaller shows.” Noella’s parents Ray and Dee McMaher were both born biological females but no longer identify as women. She booked two designers at her very first audition.

“An out trans teen told her about open auditions, and she watched YouTube videos to prepare. “Noella’s first show was Chicago Fashion Week at 7 years old,” her parent, Dee, told Forbes earlier this year. Noella has a lively presence on social media and what seems to be a thriving home life with her parents, Dee McMaher, 35, and Ray McMaher, 32, both of whom were born biological females but now identify as non-binary. Noella walks the runway wearing the label Trans Clothing Company at New York Fashion Week in February. She was the youngest person to ever take part in the event. Noella McMaher, whose parents both identify as transgender and who has an infant sibling referred to as a “theybie,” made her debut at NYFW in February as one of several trans and non-binary models walking for the Trans Clothing Company. A 10-year-old transgender girl from Chicago will already be a runway veteran when she takes to the catwalk next month at New York Fashion Week - with plans to walk in Paris next year.
