Sister Wives’ Gwendlyn Brown Says Trans Sibling Leon Distancing From Family

In a video shared to her YouTube channel, the 21-year-old TV character revealed her 27-year-old sibling’s reasoning behind protecting their distance whereas reacting to a latest episode of the TLC actuality present centered round their unconventional household.

Their father Kody Brown may very well be heard in a voice over claiming that the youngsters he shares along with his wives — Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn — are “not cohesive” as a household. “Leon, Paedon, Dayton, Aurora, Breanna, they do not slot in properly with the remainder of the household,” the Brown household patriarch stated.

The Northern Arizona College pupil referred to as out her father, saying he was “past unsuitable” and defined that Leon has chosen to not be shut with the household so as to give “themselves area for his or her emotional well being.”

“Leon has been, since childhood, type of the odd one out within the household as a result of that they had no siblings from their mother to actually get together with,” Gwendyln continued. “They simply in all probability felt just like the odd one out.”

Leon is Kody’s solely baby with Kody.

Noting how Leon identifies as transgender and queer, she shared that the “Sister Wives” household “predominantly” practices Mormonism which “hasn’t actually historically been sort to queer folks, particularly with a household that is fairly a bit conservative and partially in opposition to transsexuality typically…”

The daughter of Kody and Christine Brown claimed her sibling has “simply been separating themselves from the state of affairs and been sticking to folks which might be extra protected for them.”

“It isn’t that they don’t seem to be becoming in,” Gwendlyn added, “It is that they’ve chosen to go to individuals who they will belief, and it is simply they discovered a safer group for themselves.”

Again in June 2022, Leon took to Instagram to come back out as queer and transgender.

“Somebody lately instructed me that i did not need to have all of my s— found out to ensure that me to share myself with the world.” the one baby of Kody and Meri Brown started, “So here is me, positively not having virtually any of my s— found out, to let you realize that I’m trans. My title is Leon or Leo (I like each) and my pronouns are they/them.”

“I bear in mind the primary time that I knew I wasn’t a woman. I used to be fairly younger & sadly I grew up in a context that was extremely gendered & restrictive,” Leon defined. “So I continued to be socialized as a woman & later a lady. And here is the factor, I am lastly able to share my favourite self with the world. And that self is extremely genderqueer, trans, and unapologetic.”

Along with the submit, Leon added that anybody who refuses to make use of their “right” title and pronouns going ahead would not “want to talk to or about me.” Mother Meri reacted to the reveal on the time by sharing Leon’s submit to her personal Instagram Story — including an emoji that learn, “You’re my sunshine.”

Kody married his first spouse Meri in 1990, earlier than Janelle joined the household with a non secular marriage in 1993. Christine was subsequent, spiritually marrying into the household in 1994, earlier than Robyn did the identical in 2010. Kody then divorced Meri on paper so he might legally marry Robyn in 2014.

Christine introduced her divorce from Kody again in November 2021, whereas Meri and Kody introduced in January that that they had “completely [terminated] our marriage relationship.” He is additionally “separated” from Janelle.