Arianna Quizhpi was born Jorge and raised as a boy, but told her mother that she was transgender at the age of six, inspiring the courage for her mother's partner to also make the transition. <br /><br />Arianna's mother Jasming, who identifies as pansexual, had split from Arianna's father and was living with her girlfriend Jennifer Hull in Cranford, New Jersey when Arianna made her announcement in 2016.<br /><br />Jasming was at first a little shocked to hear her then-son's declaration, but understood and helped Arianna realise her true self: “When she told me I was a little bit overwhelmed, but I’m a pretty open minded person... At the beginning of her transition I mostly felt nervous for her, but I knew I had to help her be the person she was meant to be."<br /><br />However, Arianna's choice also inspired Jennifer and just two weeks after Arianna began her transition to female in July 2016, Jennifer found the courage to come out as a man named Braxton.<br /><br />Jasming and Braxton have since married and are raising Arianna together as their true selves. Arianna, now 8, currently is attending her school as a female student, and will begin hormone therapy once signs of puberty appear.
