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"RuPaul's Drag Race" star Valentina Xunaxi has declared herself a transgender woman -- revealing that she has been transitioning privately "for some time now."

The Season 9 "Miss Congeniality" winner took to her Insta to share the news -- which she admits she felt pressure to do along the way.

This announcement falls on Valentina's 34th birthday, and it's all love and support in the comments ... as the first cohost for "Drag Race México" also welcomes "protection" from her fans -- and she's received support and well wishes from fellow drag queens as well.

Elon Musk’s estranged daughter Vivian Wilson is out here living her best life -- completely unbothered by her dad’s shade and dancing like nobody’s watching!

Check it out -- Vivian was fully in her element at 'RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars' party at Gitano in NYC Thursday night, showing off her moves, whipping her hair and catwalking like it was Fashion Week ... all while the crowd hyped her up.

Clearly, Vivian’s rocky ties with Elon aren’t slowing her down -- she’s found her people, and she’s living loud, proud, and totally on her own terms.

Popular conservative commentator Michael Knowles says the Supreme Court upholding President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military is a smart move ... 'cause he thinks it's a serious disease that affects their combat readiness.

We spoke with Knowles -- a longtime podcast host at Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire -- came by "TMZ Live" Wednesday to discuss the court's ruling this week ... explaining he's all for it because mental health issues in the trans community prevent them from being effective soldiers.

Knowles references studies showing higher rates of chronic disease among members of the trans community ... and adds Americans voted for Trump fully knowing this was something he was going to do, thereby cosigning it.

Dylan O'Brien's relationship with his brother isn't as tight as he led some to believe during an interview last week ... 'cause his bro says they haven't spoken in months.

Here's the deal ... the actor recently did an interview with the Gay Times -- during which he said he was super grateful for his "trans, nonbinary sibling" before adding he knows other people who are queer and is grateful for how those relationships "deepen my experience in this world.”

Well, Dylan's brother -- who goes by Julz on Instagram and uses he/they pronouns -- fired off in the Instagram comments of the Times' post about the interview ... revealing he's "actually trans masc," not nonbinary.

Police in Brazil claim they disrupted a violent plot to detonate explosives at Lady Gaga’s record-breaking free concert that drew an estimated 2 million fans in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend.

According to Rio de Janeiro’s state police ... two people were arrested on Sunday in connection with the alleged planned attack, which was reportedly planned by a radicalized group that promoted hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community.

The officials said the group had been attempting to recruit teenagers online, encouraging them to participate in violent acts using Molotov cocktails and homemade explosives.

Robert De Niro is supporting his daughter after she came out as transgender ... telling TMZ she has his full love and support.

The legendary actor tells us ... "I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter."

Robert adds ... "I don't know what the big deal is ... I love all my children."

JoJo Siwa's spilling more tea on her Kath Ebbs split ... and she’s finally addressing the topic on everyone's lips -- Chris Hughes, and whether he blew up the relationship.

The "Dance Moms" alum hit up "The Viall Files" podcast -- setting the record straight that Chris, who she met on "Celebrity Big Brother," had zero to do with the breakup. According to her, they just built a solid friendship and share a super special bond.

JoJo went on to explain that Chris -- a former "Love Island UK" heartthrob -- is the other half of a friendship unlike anything she’s ever had. But again -- he had nothing to do with her split from Kath, she insists!

Robert De Niro's daughter just gave a big reveal ... she's transgender!

Airyn De Niro sat down for a recent interview with Them -- an online LGBTQ media outlet -- to tell the world she's “stepping into this new identity.”

The 29-year-old says there's a difference between being visible and being seen -- claiming she's always been visible but has yet to be seen.

Terrence Howard didn't want to get it on as Marvin Gaye on the big screen ... passing on a starring role in a biopic because Marvin was gay.

The actor revealed his very specific reason for rejecting a Marvin Gaye project when he was a guest on Bill Maher's "Club Random" podcast.

Terrence says the movie called for him to kiss another man ... and he balked.

JoJo Siwa’s ex, Kath Ebbs, says their breakup came as a total shock ... but JoJo’s claiming it was exactly what she needed to do after leaving "Celebrity Big Brother."

In a tearful interview on the UK’s "This Morning" talk show, JoJo shared that the time spent alone on 'CBB' gave her the space to reflect, and it made her realize there were things in her relationship -- and other areas of her life -- she should never have accepted in the first place.

JoJo gave more details to hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard ... saying that even though 'CBB' was only 3 weeks long, it felt like 4 years. Naturally, she was ready to fix what needed repairing as soon as she left -- and it seems Kath ended up bearing the brunt of that.

JoJo Siwa split from her partner Kath Ebbs after her time on "Celebrity Big Brother" in the UK ... with Ebbs claiming the dumping came at the 'CBB' after-party -- even though they say JoJo asked to marry them in the past.

Ebbs -- an Australian podcaster and DJ who used they/she pronouns -- dropped a video detailing all the drama Saturday ... saying that after watching what they thought was a totally fake reality show, they've now realized that JoJo wasn't just fronting for the camera.

Ebbs says they felt secure in their relationship with the former "Dance Moms" star when she went off to film 'CBB' ... but, now they say it seems clear the relationship wasn't as strong as they thought -- especially amid rumors she and her co-contestant Chris Hughes are more than friends.

Pedro Pascal is slamming J.K. Rowling after she backed the UK Supreme Court’s new ruling that trans women shouldn’t be legally recognized as women under Britain’s Equality Act.

The actor’s sister, Lux, is transgender, so you can imagine this hit him hard -- and Pedro didn’t hold back, commenting "awful disgusting S*** ... Heinous LOSER behavior" under a clip of someone discussing the 'Harry Potter' author celebrating the anti-trans ruling.

In an IG video posted by activist Tariq Ra'ouf, TR broke down how Rowling played a part in the ruling, financially backing the campaign group For Women Scotland, and Tariq called for a boycott of all things 'Harry Potter.' Tariq later shouted out Pedro for his support.

Comedian Fortune Feimster is hurtling towards a divorce ... TMZ has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Fortune and her wife, Jacquelyn Smith, recently separated and Fortune is planning to file for divorce.

It's unclear what caused the split or when they separated ... but our sources say Fortune has been telling people in her orbit about the split more recently ... so it sounds pretty fresh.

Little kids are being indoctrinated in public schools through readings from LGBTQ+ books ... and parents should have the power to prevent their kids from consuming that content ... according to a lawyer on a case being heard by the Supreme Court.

Eric Baxter is representing a group of Maryland parents who are objecting to books about gay and transgender characters being read in elementary schools, and he joined us on "TMZ Live" Wednesday to lay out their argument.

The case went before SCOTUS this week and Eric says all parents want is the right to have their kids opt out of readings from books where some controversial topics are explored ... like sexuality, same-sex marriages and gender identity.

JoJo Siwa's trading in one letter of LGBTQ+ for another ... telling her "Celebrity Big Brother" housemates her time on the show has helped her realize she's not lesbian.

The influencer and dancer revealed the news on the UK show Tuesday night ... explaining to her housemate, Danny Beard, she thought she was a lesbian -- but has recently realized she's actually Queer.

Siwa then screamed out, "I’m switching letters! F--- the L, I’m going to the Q! That’s what I love about sexuality."

Dylan Meyer is now happily married to Kristen Stewart ... and she's showing off her gold wedding band for the world to see.

TMZ obtained a photo of Dylan dressed casually in a T-shirt and sweatpants outside her Los Angeles home -- flashing her shiny new ring --- after she tied the knot with the famous actress in a private ceremony Sunday.

The photog snapped the pic Monday and it captures Dylan greeting an Uber Eats delivery driver, who handed her food from Joe & the Juice cafe.