Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones says 15-year-old child now identifies as boy

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has revealed that his 15-year-old child now identifies as a boy, The musician, 45, appeared on Fearne Cotton’s podcast, Happy Places, when he shared the news and opened up about his reaction upon first learning that Lolita Bootsy was now a boy called Colby. “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,” he told Cotton. So now she has gone from Bootsy transitioning into Colby.” Jones said he’s currently talking to the all-girls school that Colby attends, stating: “ have been amazing supporting the whole thing. I am at acceptance with it and we are fully supporting it.” Reflecting upon his initial struggles with dealing with Colby’s decision, Jones added: “It’s the resistance to everything and your own prejudices and whatever films you’ve seen, whatever it is or your upbringing or derogatory terminology you’ve used as a kid, all that comes straight into your head the minute you hear the word trans or transgender.” Colby is Jones’ first child with his ex-partner Rebecca Walters.