@@ Zaya Wade

[turnipthebeet]

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Dwyane Wade's 12 year old is now identifying as female, and Dwyane and Gabrielle are being SO amazing about it. There's a clip from Ellen where Dwayne talks about how she will need to be a leader and they will take cues from her. 

[eclaires]

I’ve suspected this for awhile based on their social media and it is so very important to see someone like Wade, an NBA player, be so open and supportive of his daughter.

I love both of them as parents and people (Gabrielle’s book is so good), and they seem to have approached this with so much love and intentional information for themselves and their child. I’m not sure you could go about it better.

[shauni27]

listening to him talk about parenting had me tearing up. What a wonderful parent.

[thejackpot]

He is my absolute favorite player (now retired). I love him and Gabrielle Union so much. They are navigating this in such an amazing way especially in the pubic.

[WOT?*]

I saw this earlier. I thought it was already out but maybe because my grand and I were talking about it several weeks ago. They are such amazing and supportive parents.

[miniroller]

I LOVE how awesomely DWade & Gabrielle are handling this ❤️ I read an article this morning (I’ll see if I can find it again) written by a woman, who’s black and identities as a lesbian emphasizing how behind the AA community is in terms of LBGTQ understanding & ultimate acceptance. She was so hopeful that the Wade’s approval of this lifestyle transition & outspokenness of their love of their daughter will pave the way for a change in households throughout this country.

[turnipthebeet]

Feb 11, 2020 15:43:11 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

I saw this earlier. I thought it was already out but maybe because my grand and I were talking about it several weeks ago. They are such amazing and supportive parents.

I think what is new is that she approached her parents and told them that she was ready to be publicly out. There had been speculation prior to.

[NitaX]

I seriously want to cry tears of joy for how supportive they are.

[shauni27]

Feb 11, 2020 15:55:35 GMT -5 NitaX said:

I seriously want to cry tears of joy for how supportive they are.

I seriously did! lol.

[WOT?*]

Gabrielle Union's Twitter has a fantastic conversation between Zaya and her dad. (I went there because I thought I'd seen a tweet some weeks ago that was the subject of a news article. But it appears that today is her official coming out on social media and elsewhere.


And apparently the Wades were integral (among others) in getting Deandre Arnold to the Oscars as part of the HairLove team. Her Twitter is amazing.

[seeyalater52]

The two of them have been #parentgoals for me for years but this is just too amazingly heartwarming for words.

[heat40]

They have been incredible. I love them!

[NewOrleans]

Between his support of Gabrielle across the AGT foolishness and his support of Zaya, Dwayne Wade keeps showing up for his family. Love it.

Interestingly, Son of Baldwin has some haters in the comments about this. The reason this surprises me is because SoB is queer. So people know what they’re getting into when they follow SoB. Just an interesting reminder that even inside of queer communities, trans people are often relegated into some lower position.

[erbear]

This could be a game changer. I'm so happy for her and I love that her parents are so so supportive.

[winecat]

Hot damn. This made my day. I don't follow sportsball so I don't know this guy but he might be my favorite. I'm so glad he and his wife are stepping up and stepping forward in support of their daughter.

[WOT?*]

It's such a pretty name, too. I looked it up and it means "Victorious Woman" in the Tibetan language. What a perfect choice.

[GilliC]

Feb 11, 2020 22:30:39 GMT -5 winecat said:

Hot damn. This made my day. I don't follow sportsball so I don't know this guy but he might be my favorite. I'm so glad he and his wife are stepping up and stepping forward in support of their daughter.

I don’t follow sportsball either, so I only knew him as the husband of the kick-ass actress from Bring It On, She’s All That, and assorted other teen films ca. 2000. I will now know him as husband of famous actress AND role-model parent!

ETA - I guess this says some things about my age and film tastes! Lol!

[shauni27]

Feb 12, 2020 3:23:06 GMT -5 GilliC said:

Feb 11, 2020 22:30:39 GMT -5 winecat said:

Hot damn. This made my day. I don't follow sportsball so I don't know this guy but he might be my favorite. I'm so glad he and his wife are stepping up and stepping forward in support of their daughter.

I don’t follow sportsball either, so I only knew him as the husband of the kick-ass actress from Bring It On, She’s All That, and assorted other teen films ca. 2000. I will now know him as husband of famous actress AND role-model parent!

ETA - I guess this says some things about my age and film tastes! Lol!

100% same. I was like, I only know her from bring it on and she's all that. I have no clue who he is, but he married Gabrielle.

Regardless, I now love them!

[seeyalater52]

Feb 12, 2020 8:13:00 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Feb 12, 2020 3:23:06 GMT -5 GilliC said:

I don’t follow sportsball either, so I only knew him as the husband of the kick-ass actress from Bring It On, She’s All That, and assorted other teen films ca. 2000. I will now know him as husband of famous actress AND role-model parent!

ETA - I guess this says some things about my age and film tastes! Lol!

100% same. I was like, I only know her from bring it on and she's all that. I have no clue who he is, but he married Gabrielle.

Regardless, I now love them!

She wrote a book which is AMAZING. If you haven’t read it you totally should.

[shauni27]

seeyalater52, adding it to my list!

[tessalb]

I love this so much. The outpouring of support for Zaya makes my heart swell. Progress ❤️

[W.T.Faulkner]

Go, Zaya! Go, entire Wade family!

[msmerymac]

Feb 12, 2020 3:23:06 GMT -5 GilliC said:

Feb 11, 2020 22:30:39 GMT -5 winecat said:

Hot damn. This made my day. I don't follow sportsball so I don't know this guy but he might be my favorite. I'm so glad he and his wife are stepping up and stepping forward in support of their daughter.

I don’t follow sportsball either, so I only knew him as the husband of the kick-ass actress from Bring It On, She’s All That, and assorted other teen films ca. 2000. I will now know him as husband of famous actress AND role-model parent!

ETA - I guess this says some things about my age and film tastes! Lol!

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