Dwyane Wade talks about his child coming out as transgender

While sitting down for a chat on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dwyane Wade opened up about his role as a father to his transgendered daughter, Zaya. “Me and my wife, Gabrielle Union, are proud parents of a child in the LGBTQ+ community,” he said. “And we are proud allies as well.”

“We take our roles and our responsibility as parents very seriously,” he said. “When our child comes home with a question, when a child comes home with an issue, when a child comes home with anything, it’s our job as parents to listen to that, to give them the best information that we can, to give them the best feedback that we can, and that doesn’t change because sexuality is now involved in it.”

However, the Miami Heat icon understands that parents may not always be immediately equipped to handle what their children need, which is why he says part of the adult’s responsibility is to seek out help. His family has gotten involved with an organization called GLSEN that focuses on supporting LGBTQ+ students. “It’s now our job to go out and get information, to reach out to every relationship that we have,” he said. In his case, he said Union “reached out to everybody on the cast of Pose,” a show that features LGBTQ+ performers. “We’re just trying to figure out as much information as we can to make sure that we give our child the best opportunity to be her best self.”

Written by: Nicki