Dwyane Wade shares how Zaya told him about her gender identity.
, the 38-year-old athlete opened up about how Zaya told him about her gender identity, his own journey accepting the concept and being educated by Zaya after starting out as an “ignorant” parent.
Wade added that it wasn’t until Zaya, who previously went by the name Zion, did her own research that she helped educate Wade, who hadn’t experienced anyone close to him coming out “as gay, as trans, as anything.” The experience is chronicled in his new ESPN documentary,“Zaya, early on, knew two things -- she knew straight and she knew gay,” he said. “But Zaya started doing more research. She is the one who sat down with us as a family and said, ‘Hey, I don’t think I’m gay.
While Zaya knew she was different from an early age, Wade indicated that he sensed long ago that he should prepare to deal with her choices, whatever they may be. Mentioning locker room culture, he explained that throughout his sporting career, he had been guilty of holding conversations and attitudes that wouldn’t have necessarily supported Zaya’s choices.
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