Dwyane Wade moves family out of Fla.
Journalist Rachel Nichols sat down recently with former Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade in a one-on-one for her new series “Headliners with Rachel Nichols” on Showtime.
During the wide-ranging interview, Wade told Nichols he moved his family out of Florida because of the state’s increasing hostility to LGBTQ people — including his daughter, Zaya. “What do you have to say to some of those state legislators who maybe have your jersey in their closets, who came and brought their kids to your games to cheer for you?” Nichols asked referring to the apparent hypocrisy of certain Florida lawmakers who claim to be his fans yet pass the DeSantis anti-LGBTQ+ policies negatively impacting his family. “That’s another reason why I don’t live in that state,” Wade responded. “A lot of people don’t know that.
I have to make decisions for my family, not just personal, individual decisions.” Wade and his wife actress Gabrielle Union-Wade’s 15-year-old daughter, Zaya had come out as transgender in 2020.
After a long legal battle with with his ex-wife and Zaya’s mother, Siohvaughn Funches, the teen was finally granted a legal name and gender change this past February.
