Dwyane Wade tells parents of transgender children to let them ‘be who they are’
msn.comDwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union have one piece of advice for parents of transgender children: Do your part as a parent and love your child.
The former Miami Heat basketball star and his wife attended the 2022 Met Gala on Monday. As the couple walked the red carpet steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wade spoke to Variety about being LGBTQ allies and supporting their daughter Zaya, who came out publicly as transgender in February 2020.
When asked what keeps him fighting to protect his daughter, Wade said: “Just being a father and just seeing our child grow up every day and doing what you’re supposed to do as a parent.
It’s to make sure you sit back and you see what it is in life that they want to do and you try to go there with them, and try to mould them into what it is they want to be. ”The NBA star also offered advice to fathers who recently learned they have a transgender child. “The moment when you were in the hospital and you grabbed your daughter, and you looked at your daughter,” he said. “All the things that went through your mind and all the emotions that went through your mind, and how much love fills your heart at that moment. “Don’t let that ever leave you, no matter what. ”“The one thing, as parents, what we do is we find our mini-me’s and we try to make them just like us,” he continued. “But just understand, our kids are gonna be who they are.
