Dwyane Wade is speaking out against transgender hate and standing up for his courageous daughter, Zaya.
"That's all we talk about it, just her courage. First, to even have the conversation with her father, with her family, at eight years old," Wade shared."I look at her, and I'm 40 years old and I don't even think I'm as courageous as she is. I think we all want to get to that place where we're living the life that we always dreamed of, or we're being the people that we always wanted to be, and it's no different from her.
He added,"Even though the conversation shifts about her gender and her sexuality, but it's the same thing, we're all striving to get to the same place. So, I feel lucky and blessed to be her father, and thankful that I am the one who was put in her life to be her facilitator, and I'm excited where she's going."
When asked how Zaya is celebrating Pride Month, Wade, who parents the 15-year-old alongside her brother, Zaire, 20, son Xavier, 8, and daughter Kaavia, 3, whom he shares with wife , said, "No plans, Zaya's not into celebrating pride. I think her biggest celebration was the fact that she has a supportive family and we're being mom, dad, brothers and we're just trying to be what we can be for her."He continued,"And she don't wanna make it a big thing. For her, 'This is just who I am, I don't need to celebrate who I am,' in that sense. But we support and we love Pride Month.
While it's an exciting time for Zaya as she continues to live in her truth, Wade said it's still a bit of a fearful one with more states trying to enact anti-trans laws. In a conversation on with