Matt Barnes asked Dwyane Wade straight-up what it's like raising a gay son coming from a hyper-masculine NBA background .. and what D-Wade says is powerful stuff.
essentially forced him to learn about accepting people for who they are.
"And, I had to look myself in the mirror and say, 'What if your son come home and tell you he's gay? What are you going to do? How are you going to be? How are you going to act? It ain't about him. He knows who he is. It's about you. Who are you?'" "I grew up with the same perspective as a lot of these people out here that's a little ignorant. I grew up with a similar perspective," Wade says."And, you meet people along the way that help you take those glasses off and put on some different ones. Look through life through a different lens. That's what my wife has been able to do. So, it's been cool."
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