Dwyane Wade says raising a LGBTQ+ child has made him a better parent. “What it has done is it opened my eyes and my ears to something greater and bigger than I, and and my daughter has allowed us gracefully to be her support system,” Wade said.
"We stand as allies with the LGBTQ+ community as proud parents of a transgender child. Our daughter Zaya is leading us in our journey, and we’re doing all we can to give every one of our kids the ability to live their truth," Wade said during the virtual ceremony.
Wade, 39, first became a father at 20 when his son Zaire, 19, was born. He and Union are getting the full range of parenting experiences, as they are now raising two teenagers as well as Wade's son, Xavier, 7, from a previous relationship, and their daughter,"Zaire is 19 years old, Kaav is two years old, and I've been able to see kids in different generations at different times, in different parts of places in my life," Wade said on TODAY.
Wade has had a Hall of Fame NBA career and won three NBA titles, authored a best-selling book and won an Oscar as an associate producer of an animated short film, but there is one title he cherishes above all."I want the next generation of Wades to look different, to be different, and to continue to evolve. So when I hear my kids say, 'Dad,' man, my heart melts every single time.
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