'She Is Our Leader': Dwyane Wade Talks About Daughter Zaya's Coming Out Journey

“Zaya started doing more research. She was the one that sat down with us as a family and said, ‘Hey I don’t think I’m gay.’ And she went down the list and said this is how I identify myself — I identify myself as a young lady. I think I’m a straight trans, because I like boys,” he explained to Roberts. “It was a process for us to sit down with our daughter and find out who she is and what she likes and not put something on her.

Wade continued: “I struggled on how much I wanted to talk about it in the doc, I actually did talk about it a lot, but I knew if I put it in the doc at all it would be a big conversation,” he said. “This is no game to us. We’re about protecting her heart and about protecting her joy and we have to support them. As parents, we put our hopes and we put our fears on our kids. And with Zaya, we decided to listen to her, and she’s leading us along this journey.

He also talked about the importance of his family being Zaya’s first line of support. “My daughter was my first interaction when it comes to having to deal with this conversation. Hopefully, I’m dealing with it the right way — inside our home we see the smile on my daughter’s face, we see the confidence that she’s able to walk around and be herself and that’s when you know you’re doing right.”

It’s clear Wade and his family are role models for what to do if you have a child exploring their gender identity. For more about their journey,

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