{"id":288138,"date":"2020-02-12T08:36:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1122401"},"modified":"2020-02-12T08:36:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:36:47","slug":"dwyane-wades-son-zaire-celebrates-transgender-sister-zaya-in-heartwarming-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/dwyane-wades-son-zaire-celebrates-transgender-sister-zaya-in-heartwarming-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwyane Wade’s Son Zaire Celebrates Transgender Sister Zaya In Heartwarming Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indeed, family truly means everything.<\/p>\n

After Dwyane Wade<\/a><\/strong> shared that his daughter Zaya<\/strong> had come out as transgender<\/a>, his son Zaire<\/strong> took to Instagram to celebrate his baby sister with a touching tribute. “Man, I remember bugging my mom as a kid telling her I wanted a brother so bad,” Zaire captioned a sweet throwback snap. “I was the only child looking for company and someone to look after and take care of. I have been blessed to have my best friend, Zaya with me for 12 years.”<\/p>\n

“We did everything together…we fought, we played, we laughed and we cried,” he continued. “But the one thing we never did was leave each other behind… I’ve told you that I would lay my life down to make sure you are ten toes down and happy on this earth. I don’t care what they think Z, you are my best friend and I love you kid, and if it means anything, just know there’s no love lost on this side.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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The 12-year-old is certainly feeling the support from her entire family. On Tuesday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres<\/em> Show<\/em>, the retired NBA superstar recalled the moment Zaya told him and wife Gabrielle Union<\/a><\/strong> her truth. <\/p>\n

“We are proud parents of a child<\/a> in the LGBTQ+ community and we’re proud allies as well,” Dwyane said. “Zion, born as a boy, came home and said, \u2018Hey, so I want to talk to you guys. I think going forward I am ready to live my truth. I want to be referenced as \u2018she’ and \u2018her.’ I would love for you guys to call me Zaya.'”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“I looked at her and said, \u2018You are our leader. You are our leader and this is our opportunity to allow you to be a voice,'” he continued. “Right now, it’s through us because she’s 12 years old, but eventually it will be through her.”<\/p>\n

Since that moment, he and Gabrielle have prioritized educating themselves, guaranteeing that Zaya has a strong foundation to grow from. “My wife reached out to everybody on the cast of Pose<\/em><\/a>,” the 38-year-old said. “We’re just trying to figure out as much information as we can to make sure that we give our child the best opportunity to be her best self.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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That includes embracing Zaya for who she truly is. Following Dwyane’s interview, the Bring It On<\/em> alum took to Instagram to proudly introduce her stepdaughter<\/a> to the world. “Meet Zaya,” the actress shared. “She’s compassionate, loving, whip smart and we are so proud of her. It’s Ok to listen to, love & respect your children exactly as they are. Love and light good people.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Indeed, family truly means everything. After Dwyane Wade shared that his daughter Zaya had come out as transgender, his son Zaire took to Instagram to celebrate his baby sister with a touching tribute. “Man, I remember bugging my mom as a kid telling her I wanted a brother so bad,” Zaire captioned a sweet throwback snap. “I was the only child looking for company and someone to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-29 11:48:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}