"What is the point of being on this earth trying to be someone you are not ? It is as if you are not even living as you are. That is the dumbest concept for me. Be honest . And I do not care what the more stereotyped way of 'being you'. "

Zaya speaks, a 12-year-old transgender girl who was born as Zion , the son of former NBA champion Dwyane Wade and actress Gabrielle Union , and who for a while "identifies with the female gender."

Wade, retired from the NBA since last season, has confessed in several interviews that he has had to educate himself and learn about the LGTBIQ + community. And that even, with his wife, he has contacted the actresses of the famous Netflix series ' Pose ', which deals, with real characters, about the difficulties of the Latino, African-American and LGTBIQ + community in New York City.

"When our children come with a question, with a problem, with something ... It is our job as parents to listen to them, give them the best information we can and the best answer. And that does not change because it is something about sexuality, " said Wade in the Ellen DeGeneres program.

"I had to look in the mirror and say, 'What if your son comes home and tells you he is gay? What are you going to do? How are you going to be? How are you going to act? It's not about him. He knows who he is. It's about you. Who are you? ", Analyzed the former player a few weeks ago on a radio show.

Gabrielle Union has been the one who has published the video of the aforementioned speech of her daughter, recorded by Wade himself. " Meet Zaya . She is compassionate, affectionate, an intelligent whip and we are very proud of her. It's okay to listen, love and respect her children exactly as they are . Love and light," the actress wrote.

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