Dwyane Wade, Trans Activist: Former NBA Star Fights Ex-Wife On Gender Changes For Their Child
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Dwyane Wade, Trans Activist: Former NBA Star Fights Ex-Wife On Gender Changes For Their Child

Amanda Harding

Dwyane Wade is one celebrity of many who happens to have a trans-identifying child. While the former NBA star’s current wife, actress Gabrielle Union, is supportive of the child’s shifting names and pronouns, the Wade family is now meeting resistance from someone unexpected: the child’s mother.

Following his retirement from professional sports, Wade has become a social activist with the specific cause of trans rights. He adamantly defended Zaya’s right to “be her best self.” But which parent will prevail in this fight?

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