Dwyane Wade opens up about his 12-year-old's gender identity l GMA

now to that powerful message from basketball legend Dwyane Wade talking about the time his twelve-

year

-old son came out to him and his wife Gabrielle Union as TJ's trans

gender

households this

year

with this story good morning, good morning and the son Dwayne Wade's eldest is a great high school basketball player, we have seen videos of him over the years on the sidelines supporting his son, well what you don't know and some don't realize is that he has also been publicly supporting and encouraging support. Another of his children, the second oldest, who we have known as Zion over the years, is now Ziya and du8 is credited with giving a masterclass on how to support his lgbtq+ son, the former superstar of the NBA Dwayne Wade, who now shares the moment of his twelve years. -The old man declared himself trans

gender

in front of him.

I don't know, everyone knows. He was originally named Zion. Zion was born as a boy and he came home and said hello, so I want to talk to you. They know. I believe that in the future I am ready to live my truth. and I want to be a reference that she and she I would love to be called saya saya has received strong support from Wade and his wife Gabrielle Union, even responding to what they called hate on social media from people who attacked the appearance of Zaya in this family photo, Wade admitted to Ellen DeGeneres that they didn't have all the answers when Ziya first approached them.

Now it's our job to go out and get information to reach all the relationships we have. My wife reached out to all the cast members. From the surveys, we're just trying to get as much information as possible to make sure we give our daughter the best opportunity to get her best reaction to Wade's appearance on the Ellen Show. Zayas' name is trending on Twitter. Union thanked her friends, family and followers for the information. resources love and encouragement sharing this video of a conversation between Ziya and Wade writing media she is compassionate, loving, intelligent and we are so proud of her, it is okay to listen to, love and respect her children exactly how they are judged.

I'd say she already knows, don. Don't even think about it, you know, be honest with yourself because you really like it. What's the point of being on this earth if you're going to try to be someone you're not? I eight say this will be the Ziya store. There's a story to tell at some point, but it's important to note that lgbtq+ children are up to six times more likely to have attempted suicide, twice as likely to report being abused, and black transgender women make up 90%. of violent deaths. in the transgender community, please repeat that, because 90% of the violent deaths in the transgender community are black women, it's hard to really measure the impact of what this family is doing, but it's also kind of hard to overstate it in right now, so we'll do it.

Look, Dennis Lee, yeah, but Jackie said Masterclass, yeah, yeah, just hold them, you didn't have all the answers, I went and got it, I'll talk to the people, that's your son's first job, protect them, hold them, we'll get through it together Well, hello, GMA. Robin Roberts fans here, thanks for watching our YouTube channel, there's a lot of great stuff here, so click the subscribe button here for more great GMA videos and content every day. At any time, we thank you for watching and we'll see you in the morning on GMA.