Dwyane Wade Left Florida Because His Family ‘Would Not Be Accepted’ | HEADLINERS WITH RACHEL NICHOLS

In the interview, Wade said he never thought of being anything less than supportive of his children. “I tell my dad all the time, I’m just a mirror image of the way he loved us and the way that he accepted not only myself and my brothers, but other kids in the community that didn’t have father figures,” Wade said through tears. “I don’t know no different. Yes, I had to educate myself and yes I had to get a better understanding. And yes, I had to lose some friends along the process, but I never wavered on loving my kids and trying to find space to get the chance to understand them.”

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The increasing pace of anti-trans legislation is horrifying, Wade said, comparing it to the decades when there were absolutely no legal rights for LGBTQ people. “I hate that we’re taking so many steps backward,” he said.

Wade and Union have been beacons as celebrities with massive reach across multiple industries. But you don’t need a trans kid to be publicly supportive of trans people, to educate yourself on the violence facing trans people, and to be the one to take on these conversations.