Zaya Wade, Kaavia James Union Wade, Gabrielle Union, and Dwyane Wade Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Dwyane Wade was all smiles as he and his spouse, Gabrielle Union, took his daughter Zaya to tour schools.
“We’re within the School Visits season!!!” Wade, 42, wrote by way of Instagram on Saturday, March 23, alongside a carousel of photographs and clips from their journey.
In a single snap, Wade and Zaya, 16, regarded again on the digicam as they stood subsequent to one another with an umbrella overhead. In one other video, Zaya and Union, 51, walked facet by facet down a brick path with a tree cover above them.
Wade shares Zaya, in addition to 22-year-old son Zaire, with ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches. He’s additionally a father to son Xavier, whom he welcomed in 2013 with ex Aja Metoyer. Wade and Union share daughter Kaavia James, who was born in 2018.
Dwyane Wade has been outspoken about how proud he’s of his daughter Zaya’s progress via the years. In February 2020, the skilled basketball participant introduced that Zaya was transgender. “To begin with, me and my spouse, Gabrielle Union, we’re proud mother and father of a kid within the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, and we’re proud allies as […]
‘Wade has seemingly had a robust bond with Zaya via the years. The NBA champion has been outspoken about his assist for his daughter after she got here out as transgender.
“To begin with, me and my spouse, Gabrielle Union, we’re proud mother and father of a kid within the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, and we’re proud allies as properly,” he shared throughout an look on The Ellen DeGeneres Present in February 2020. “We take our roles and our obligations as mother and father very significantly.”
Zaya Wade, Dwyane Wade, Kaavia Wade and Gabrielle Union Mike Lawrie/Getty Photographs
Wade famous that he and Union wished to provide Zaya “the very best alternative to be her greatest self.” He recalled a dialog he’d beforehand had, saying, “I stated, ‘You’re a chief. You’re a chief, and this is a chance to permit you to be a voice.’ Proper now it’s via us as a result of she’s 12 years outdated, however ultimately, it is going to be via her.”
Practically two years later, Wade’s relationship with Funches, 42, made headlines when she filed a petition to reject Zaya from legally altering her identify and gender. Within the submitting obtained by Us Weekly, Funches claimed that Wade was “positioned to revenue” from Zaya’s authorized request.
An all-star dad! Dwyane Wade is the proud mum or dad of an enormous blended household. The Olympic gold medalist turned a father in 2002, the identical 12 months he married highschool sweetheart Siohvaughn Funches. The previous couple cut up in 2007 and share son Zaire and daughter Zaya. Wade filed for divorce in 2010 and a messy […]
Wade, for his half, slammed Funches in a put up by way of Instagram.
“Whereas none of us are stunned by Siohvaughn’s try to battle Zaya’s id and her unwavering try to pull my identify via the mud, I’m very dissatisfied that she repeatedly discover methods of centering herself and HER wants, with out regard to her youngsters,” he wrote. “All I ever wished was to have my parenting time uninterrupted, as I knew that it might be a really troublesome time for our youngsters to navigate their new regular.”
He continued, “So as a substitute of truly making an attempt to coparent over time, she’s left her house to see extra legal professionals and has taken the time to speak to extra legal professionals since I filed for divorce, than she’s left her house to really see or have actually spoken and LISTENED to Zaya over all these years.”
In February 2023, Us confirmed {that a} choose authorised Zaya’s request to legally change her identify and gender.
