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<p><a href="https://people.com/tag/dwyane-wade/"><strong>Dwyane Wade</strong></a> is not standing for the hate on his daughter&#8217;s social media account anymore! The former NBA superstar announced that he&#8217;s restricting comments on <strong>Zaya Wade</strong>&#8216;s Instagram.</p>
<p>Wade made the announcement in a tweet on Thursday after fans inquired about why the comment section on Zaya&#8217;s page was turned off.</p>
<p>Julian King, a musician from Philadelphia, mentioned Wade and his wife Gabrielle Union on Twitter saying, &#8220;<em>I hate that I can&#8217;t comment hearts and cute comments on Zaya Wade&#8217;s IG post. As a member of her community, the LGBTQ community, I wanna lift her up too! @itsgabrielleu @DwyaneWade&#8211;fix it please</em>.&#8221;</p>
<p>The former NBA superstar explained that the comment feature had been disabled for the sake of Zaya&#8217;s mental health.</p>
<blockquote><p>For Zaya&#8217;s mental health and privacy we&#8217;ve decided not to allow the hate into her comments. Thank you for wanting to spread and show her love.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Zaya recently popped out on Instagram sporting a whole new look&#8211;blown out inches with a lightly beat face. Zaya&#8217;s new photos sparked lots of conversation online as the teen, <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/dwyane-wade-files-petition-to-legally-change-zaya-wades-name-and-gender/">who came out as transgender</a> in 2020, began to present in a more feminine way.</p>
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<p>Despite the open love and support that Zaya has received since coming out as transgender, the teen has spoken about the public scrutiny and criticism she&#8217;s faced over the last two years. Zaya spoke on the topic during an interview with step mom Gabrielle Union for the Dove Self-Esteem Project.</p>
<blockquote><p>As a trans person, once I came out, there was a lot of hateful comments about how I should grow my hair out long or fit into a certain version of femininity, even though that&#8217;s not true at all. That kind of advice is just trying to break you, but don&#8217;t let it.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Zaya also revealed the most important lesson she&#8217;s learned from the &#8216;Bring It On&#8217; star.</p>
<blockquote><p>Her telling me that not everyone in the world and in the media is going to be truthful about what you look like. I don&#8217;t have to believe everything they say. The only thing I have to believe is what I feel and what beauty means to me. I think focusing on inner beauty is the most important.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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