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(Video) Dwyane Wade Says He Fears For Zaya Wade’s Safety While Speaking On Recent Anti-Transgender Bans In The U.S.

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"0 0 &lbrack;&rsqb;"><strong>Dwyane Wade<&sol;strong> is another parent who is scared for their child&&num;8217&semi;s safety in America&period; Except&comma; the retired athlete is afraid for Zaya Wade&&num;8217&semi;s life because of how the world might receive her as a Black&comma; transgender girl&period; While speaking to <em>CNN<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s Poppy Harlow at the TIME100 Summit&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;dwyane-wade-receieves-honorary-doctorate-degree-from-marquette-university&sol;">Dwyane expressed<&sol;a> fear every moment Zaya is beyond the doors of their home and the safety of his parenthood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;As blessed as my daughter is to have parents who can support her&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m still afraid every moment she leaves our house and not just because of gun violence but because of the way that people perceive her in this world&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><iframe title&equals;"YouTube video player" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;Zq8T0vBG3zQ" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His comment was part of their larger conversation about the recent <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;alabama-governor-kay-ivey-signs-multiple-anti-transgender-bills-into-law-including-banning-doctors-from-administering-hormones-to-minors-forcing-trans-youth-to-use-bathrooms-of-their-birth-s&sol;">passing of anti-transgender bans<&sol;a>&comma; particularly in Lousiana on Monday&period; Governor John Bel Edwards did not move to veto or approve <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;06&sol;politics&sol;louisiana-anti-trans-sports-ban-enacted&sol;index&period;html">SB 44<&sol;a> and his inaction allowed the state&&num;8217&semi;s Republican-majority legislature to ban <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;national-study-reveals-that-5-of-americans-under-30-identify-as-transgender-or-non-binary&sol;">transgender women<&sol;a> and girls from competing on women&&num;8217&semi;s and girls&&num;8217&semi; sports teams&period; The ban affects competitive teams at all public and some private elementary and secondary schools and even colleges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Poppy asked for Dwyane&&num;8217&semi;s reactions to lawmakers and states enacting such bans&period; Dwyane didn&&num;8217&semi;t hold back&comma; calling the bans &&num;8220&semi;a joke&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;This is our life&comma; we live this and so when you&&num;8217&semi;re making rules and if you&&num;8217&semi;re not experiencing this&comma; if you&&num;8217&semi;re not living this then you&&num;8217&semi;re just out there signing away&comma; making laws&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s not right that&&num;8217&semi;s a joke&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He then challenged these lawmakers to &&num;8220&semi;live a day in &lbrack;his&rsqb; world with &lbrack;his&rsqb; daughter&&num;8221&semi; and touched on the path he believes humanity is on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Come and see what it is to walk through this world as her&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Dwyane said&period; &&num;8220&semi;I just think we losing our humane&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re losing the human side of us&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;reel&sol;CddlXW5Disx&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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- 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Dwyane Suggests People Should Be Having More Conversations<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>At one point&comma; Dwyane stopped mid-conversation saying there was not enough time for him to dive into his thoughts&period; But Poppy encouraged him to share his thoughts&comma; assuring he had time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dwyane declared that the bans don&&num;8217&semi;t make sense to him&comma; especially during a technological age where information is available from multiple sources&period; Not only is it available&comma; but per Dwyane&comma; children already have access to it so it makes more sense to allow conversations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Why are we not talking about it&comma; why are we not educating our kids&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Dwyane shared&period; &&num;8220&semi;Why are we not educating ourselves instead of trying to close the book on it&period; You can&&num;8217&semi;t close the book on what somebody want and who they feel they are&period; We&&num;8217&semi;re not going to close the book on anyone being gay&comma; bisexual&comma; transgender&period; We can&&num;8217&semi;t close the book on that&period;&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>In 2020&comma; Dwyane Wade announced his daughter&&num;8217&semi;s transition&period; Zaya was 12 at the time&period; Since then&comma; both Dwyane and his wife Gabrielle Union have <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;gabrielle-union-thanks-fans-for-their-support-following-the-announcement-of-her-transgender-daughter-zaya&sol;">publicly embraced<&sol;a> their daughter and welcomed conversations about the LGBTQ&plus; community&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;B&lowbar;5MTWaBoZ-&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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