Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union have been outspoken advocates for their daughter, Zaya Wade. And experts say this celebration of Zaya and her identity is exactly what transgender kids need to hear.
, licensed marriage and family therapist."He celebrated Zaya's identity and expressed a desire to engage actively in her life. From the social and medical to the personal aspects of gender transition, he exemplifies what it means to see your child as they want to be seen and not as who you thought they would be when they were assigned biological sex at birth."
Gender identity is a spectrum, experts say. Someone who is born with sex characteristics of boys or girls may actually be the opposite gender, or may not identify with either gender at all. These people require care – known asThe care can also simply look like a social transition such as using a name, picking out different clothes or styling hair differently.
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