Zion Wade is just 12-years-old but he has been dealing with a bevy of backlash anytime a picture is shown of the youngster. He never has to speak out, because his father, step-mother, and brother definitely has his back 100%.
Dwyane Wade was once again voicing his support of the LGBTQ community, weeks after slamming critics of his 12-year-old son.
In an interview with the new Showtime Sports podcast called All the Smoke with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Wade stated the LGBTQ community are the “normal” ones… “they’re not even different … everybody get used to it,” he added, via PEOPLE.
“Everybody get used to it, this is the new normal. If anybody different, [we’re] looked at as different, you know what I’m saying? The ones that don’t understand it.”
“The ones that don’t get it, the ones stuck in a box. You’re different, not the people out here living their lives, man, you know what I’m saying? Ultimately, you want your kids to be free and live their lives.”
There was one part in the interview where the former Miami Heat superstar referred to his son as “she.”
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