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• FANS CONVCED DWYANE WA IS GAY WH THE ‘SPECT’ IG PHOTOS
• GABRIELLE UNN CHEERS ON DWYANE WA'S SON AT GAY PRI PARA
• DWYANE WA’S SON ZN, 11, COM OUT AT MIAMI GAY PRI
• DWYANE WA GIV POWERFUL SPEECH ON PARENTG GAY SON
• GAY-WAD
• THIS GAY FORMER NFL PLAYER IS USG HIS PRIVILEGE TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA
• SHOP 'GMA3' POWER HOUR ALS FOR LABOR DAY!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREDWYANE WA TALKS MOVG FAY OUT OF FLORIDA OVER ANTI-LGBTQ+ LEGISLATN1:00HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DWYANE WA AND GABRIELLE UNN BYCARSON BLACKWELR APRIL 27, 2023, 10:52 AMDWYANE WA IS OPENG UP ABOUT WHY HE AND HIS FAY MOVED OUT OF FLORIDA, LISTG THE STATE'S ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAWS AS PART OF THE REASON FOR THEIR MOVE."THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I DON'T LIVE THAT STATE," THE FORMER PROFSNAL BASKETBALL PLAYER, WHO SPENT THE VAST MAJORY OF HIS 16-YEAR NBA REER PLAYG FOR THE MIAMI HEAT, SAID A CLIP OM "HEADLERS" WH RACHEL NICHOLS SHARED BY PEOPLE. "A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. I HAVE TO MAKE CISNS FOR MY FAY, NOT JT PERSONAL, DIVIDUAL CISNS."MORE: GABRIELLE UNN AND DWYANE WA DITE NAACP AWARD TO DGHTER, LGBTQ MUNYWA'S DGHTER ZAYA, WHO TURNS 16 NEXT MONTH, ME OUT AS TRANSGENR 2020. SCE THEN, SHE HAS FULLY BEEN SUPPORTED BY HER DAD AND HIS WIFE GABRIELLE UNN, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE BEEN OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY."I MEAN, OBVLY, THE TAX IS GREAT. HAVG WA COUNTY IS GREAT," HE ADD. "BUT MY FAY WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED OR FEEL FORTABLE THERE, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DON'T LIVE THERE."ACTRS GABRIELLE UNN (2R) AND HER HBAND FORMER PROFSNAL BASKETBALL PLAYER DWAYNE WA POSE WH DGHTERS ZAYA WA (L) AND KAAVIA JAM UNN WA (2L) AS THEY ARRIVE FOR THE "CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN" DISNEY PREMIERE AT THE EL CAPAN THEATRE HOLLYWOOD, CALIF., MARCH 16, 2022.CHRIS DELMAS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGFLORIDA, UNR REPUBLIN GOV. RON DESANTIS, HAS PASSED NUMERO ANTI-LGBTQ+ BILLS -- MOST FAMOLY WHAT CRICS LL THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL, WHICH WAS SIGNED TO LAW MARCH 2022 AND EXPAND UPON JT THIS MONTH -- AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS TAKEN AIM AT GENR-AFFIRMG RE FOR TRANSGENR YOUTH.EDOR’S PICKSGABRIELLE UNN AND ZAYA WA SHE ON 2023 GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS RED RPETMAR 31, 2023ZAYA WA OPENS UP ABOUT BETY, SETTG BOUNDARI AND MORE FOR DAZED MAR 16, 2023ZAYA WA MAK NWAY BUT AT MIU MIU DURG PARIS FASHN WEEKMAR 07, 2023OTHER STAT HAVE TRODUCED SIAR LEGISLATN AND BANS ON GENR-AFFIRMG RE FOR TRANSGENR YOUTH.IN THE WAKE OF SUCH POLICI, FAI LIKE WA'S ARE EHER MOVG OM THE STAT OR ARE NSIRG -- THOUGH NOT ALL ARE ABLE TO FOR MYRIAD REASONS, CLUDG THE HIGH ST OF UPROOTG A FAY TO MOVE OUT OF STATE."MOST FAI THE U.S. DON'T HAVE THE FANCIAL AND JOB FLEXIBILY NECSARY TO MOVE," JOHN PACHANKIS, PH.D. , A CLIL PSYCHOLOGIST AND PROFSOR AT THE YALE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WHO HAS STUDIED THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO MOVED OM A UNTRY WH HIGH LGTBQ STIGMA TO ONE MORE ACCEPTG OF THEM, TOLD ABC NEWS LAST YEAR."FAI WH HIGHER E HAVE MORE ABILY TO MOVE, BUT WHEN FAI DO MOVE, THEY LIKELY RELQUISH THE SOCIAL PAL, AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME OF THE ENOMIC PAL, THAT THEY'VE ACCUMULATED THEIR HOMETOWNS."ACRDG TO PACHANKIS, MOVG AWAY OM STAT WH DISCRIMATORY LAWS AND POLICI N BE STRSFUL THE SHORT TERM "BEE OF THE DISPTNS AND UNCERTATI ASSOCIATED WH MOVG," HOWEVER, THE LONG TERM, N BE BENEFICIAL."OUR REARCH NDUCTED ACROSS 44 UNTRI SHOWS THAT FOR GAY MEN WHO MOVE OM HOMOPHOBIC UNTRI TO MORE SUPPORTIVE UNTRI, TAK AT LEAST FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE NEGATIVE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT OF MOVG OM A HOMOPHOBIC UNTRY DISSIPAT," PACHANKIS SAID. "BUT THEREAFTER, OUR REARCH SHOWS THAT DIVIDUALS WHO MOVE TO A MORE SUPPORTIVE LOTN EXPERIENCE LOWER ODDS OF PRSN AND SUICIDALY BEE THEY ARE LS LIKELY TO HI THEIR INTI AND ARE LS SOCIALLY ISOLATED."RELATED TOPICSLGBTQRON DESANTISEDOR’S PICKSGABRIELLE UNN AND ZAYA WA SHE ON 2023 GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS RED RPETMAR 31, 2023ZAYA WA OPENS UP ABOUT BETY, SETTG BOUNDARI AND MORE FOR DAZED MAR 16, 2023ZAYA WA MAK NWAY BUT AT MIU MIU DURG PARIS FASHN WEEKMAR 07, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—BURNA BOY'S NEW ALBUM 'I TOLD THEM…' REMDS WHY HE'S 'ST' ON TOP OF THE WORLD'SEPTEMBER 1, 2023TOM HOLLAND SHAR SWEET PHOTOS OF GIRLIEND ZENDAYA ON HER BIRTHDAY: SEE THE PICTUR SEPTEMBER 1, 2023MEG RYAN ON HER SON'S REACTN TO 'WHEN HARRY MET SALLY' KATZ'S DELI SCENE, NEW ROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2023JT TIMBERLAKE, TIMBALAND AND NELLY FURTADO RNE FOR NEW SGLE, 'KEEP GOG UP'SEPTEMBER 1, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—BURNA BOY'S NEW ALBUM 'I TOLD THEM…' REMDS WHY HE'S 'ST' ON TOP OF THE WORLD'SEPTEMBER 1, 2023TOM HOLLAND SHAR SWEET PHOTOS OF GIRLIEND ZENDAYA ON HER BIRTHDAY: SEE THE PICTUR SEPTEMBER 1, 2023MEG RYAN ON HER SON'S REACTN TO 'WHEN HARRY MET SALLY' KATZ'S DELI SCENE, NEW ROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2023JT TIMBERLAKE, TIMBALAND AND NELLY FURTADO RNE FOR NEW SGLE, 'KEEP GOG UP'SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

FANS CONVCED DWYANE WA IS GAY WH THE ‘SPECT’ IG PHOTOS

Ron DeSantis, has passed numero anti-LGBTQ+ bills -- most famoly what crics ll the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which was signed to law March 2022 and expand upon jt this month -- and the Florida Department of Health has taken aim at genr-affirmg re for transgenr stat have troduced siar legislatn and bans on genr-affirmg re for transgenr the wake of such polici, fai like Wa's are eher movg om the stat or are nsirg -- though not all are able to for myriad reasons, cludg the high st of uprootg a fay to move out of state. D., a clil psychologist and profsor at the Yale School of Public Health, who has studied the mental health impacts on gay and bisexual men who moved om a untry wh high LGTBQ stigma to one more acceptg of them, told ABC News last year. "Our rearch nducted across 44 untri shows that for gay men who move om homophobic untri to more supportive untri, tak at least five years before the negative mental health impact of movg om a homophobic untry dissipat, " Pachankis said.

GABRIELLE UNN CHEERS ON DWYANE WA'S SON AT GAY PRI PARA

“I had to look myself the mirror and say, ‘What if your son home and tells you he’s gay?

After the terview was brought forward aga, many said they were not surprised as they have spected that Dwyane is eher bisexual or gay. Another claimed, "I knew Dwyane wa was gay- he wore heels as a kid and he was prob mad wasn't accepted and he was forced to play basketball now he livg virly through his son…forcg his son to wear drs.

*Dwyane Wa fans are qutng his sexualy after the retired basketball player shared some photos on Instagram that have sparked gay mors.

DWYANE WA’S SON ZN, 11, COM OUT AT MIAMI GAY PRI

One menter poted out the tattoo on his leg, notg that folks rockg a “thigh tattoo” ually have gay tennci. Referrg to Wa’s gay tween son who attend a Pri Para over the summer, one menter noted, “A’t no heterosexual Man takg his son to the Pri Para.

DWYANE WA GIV POWERFUL SPEECH ON PARENTG GAY SON

Dwyane prevly addrsed his support of his gay son durg an terview, sayg: “I’m dog what every parent has to do. Dwyane Wa has spoken ndidly about the genr journey of his son Zn, 12, who ma the cisn to intify as female and now go by the name Dogg claims he "didn’t threaten" Gayle Kg while fendg Kobe Bryant durg angry rantThe basketball star, 38, opened up durg an terview wh Ellen DeGener about parentg Zaya, who he shar wh his ex-wife Shvghn explaed that he and his wife Gabrielle Unn, 47, are "proud alli" of the LGBTQ+ muny and tailed how the uple are tg themselv on the suatn. After tchg his son wh gay magaz, Damon’s father toss him out on the lawn, addg him to the legn of LGBTQ+ kids who make up as much as 40% of all homels scene shook Zaya Wa for perhaps a different reason than most.

In an terview wh Variety on Thursday, Dwyane Wa spoke about supportg his 11-year-old son Zn's cisn to march a gay pri para this past retired basketball player, 37, said was his "job as a father" to support his INSIDER's homepage for more stori. Basketball star Dwyane Wa has rpond to backlash he faced for supportg his son's cisn to march a gay pri 's youngt son Zn, 11, marched the Miami Beach Pri para April wh his step-mom Gabrielle Unn.

Dwyane Wa’s 11-year-old son Zn Wa officially me out as homosexual durg Miami’s Gay Pri celebratn over the weekend. Wa posted photos on Instagram Story of his wife Gabrielle Unn and his sons, Zn and Zaire, 17, participatg Gay Pri. In 2017, Zn was featured my post tled “Your Son is Gay, Now What?

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” which your ntie explaed why rearchers believed children grow up to be homosexual (maly due to the lack of child-parent bondg).

THIS GAY FORMER NFL PLAYER IS USG HIS PRIVILEGE TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA

READ ALSO: Your Son is Gay, Now What? Due to the mands of their high-profile reers, celebri and profsnal athlet such as Wa have a higher cince of homosexual children than society at large. Dpe the rearch that prov the child-parent bondg lk, this is a difficult ncept for parents to grasp bee liberals promote the iology that homosexuals are “born that way”.

The Atlanta chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians And Gays) published a gui to help parents who believe they are raisg a gay child. The anizatn says gay children who are not accepted by their parents ually have a higher risk of prsn, suici, dg e or engage high risk unsafe sex.

Not all children who fail to bond wh their parents will grow up to be homosexual. “Some parents act on every ltle sign that their child is gay, only to fd themselv dog seemgly crazy thgs to fd out.

SHOP 'GMA3' POWER HOUR ALS FOR LABOR DAY!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREDWYANE WA TALKS MOVG FAY OUT OF FLORIDA OVER ANTI-LGBTQ+ LEGISLATN1:00HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DWYANE WA AND GABRIELLE UNN BYCARSON BLACKWELR APRIL 27, 2023, 10:52 AMDWYANE WA IS OPENG UP ABOUT WHY HE AND HIS FAY MOVED OUT OF FLORIDA, LISTG THE STATE'S ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAWS AS PART OF THE REASON FOR THEIR MOVE."THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I DON'T LIVE THAT STATE," THE FORMER PROFSNAL BASKETBALL PLAYER, WHO SPENT THE VAST MAJORY OF HIS 16-YEAR NBA REER PLAYG FOR THE MIAMI HEAT, SAID A CLIP OM "HEADLERS" WH RACHEL NICHOLS SHARED BY PEOPLE. "A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. I HAVE TO MAKE CISNS FOR MY FAY, NOT JT PERSONAL, DIVIDUAL CISNS."MORE: GABRIELLE UNN AND DWYANE WA DITE NAACP AWARD TO DGHTER, LGBTQ MUNYWA'S DGHTER ZAYA, WHO TURNS 16 NEXT MONTH, ME OUT AS TRANSGENR 2020. SCE THEN, SHE HAS FULLY BEEN SUPPORTED BY HER DAD AND HIS WIFE GABRIELLE UNN, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE BEEN OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY."I MEAN, OBVLY, THE TAX IS GREAT. HAVG WA COUNTY IS GREAT," HE ADD. "BUT MY FAY WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED OR FEEL FORTABLE THERE, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DON'T LIVE THERE."ACTRS GABRIELLE UNN (2R) AND HER HBAND FORMER PROFSNAL BASKETBALL PLAYER DWAYNE WA POSE WH DGHTERS ZAYA WA (L) AND KAAVIA JAM UNN WA (2L) AS THEY ARRIVE FOR THE "CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN" DISNEY PREMIERE AT THE EL CAPAN THEATRE HOLLYWOOD, CALIF., MARCH 16, 2022.CHRIS DELMAS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGFLORIDA, UNR REPUBLIN GOV. RON DESANTIS, HAS PASSED NUMERO ANTI-LGBTQ+ BILLS -- MOST FAMOLY WHAT CRICS LL THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL, WHICH WAS SIGNED TO LAW MARCH 2022 AND EXPAND UPON JT THIS MONTH -- AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS TAKEN AIM AT GENR-AFFIRMG RE FOR TRANSGENR YOUTH.EDOR’S PICKSGABRIELLE UNN AND ZAYA WA SHE ON 2023 GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS RED RPETMAR 31, 2023ZAYA WA OPENS UP ABOUT BETY, SETTG BOUNDARI AND MORE FOR DAZED MAR 16, 2023ZAYA WA MAK NWAY BUT AT MIU MIU DURG PARIS FASHN WEEKMAR 07, 2023OTHER STAT HAVE TRODUCED SIAR LEGISLATN AND BANS ON GENR-AFFIRMG RE FOR TRANSGENR YOUTH.IN THE WAKE OF SUCH POLICI, FAI LIKE WA'S ARE EHER MOVG OM THE STAT OR ARE NSIRG -- THOUGH NOT ALL ARE ABLE TO FOR MYRIAD REASONS, CLUDG THE HIGH ST OF UPROOTG A FAY TO MOVE OUT OF STATE."MOST FAI THE U.S. DON'T HAVE THE FANCIAL AND JOB FLEXIBILY NECSARY TO MOVE," JOHN PACHANKIS, PH.D. , A CLIL PSYCHOLOGIST AND PROFSOR AT THE YALE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WHO HAS STUDIED THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO MOVED OM A UNTRY WH HIGH LGTBQ STIGMA TO ONE MORE ACCEPTG OF THEM, TOLD ABC NEWS LAST YEAR."FAI WH HIGHER E HAVE MORE ABILY TO MOVE, BUT WHEN FAI DO MOVE, THEY LIKELY RELQUISH THE SOCIAL PAL, AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME OF THE ENOMIC PAL, THAT THEY'VE ACCUMULATED THEIR HOMETOWNS."ACRDG TO PACHANKIS, MOVG AWAY OM STAT WH DISCRIMATORY LAWS AND POLICI N BE STRSFUL THE SHORT TERM "BEE OF THE DISPTNS AND UNCERTATI ASSOCIATED WH MOVG," HOWEVER, THE LONG TERM, N BE BENEFICIAL."OUR REARCH NDUCTED ACROSS 44 UNTRI SHOWS THAT FOR GAY MEN WHO MOVE OM HOMOPHOBIC UNTRI TO MORE SUPPORTIVE UNTRI, TAK AT LEAST FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE NEGATIVE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT OF MOVG OM A HOMOPHOBIC UNTRY DISSIPAT," PACHANKIS SAID. "BUT THEREAFTER, OUR REARCH SHOWS THAT DIVIDUALS WHO MOVE TO A MORE SUPPORTIVE LOTN EXPERIENCE LOWER ODDS OF PRSN AND SUICIDALY BEE THEY ARE LS LIKELY TO HI THEIR INTI AND ARE LS SOCIALLY ISOLATED."RELATED TOPICSLGBTQRON DESANTISEDOR’S PICKSGABRIELLE UNN AND ZAYA WA SHE ON 2023 GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS RED RPETMAR 31, 2023ZAYA WA OPENS UP ABOUT BETY, SETTG BOUNDARI AND MORE FOR DAZED MAR 16, 2023ZAYA WA MAK NWAY BUT AT MIU MIU DURG PARIS FASHN WEEKMAR 07, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—BURNA BOY'S NEW ALBUM 'I TOLD THEM…' REMDS WHY HE'S 'ST' ON TOP OF THE WORLD'SEPTEMBER 1, 2023TOM HOLLAND SHAR SWEET PHOTOS OF GIRLIEND ZENDAYA ON HER BIRTHDAY: SEE THE PICTUR SEPTEMBER 1, 2023MEG RYAN ON HER SON'S REACTN TO 'WHEN HARRY MET SALLY' KATZ'S DELI SCENE, NEW ROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2023JT TIMBERLAKE, TIMBALAND AND NELLY FURTADO RNE FOR NEW SGLE, 'KEEP GOG UP'SEPTEMBER 1, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—BURNA BOY'S NEW ALBUM 'I TOLD THEM…' REMDS WHY HE'S 'ST' ON TOP OF THE WORLD'SEPTEMBER 1, 2023TOM HOLLAND SHAR SWEET PHOTOS OF GIRLIEND ZENDAYA ON HER BIRTHDAY: SEE THE PICTUR SEPTEMBER 1, 2023MEG RYAN ON HER SON'S REACTN TO 'WHEN HARRY MET SALLY' KATZ'S DELI SCENE, NEW ROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2023JT TIMBERLAKE, TIMBALAND AND NELLY FURTADO RNE FOR NEW SGLE, 'KEEP GOG UP'SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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