Former NBA player Dwyane Wa opens up about raisg a gay son, sharg a very powerful - and very necsary - msage to parents everywhere.
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- DWYANE WA SHAR A POWERFUL MSAGE ABOUT RAISG A GAY SON
- DWYANE WA SUPPORTS GAY SON IN POWERFUL INTERVIEW: 'YOU CAN LEARN SOMETHG FROM YOUR KIDS'
- DWYANE WA SUPPORTS GAY SON IN POWERFUL INTERVIEW: 'YOU CAN LEARN SOMETHG FROM YOUR KIDS'
DWYANE WA SHAR A POWERFUL MSAGE ABOUT RAISG A GAY SON
Former NBA player Dwyane Wa opens up about raisg a gay son, sharg a very powerful - and very necsary - msage to parents everywhere.
Dwyane Wa shared a powerful msage about raisg a gay son. And, I had to look myself the mirror and say, 'What if your son e home and tell you he's gay? 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.
At one pot the show, Barn and Jackson ask Dwyane about his 12-year-old son Zn, who is gay. The tr discs what ’s been like for Wa and Unn to raise a gay son such a public atmosphere — and ’s so enuragg to hear how the former NBA baller has taken on so well!
DWYANE WA SUPPORTS GAY SON IN POWERFUL INTERVIEW: 'YOU CAN LEARN SOMETHG FROM YOUR KIDS'
“I had to look myself the mirror when my son at the time was 3 years old and me and my wife started havg nversatns about noticg that he wasn’t on the boy vibe that Zaire [Wa’s olr son] was on, and I had to look myself the mirror and say, ‘What if your son e home and tell you he’s gay?
DWYANE WA SUPPORTS GAY SON IN POWERFUL INTERVIEW: 'YOU CAN LEARN SOMETHG FROM YOUR KIDS'
The former NBA star giv a lot of cred to his wife helpg him unrstand how to love and support a gay son. Jackson surprised guts wh his own admissn, too: the longtime NBA bad boy’s brother is gay, and Jackson spends some time talkg about what was like to grow up wh him, and love him no matter what. “I had to look myself the mirror and say, ‘What if your son home and tells you he’s gay?
Over the years, Magic and Cookie have been open about their rponsibili as parents — like when Magic told Ellen DeGener that he was "so happy" when their son EJ me out as gay. EJ publicly me out as gay 2013, though he me out to his fay several years earlier. In 2014, EJ told PEOPLE that, although his parents "pretty much already knew" that he was gay, they were worried about the public's reactn.