Former NBA star Dwyane Wade has shared with the media the experience of his daughter Zaya Malachi Airamis Wade, a self-declared teenager transgender three years ago and who was recently granted the legal right to change her name and gender. Still, Wade isn’t the only celebrity supporting his LGTBIQA+ son. Other celebrities have shown that a father’s love goes beyond controversy and phobias, and we’ll see five of them below.
Cher and Chaz Bono
Chaz Bono, son of singer Cher and her ex-husband Sonny Bono, starred in the documentary Becoming Chaz (2011), about his gender reassignment. He previously confirmed he was homosexual in a 1995 interview with the LGBT publication The Advocate. Throughout this time, Chaz has always had his mother’s support, although she has admitted that she initially had a hard time adjusting to the transition.
Charlize Theron and Jackson
The famous actress adopted her daughters Jackson in 2012 and in August 2015 and although she initially presented the former as boys, Jackson let her mother know at the age of three that she felt like a girl and since then Theron has been completely supportive as she believes that their daughters are the ones who decide who they want to be.
Cynthia Nixon and Samuel
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Nixon, best known for playing Miranda on the hit series Sex and the City, shared a picture of her son on her social media transgender Samuel Moses Joseph when he graduated from college in 2018. This was the first glimpse of Samuel, who was born a woman and was named Samantha, after his transformation.
Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and Stephen
This Hollywood star couple has four Children together and one of them was little Kathryn, but at the age of 14 he told his parents that he felt like a kid. Since then, Kathryn became Stephen Ira and four years later, when she came of age, she uploaded a video to the YouTube platform, letting the whole world know about her transition.
Gloria Estefan and Emily
When the Cuban-American artist found out in 2020 that her daughter Emily was gay, the Cuban-American artist’s first reaction was to tell her to keep it a secret from her grandmother because she wasn’t sure what her reaction would have been . Since then, Estefan has changed her mind and not only supports her son wholeheartedly, but also regrets reacting that way.